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Cisco's Catalyst line of modular and fixed-configuration managed switches offers performance and intelligence at the access, distribution, and backbone areas of converged IP voice, video, and data networks for businesses that range from small businesses and branch offices to multi-campus enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants can provide online and on-premises expertise with Catalyst family switches to help you to design an efficient network topology that addresses your unique business requirements, set up proof-of-concept testing, install Catalyst switches, implement and validate a sensible security and compliance plan, streamline network management and monitoring, deliver repair and maintenance services, maximize switch capacity, and set up Catalyst's fault-tolerant solutions for near-zero downtime.

Progent can assist you to maintain and repair your legacy Catalyst switches or migrate smoothly to the latest models of Catalyst switches adhering to leading practices to make sure that you get the highest return from your investment in your IT infrastructure.

The need for smart, high-speed switching is the result 0f a confluence of relatively new networking patterns whose net effect is a virtual avalanche of traffic:

• Cloud and IoT networking and an associated reliance on massive virtualization
• The pervasiveness of personal endpoints
• Bandwidth-intensive rich media applications
• Social business technologies
• The rise of Big Data in data analytics
• Ever more sophisticated cyberattacks like ransomware

Cisco's current lineup of Catalyst switches are designed for the distribution/core levels of enterprise campus environments where mobile and stationary workers must be provided for by offering unvarying high speed, secure access control, careful group isolation, application awareness, and wired/wireless convergence. Catalyst series switches address the need for performance and intelligence with features such as high-density 10G/40G/100G support, switching throughput over 25T per chassis, an extensive collection of tools including Easy Virtual Network to simplify the deployment of VLANs, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for stateful failover with instant backup switch restoration and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv4 and IPv6 capability, Application Visibility and Control to maximize network resource usage, and sophisticated Quality of Service (QoS) tools for business-critical data prioritization.

Catalyst switches enable businesses of any size to build smart switching and routing services into their network architecture, creating an environment that can deal with current needs, scale to accommodate future growth, guard sensitive data, and differentiate and manage processes to enhance network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 access switches are small form factor, fixed-configuration switches targeted for small businesses and branches with as many as 250 workers and with minimal in-house IT support. The Catalyst 1000 Series includes fanless versions for silent operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting options include desktop, wall mount, standard rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Designed as an easy upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus deployments, Cisco's Catalyst 1000 family includes versions with 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.

Catalyst Series 1000 configuration and management are simple using a web interface or CLI, security is enterprise-class, and PoE+ ports with an automatically distributed budget of 740W supports a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet model switches can be controlled together with single IP. All Catalyst Series 1000 models are line-rate switches, and all are powered by Cisco's familiar IOS Software. QoS features include egress queues for every port plus priority queuing to provide optimized performance for time-critical traffic. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also offer Shaped Round Robin service scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion avoidance.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 series of managed switches includes modular and fixed appliances and can support all deployment models including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 line offers devices with the right value proposition to connect people and things in scenarios from small businesses and branches to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 Series products can be configured to implement any combination of local deployments, private and public clouds, and hybrid network models. Modern management platforms and advanced cybersecurity solutions lower cost of ownership by streamlining operations and protecting critical IT assets. Cisco's 9000X series of switches offer converged switching and routing, delivering the first mix of 400G QSFP-DD ports plus full multigigabit Ethernet and PoE ports.

With double the backplane stacking bandwidth for around half the price of the end-of-life Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are intended to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling network update for small branches and midsize campus deployments. The 9200 family includes switches that offer 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; streaming telemetry; and Layer 3 features such as OSPF Interior Gateway Protocol, EIGRP, IS-IS link-state protocol, and routed access. Catalyst 9200 switches run Cisco IOS XE.

The Catalyst 9200 delivers 160-Gbps stacking throughput, supports onsite-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and accepts swappable modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. The Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN model allows up to 32 Virtual Networks and delivers 160-Gbps backplane stacking throughput. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps stacking performance. The Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless performance tuning with 8 or 12 multigigabit Ethernet ports up to 10G.

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for ultra-high-density access switching. Key features provided with various models in the Catalyst 9300 product line include 1T backplane stacking capacity, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 multigigabit ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-unit configuration, end-to-end IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and speeds as high as 100G, redundant fans and power, plus data stack and StackPower cables compatible across the entire Catalyst 9300 family.

