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Cisco's Catalyst line of modular and fixed managed switches provides performance and control at the access, aggregation, and core levels of converged IP voice, HD video, and high bandwidth data networks for organizations that range from small businesses and branches to global enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants can provide online and onsite support for Catalyst switches to help you to design an efficient network architecture that addresses your specific business requirements, configure pilot testing systems, install Catalyst switches, implement and verify a sensible security plan, streamline system management and monitoring, provide troubleshooting and maintenance services, maximize switch capacity, and set up Catalyst's fault-tolerant technology to achieve near-zero downtime.

Progent can help you to maintain and troubleshoot your legacy Catalyst switches or migrate seamlessly to up-to-date models of Catalyst switches adhering to leading practices to make sure that you realize the most business value from your investment in your IT infrastructure.

The demand for intelligent, high-speed switching is driven by a combination of relatively new computing patterns whose net impact is a virtual avalanche of traffic:

• Cloud and Internet of Things networking and an associated demand for intensive network virtualization
• The proliferation of BYOD computing
• Bandwidth-intensive HD video applications
• Social media for business
• The popularity of Big Data in enterprise analytics
• Increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks like ransomware

Cisco's latest portfolio of Catalyst switches are ideal for the distribution and core layers layers of campus environments where office workers must be supported with predictable high speed, strict user access control, tight segregation, application awareness, and wired and wireless convergence. Cisco's Catalyst switches address the need for performance and control with capabilities that include high-port-count 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet support, switching throughput over 25 Tbps per switch, a powerful suite of tools such as Easy Virtual Network to facilitate the creation of virtual networks, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for switch failover with instant virtual switch restoration and 99.999% uptime, IPv4 and IPv6 capability, Application Visibility and Control (AVC) to optimize network resource usage, and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities for business-critical data control.

Catalyst switches allow businesses of any size to build smart switching and routing features into their network architecture, creating an environment that can handle current requirements, expand to accommodate expected capacity demands, guard sensitive information, and differentiate and manage tasks to optimize network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Layer 2 network access switches are compact, fixed-configuration switches intended for small businesses and branch offices with as many as 250 users and with minimal internal IT support. Cisco's Catalyst 1000 line includes fanless versions for noiseless operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting kits include desktop, wall or shelf mount, standard rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Created as a simple replacement for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus Series deployments, the Catalyst 1000 Series includes versions with 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M ports.

Catalyst 1000 set up and management are simple using a web interface or command-line interface, cybersecurity is enterprise-grade, and Power over Ethernet capability with a dynamically allocated power budget of 740W allows a wide variety of Internet of Things implementations. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet model switches can be managed together with single IP. Catalyst Series 1000 appliances are nonblocking line-rate switches, and all are powered by Cisco's familiar IOS Software. Quality-of-Service capabilities include egress queues on each port as well as priority queuing to allow wire-speed throughput for all classes of traffic. Catalyst 1000 switches also offer Shaped Round Robin (SRR) scheduling and WTD congestion management.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 series of switches offers modular and fixed units and supports all deployment scenarios including access, distribution, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 line offers devices with the appropriate price/performance to connect workers and things in venues from small businesses and branches to major enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series switches can be configured to support any mix of local deployments, private/public clouds, and hybrid network models. Unified management platforms and advanced security solutions lower expenses by cutting operational overhead and protecting vital network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of managed switches offer converged switching/routing, delivering the first mix of 400G QSFP-DD ports plus full multigigabit Ethernet and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth at about half the cost of the end-of-life Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural network improvement for small branch offices and midsize campus deployments. The Catalyst 9200 family includes switches that support 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 capabilities that include OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS link-state protocol, and RIP. Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series switches run the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

The Catalyst 9200 delivers 160-Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth, features field-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and supports swappable network modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN model supports as many as 32 Virtual Networks and offers 160-Gbps stacking capacity. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps backplane stacking throughput. The Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless performance optimization with 8 or 12 mGig Ethernet ports up to 10G.

Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable appliances for ultra-high-density access switching. Advanced features provided with various models in the Catalyst 9300 family include 1T backplane stacking performance, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 multigigabit ports and 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit stack, line rate IPsec tunnel with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and speeds as high as 100G, high-availability redundant fans and power, plus StackPower cables common across the entire Catalyst 9300 product line.

Powered by Cisco IOS XE, devices in the Catalyst 9300 product line support automated provisioning, API-based configuration, high-granularity visibility for close to realtime monitoring, and transparent software updates and patching. Security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) along with AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing and Secure Boot. Cloud cybersecurity is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 switches are able to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This makes it possible for organizations to implement their DNS filtering policies at a granular user or group level to block BYOD or IoT users from visiting dangerous websites.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch features as much as 320G backplane stacking bandwidth and offers 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L uses fixed instead of modular uplink components for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance features 480G of backplane stacking throughput and supports 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps Ethernet ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink speeds supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X switch delivers up to 1Tbps stacking capacity and supports 48 10G Ethernet ports. The 9300X supports modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ (UPOE+) supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Hardware is available to support 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series devices are modular switches based on Cisco IOS XE and intended for medium-size and large campus access networks. Delivering twice the performance and over four times the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 it is designed to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio brings switch technology into the modern era of networking impelled by cybersecurity, mobility, Internet of Things, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 switches are offered with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two slots on the chassis are dedicated to redundant supervisor cards, leaving 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Max bandwidth scalability per line-card slot is 480G. Switching performance can reach 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 chassis can provide 90W UPOE+ on every access port, protected segmentation with Software-Defined Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high availability. Cisco's Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 ports, 5G/10G mGig ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot switch supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 appliances can provide 2 non-blocking 40G QSFP uplinks and up to 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 product line consists of fixed core and edge services switches designed for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 switches are based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the the family includes the first network technology to deliver switching speeds higher than 25 Terabits per second.

Catalyst 9500 appliances provide up to 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with forwarding throughput up to 2 Billion Packet per Second. Catalyst 9500 appliances can provide as many as 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports. You can configure MEC multipathing across StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X appliances support as high as 25.6 Tbps switching capacity with up to 2 Bpps forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X models support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 GB QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes chip-level capability for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (MACsec) and WAN-MACsec1 encryption.

Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution appliances for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot 9600 Series chassis loaded with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching performance up to 25.6 Terabits per second and can support as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 G ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 G QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 switch also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for redundant supervisors. You can mix and match a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployments. The chassis has a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption. End-of-Life Catalyst Models Still Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified consultants have extensive backgrounds providing online and onsite consulting and troubleshooting services for older Catalyst switches which have reached End of Life. These outdated switches usually cost more to operate and support than current models, provide lower performance and fewer features, and in many situations may subject organizations to regulatory and liability risks. Progent are available to help your business to maintain and troubleshoot these older Cisco products and can also help you to design and carry out non-disruptive migrations to newer products from the Catalyst line or to solutions from Cisco's Nexus line of switches which take advantage of Catalyst technology.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Family of Switches
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 and 520 line of Layer 2 switches are intended for organizations with as many as 250 workers and deliver the reliability, security, expandability, and features small and mid-sized businesses require at an economical cost. PoE support makes it easy to add network appliances like VoIP phones and IP TV cameras.

Models of the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 managed switches offer up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports as well as optional redundant power with automatic switch-over for additional dependability. Integration with Cisco access points helps businesses to set up a local wireless network rapidly and easily. The Catalyst Express 500 family provides solid security against malicious attacks thanks to the Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy and Cisco Clean Access solutions. Cisco Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 non-modular, managed 10/100 switches offer fundamental workgroup networking for small to midsize businesses (SMBs). These wire-rate desktop appliances offer Cisco IOS Software functions for simple data, video, and voice services at the network edge. The Catalyst 2940 Series fixed-configuration switches are compact, entry-level devices with 8 Fast Ethernet ports plus a single built-in Fast Ethernet or Gbit Ethernet uplink. They can be deployed away from the wiring closet in space-constrained locations like on or under a worker's desk or in a classroom.

Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed switches designed for small companies and branches. Current versions incorporate either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-GB Ethernet uplink ports, and deliver throughput as high as 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature permits up to four Catalyst 2960-S switches to be combined in a stack to perform as one switch that provides 40 Gbps of stacking throughput and that cuts administrative costs with single-switch configuration. IPv6 FHS capability protects networks against address interception and malicious attacks.

Catalyst 3560 Family Switches
The Catalyst 3560 family is a selection of fixed-configuration switches that features IEEE 802.3af and Power over Ethernet capability in Fast Ethernet and Gigabit configurations. Cisco's Catalyst 3560 is an ideal Layer 2 switch for midsize business network connectivity or local-office environments, combining both Gigabit Ethernet and PoE configurations for high efficiency while streamlining the installation of vital technology such a IP telephony, wireless connectivity, video monitoring, and building management systems. IT managers can deploy network-wide smart services such as quality of service, rate management, ACLs, multicast administration, and high-performance IP routing with the ease of traditional LAN switching.

Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series switch has a robust set of features that permit network expandability and higher resilience via IP routing as well as a complete suite of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) improvements designed to maximize throughput in an access Layer LAN. Enhancements to the standard Spanning Tree Protocol, including PVST+, and Port Fast, combined with enhancements like Flex Links, improve network efficiency. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) allows for Layer 2 traffic balancing on redundant connections to efficiently use the additional bandwidth inherent in a redundant design.

Efficient routing mechanisms including Open Shortest Path First, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, BGP, static routing, and PBR improve system capacity; Protocol Independent Multicast improves utilization of network resources; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite secures data.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For mid-size businesses and corporate branches, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series simplifies integration of converged technologies and adapts to evolving business needs by providing setup versatility, ability to manage unified network traffic, and management-free configuration of intelligent system services. In addition, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch is designed for high-volume Gigabit environments and includes a diverse selection of switches that address the connectivity, aggregation, and backbone-connectivity requirements of small or mid-size systems.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series has the IP Base or the Services image. The IP Base image functions include advanced QoS, rate-management, access control lists (ACLs), and simple static and Routing Information Protocol routing support. The IP Services image offers a richer selection of enterprise network functions, such as advanced hardware-based IP unicast/multicast routing.

StackWise technology is an architecture optimized for Gigabit Ethernet. StackWise is designed to react to installs, deletions, and redeployments while maintaining consistent performance. Cisco StackWise technology combines up to 9 individual switches into a single logical unit, using special stack-interconnect cables and software. Each of the switches can be any mix of Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switches and the Cisco Catalyst 3750-E Series switches. The stack behaves as a single switching unit that is directed by a master switch, selected from among the stack of switches. The master switch intelligently creates and updates all the switching and user-selected routing databases. A running stack can accommodate new switches or remove old devices with no operational discontinuity.

Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port managed switch that is ultra-compact, fanless, low power, and includes flexible mounting options. The Catalyst 2960-CX incorporates eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two 1-GE uplinks and optionally provides Power over Ethernet. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-configuration managed switch housed in a sleek, quiet and energy-efficient unit that can be placed almost anywhere outside a wiring closet. Versions are offered with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with six 1-GE ports plus 2 multigigabit Ethernet ports. Up to four uplinks are available, and Power over Ethernet is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L family consists of value-priced fixed-configuration switches intended for branch offices, retail venues, and other environments where space is at a premium. Catalyst 2900-L compact switches include eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and either 2 or 4 Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) uplink ports. PoE support saves space and fan-free operation for most models eliminates noise. RJ-45 connectors support 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and Catalyst 2960-XR switches enhance the 2690-S family by delivering switching capacity of 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking via a hot-swappable module that allows 8 Catalyst switches in a FlexStack Plus stack with 80 Gbps of stacking throughput. Catalyst 2900 Series switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for conserving forwarding data for analysis. The Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch features L3 dynamic routing, providing the convenience of having one switch for L2 and L3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed, stackable access switches based on Cisco's IOS XE OS and featuring full wireless network controller capability that allows you to converge wired and wireless networks on a single platform managed by a single operating system. Cisco offers versions with either 24 or 48 built-in 1Gb Ethernet connections with PoE+, four 1GE or four 10GE uplinks, and support for as many as nine Catalyst switches per stack. All versions provide expandable Quality of Service, stateful switchover for high uptime, support in software for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast, and advanced security features.