Based on Cisco IOS XE, switches in the Catalyst 9300 product line support auto device provisioning, API-based configuration, granular 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 Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing and Secure Boot. Cloud security is enhanced because Catalyst 9300 Series switches are able to host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This makes it possible for organizations to implement their DNS filtering policies granularly to block BYOD or IoT clients from visiting malicious websites.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch features up to 320G stacking performance and offers 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L utilizes fixed rather than modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch features 480G of stacking bandwidth and can provide 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink performance available are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance delivers up to 1Tbps stacking bandwidth and offers 48 10G port density. The 9300X supports uplink modules with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Cisco offers hardware to provide 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series appliances are modular switches powered by Cisco IOS XE and targeted for medium-size and large campus access networks. Offering double the throughput and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 it is built to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9400 family brings switch capability into the current era of connectivity impelled by cybersecurity, mobility, IoT, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 switches are offered with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two of the slots on the chassis are reserved for high-availability supervisor cards, leaving 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Max bandwidth per line-card slot is 480G. Switching performance can reach 1.44 Tbps and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module is as high as 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 chassis offer 90W UPOE+ on every access port, protected network segmentation with SD-Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch can support 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5G/10G mGig ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 models can support 2 non-blocking 40G QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit SFP+ uplinks.

The Catalyst 9500 product line includes fixed core and edge services switches intended for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 models are powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the the family incorporates the first network technology to provide switching rates higher than 25 Tbps.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 models deliver up to 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with forwarding speed as high as 2 Bpps. Catalyst 9500 switches can provide up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can configure Multichassis EtherChannel across StackWise-Virtual members to achieve high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X appliances can provide up to 25.6 Tbps switching performance with up to 2 Bpps forwarding capacity. Catalyst 9500X devices deliver up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X line also includes chip-level capability for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.

Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution appliances intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot 9600 Series chassis using a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor has switching capacity up to 25.6 Terabits per second and can contain up to 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 G ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The Catalyst 9600 also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are reserved for redundant supervisors. You can combine a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployments. The Catalyst 9600 chassis is equipped with a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.

Legacy Catalyst Switches Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco certified network consultants have broad backgrounds providing remote and on-premises consulting and troubleshooting services for older Catalyst Series switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life (EOL). These legacy Catalyst switches often are more expensive to operate and maintain than current models, deliver less capacity and functionality, and for some situations can expose organizations to compliance and even liability risks. Progent's consultants can assist your business to manage and repair these older Cisco products and can also assist you to design and carry out seamless migrations to newer products from the Catalyst line or to solutions from Cisco's Nexus line of switches which build upon Catalyst design experience.

Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Series Switches
The Catalyst Express 500 and 520 line of Layer 2 switches are intended for organizations with up to 250 workers and provide the dependability, security, extensibility, and features small and mid-sized businesses need at an affordable price. PoE support makes it easy to install network devices like wireless access points and IP cameras.

Versions of the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 switches support up to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet ports as well as the option of redundant power with auto fail-over for additional reliability. Integration with Cisco wireless access points allows businesses to set up a wireless LAN environment rapidly and effectively. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 family provides solid protection against malicious attacks With Cisco's Self-Defending Network strategy and Clean Access agents. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 Series fixed-configuration, managed Ethernet switches provide fundamental workgroup networking for small to medium-size businesses. These wire-rate desktop appliances offer IOS Software features for simple data, video, and voice services at the edge of the network. The Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series managed switches are small, entry-level devices with 8 Ethernet connections and one built-in Fast or Gbit uplink. The enclosures can be installed outside the wiring closet in cramped office spaces such as on a user's desk or in a classroom.

Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches intended for small companies and branches. Available versions feature 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-Gigabit uplinks, and provide switching capacity of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology permits four 2960-S chassis to be grouped in a FlexStack stack to perform like a single switch that offers 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth and that cuts management costs because of single-switch setup. IPv6 FHS capability protects against IPv6 address theft and malicious attacks.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 Series is a selection of non-modular switches that features IEEE 802.3af and Cisco PoE functionality in Fast Ethernet and 10/100/1000 Ethernet implementations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series switch is a proven Layer 2 switch for midsize business LAN access or local-offices, combining both Gigabit and Power over Ethernet configurations for high efficiency while streamlining the installation of key technology including VoIP, wireless access, video surveillance, and remote video kiosks. Customers can activate comprehensive smart features including quality of service, rate management, ACLs, multicast administration, and broadband IP routing with the simplicity of traditional LAN switching.

The Catalyst 3560 switch has a powerful set of capabilities that allow for network scalability and enhanced availability through IP routing plus a full suite of STP improvements designed to maximize throughput in a Layer 2 LAN. Improvements to the standard STP Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), Uplink Fast, and Port Fast, combined with innovations like Flex Links, improve network uptime. PVST+ allows for Layer 2 load sharing on backup connections to exploit the additional bandwidth associated with a redundant design.