Because wireless traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, network managers can identify and prioritize wireless traffic with Cisco's Flexible NetFlow technology and advanced QoS capabilities for an improved wireless user environment and faster problem isolation. Fast Ethernet switching can handle the high-throughput called for by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi standard on currently in-place cabling infrastructure. (For information about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet Wi-Fi products, and Cisco's Meraki cloud-managed APs, refer to Planning and Deployment Consulting Services for Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers.)

The Catalyst 3650 delivers stacking throughput as high as 160 Gbps and can control as many as 25 Wi-Fi APs and 1000 Wi-Fi users per stack. The Catalyst 3850 delivers stacking bandwidth as high as 480 Gbps and supports up to 50 wireless access points and 2000 Wi-Fi clients per switch or stack. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate on every port, providing long distance connections, advanced security, and a consistent wired/wireless experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series and Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E and and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are designed for campus and distribution environments where physical space for infrastructure equipment is limited. Running Cisco's IOS XE operating system, both the Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X product lines facilitate network virtualization thanks to Cisco's EVN and VSS technologies. Network virtualization makes it possible to divide a hardware network into a number of virtual networks whose data and control planes are logically segregated. This provides the efficient utilization, security and compliance, resilience, and manageability needed for Cloud environments or other scenarios where a common infrastructure must be shared by applications and services that must operate in complete privacy from each other. Easy Virtual Network simplifies the process of creating virtual networks and scales to 32 VNs for each switch. Easy Virtual Network incorporates features of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) and includes additional technologies including VNET Trunks and a simple way for duplicating replicating routes connecting VNs. Virtual Switching System technology makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and 4500-X Series platforms to create zero-downtime VNs with optimized load balancing.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch has a built-in wireless network controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access technology for wired and wireless convergence. this is the initial Catalyst supervisor to support wired as well as wireless services on one switch powered by IOS XE. Features included are Cisco's Flexible NetFlow technology for capacity planning across wired and wireless networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless data security, predictable QoS for wired and Wi-Fi networks, and the extension of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO) to cover wireless data traffic for enterprise-class high availability.

Available in chassis that have from three to 10 plug-in slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E switches with Supervisor 8-E can handle up to 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 192 1GE fiber fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers as much as 928 Gbps of wired capacity for each system and 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 Wi-Fi clients can be supported per switch, and 250 access points and 4000 clients can be managed in a multi-switch deployment without requiring a separate wireless network controller.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation switches that can provide up to 800 Gbps of backplane switching performance per device. The Catalyst 4500-X switch supports as many as 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections on the unit's baseboard and eight additional 10GE ports on the expansion module for a total of up to 40 non-blocking 10GE connections. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports are also available via a separate module. In addition to providing zero-downtime performance and simple management, Cisco's virtual switching system technology on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches offers increased system throughput of up to 1.6 Tbps by enabling all possible bandwidth between VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X switches. Other advanced features include Cisco's Flexible NetFlow technology for application visibility, Cisco TrustSec security, and wire-rate IPv6 forwarding.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series switches are enterprise campus core switches that share the proven technology of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 family of products, which first appeared over a decade ago and have been continually improved ever since. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches provide the same general features and operational consistency, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch supports the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and the associated family of line cards and modules. This mutual compatibility and commitment to ongoing enhancement protects your IT expenditures and allows you to update your network backbone with little service interruption or management staff re-education.

Common attributes of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 modular switches that have the Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's ISE technology for convenient, single-point management to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, VSS technology for 99.999% uptime through multi-level switchover, and the Cisco LISP protocol to support client roaming and device mobility and to streamline virtualization and migration to IPv6. Other virtual networking features to partition distinct user groups and support the special security/compliance and Quality of Service policy requirements of each group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete MPLS, Easy Virtual Network (EVN), VPN Routing and Forwarding-aware technology for Network Address Translation NetFlow, GRE for v4/v6, and L2 extensions with virtual private LAN services (VPLS). For converged wired/wireless environments, the Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) for Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches can manage up to 1000 wireless access points and 15,000 wireless users.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E family of modular switches are designed for distribution and enterprise core environments that require world-class uptime and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, and/or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Available versions have three to 13 expansion slots and accept a broad range of modules. Integrated service modules enable wireless, network analysis, and data protection. Just E-Series models of Cisco's extensive family of Catalyst 6500 switches work with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The value-priced Catalyst 6503-E has a 4 rack unit (4RU) chassis, includes 3 expansion slots, and delivers 180 Gbps of switching throughput per slot. The Catalyst 6503-E switch can support up to 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber access ports, up to 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 8 40GE ports.

The high-end Catalyst 6513-E has a 19 rack unit, 13-slot form factor and can deliver as much as 180 Gbps of performance on each slot, with a system bandwidth of up to 4 Tbps. A VSS configured system can deliver up to 8 Tbps of switching throughout. The Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 534 1GE fiber ports, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 44 40GE ports.

Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6800 switches are programmable backbone platforms intended to provide best-of-breed 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed, compact platform for high-density Ethernet designed for small or medium-size enterprise campus cores. The Catalyst 6880-X supports as much as 2 Tbps switching performance and features four slots for port cards. The maximum port density on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can deliver 4 Tbps switching throughput and support as many as 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or up to 20 40GE ports.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10 RU form factor that has 7 expansion slots and supports standard Supervisor Engine 2T cards and modules. (Two slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for expansion modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL switch can deliver as much as 880 Gbps of switching performance on each slot and 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching throughput while supporting up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 1GE fiber ports, up to 80 10GE connections or 20 40GE ports. A two-chassis 6807-XL system configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System can support 22.8 Tbps of switching capacity, 480 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 1GE fiber connections, up to 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or 40 40GE access ports. Ways That Progent Can Help Your Business with Cisco Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the online or on-premises services of Cisco CCIE-certified consultants who have broad experience delivering Catalyst switch technology solutions for small and midsize businesses, branches, enterprises, data centers, Cloud environments, and SPs. Progent's skills include Catalyst and Nexus families of smart switches and with Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS control software. Support services available from Progent's experts for Catalyst switches include pilot testing, system analysis, topology planning, migrations and project management, virtualization, wired/wireless unification, management automation, performance optimization, troubleshooting, disaster recovery preparedness, and network security testing and verification.

Progent offers deep expertise with open standards and with proprietary Cisco protocols related to switching and routing such as BGP, MPLS traffic engineering, PIM, VPNs, STP, virtual LANs, Cisco FabricPath, VPC, HSRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and LISP. Progent's network specialists also have deep knowledge of key networking technologies including TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), RIP, and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified network security consultants can assist you to develop a comprehensive security plan and implement Cisco Catalyst switches so they offer maximum support for your security posture.

If you need the highest available Ethernet density or extremely low latency Cisco switches for a world-class data center, Progent can help you to evaluate, plan, and manage a migration to Nexus switches. To learn about Progent's consulting capabilities for Cisco's Nexus switches, refer to Nexus Switch consulting services. Progent can also help you to connect Catalyst core switches with Cisco Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.) To find out additional information concerning Progent's consulting expertise for Cisco solutions, select a topic:

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