Important technologies including Open Shortest Path First (OPSF), EIGRP, BGP, and static routing improve system scale; Protocol Independent Multicast helps improve resource utilization; and VRFLite secures data.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For mid-size businesses and corporate branch offices, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series simplifies deployment of converged technologies and accommodates evolving business needs by providing configuration versatility, ability to manage unified network traffic, and management-free configuration of intelligent system functions. In addition, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 switch is designed for high-density Gigabit deployments and includes a wide range of switches that meet the access, aggregation, and backbone-connectivity demands of small or midsized systems.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series has the IP Base or the Services image. The IP Base image capabilities include advanced QoS, rate-limiting, access control lists (ACLs), and simple static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing support. The IP Services image provides a richer selection of high-end functions, including advanced hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is an architecture designed for 1000 Ethernet. This technology is intended to react to additions, deletions, and redeployments while maintaining dependable performance. Cisco StackWise combines up to nine separate switches into one functional unit, utilizing custom stack-interconnect cables and stacking utilities. Each of the switches can be any mix of Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series and the Cisco Catalyst 3750-E switches. The stack operates as a single switching device that is managed by a control switch, chosen from one of the member switches. The control switch intelligently builds and updates all the switching and optional routing databases. A running stack can accommodate new switches or delete old members with no service discontinuity.

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port managed switch that is compact, fanless, low power, and includes a variety of mounting alternatives. The device has eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two 1-GE uplink ports and has an option for PoE+ power. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port managed switch housed in a compact, quiet and low-power enclosure that can be placed virtually anywhere outside a wiring closet. Versions are offered with 8 or 12 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or with 6 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and 2 multigigabit Ethernet ports. Two or four uplinks are available, and Power over Ethernet is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line consists of value-priced fixed-configuration managed switches intended for branch offices, retail areas, and other environments where space is at a premium. Catalyst 2900-L low-profile switches include eight to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and either 2 or 4 Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) uplink ports. PoE support reduces clutter and fan-free design for the 8- versions eliminates noise. RJ-45 interfaces handle 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches improve on the 2690-S line of switches by offering switching throughput of up to 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking via a live-swappable plug-in that can combine 8 Catalyst switches in a stack with 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Catalyst 2900 family switches also support NetFlow-Lite for flow-based traffic monitoring. The Catalyst 2960-XR switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, offering the convenience of using a single switch for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Cisco Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Series Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed-configuration, stackable access devices powered by Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating full wireless network controller functionality that lets you converge wired and wireless infrastructure on a one platform managed by one operating system. Cisco offers versions with 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with Power over Ethernet plus (PoE+), four 1-Gigabit or four 10GE uplink connections, and support for as many as nine switches in a FlexStack stack. All versions offer modular QoS, stateful failover for maximum availability, software support for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and advanced security features.

Since wireless data traffic is visible at the Catalyst 3000 Series switch, network managers can spot and prioritize wireless data with Cisco's FNF technology along with sophisticated QoS capabilities for a better user experience and quicker problem isolation. Fast Ethernet switching supports the high-bandwidth defined by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi specification on existing cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's consulting and support services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet Wi-Fi access points and wireless controllers, and Cisco's Meraki cloud-managed Wi-Fi APs, visit Planning and Deployment Support for Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers.)

The Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series switch delivers stacking throughput as high as 160 Gbps and can control as many as 25 Wi-Fi access points and 1000 Wi-Fi users per switch. The Catalyst 3850 Series switch offers stacking throughput of up to 480 Gbps and can control as many as 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless clients on each switch or stack. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber connections at line rate, providing long distance connections, enhanced security, and an identical wired and wireless user experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Catalyst 4500-E and and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for campus access and distribution environments where space for networking hardware is limited. Powered by Cisco's IOS XE control software, both the Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X product lines facilitate virtualization thanks to Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System (VSS) solutions. Virtualization makes it possible to divide a physical network into multiple virtual networks (VNs) whose data planes and control planes are logically separate. This makes possible the high resource utilization, security and compliance, recoverability, and simplified management required for Cloud environments or other situations where a common resource pool must be shared by applications and services that must run in total isolation from each other. EVN simplifies the task of deploying VNs and can be expanded to 32 VNs for each switch. Easy Virtual Network utilizes features of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding and provides new features such as VNET Trunks and a simple way for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. VSS makes it easy to set up Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series platforms to create zero-downtime VNs with optimized traffic load balancing.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch includes an integrated wireless controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the first Cisco Catalyst supervisor to permit wired as well as wireless services on a single switch based on Cisco's IOS XE. Technologies included are Cisco's FNF solution for traffic analytics encompassing wired and wireless networks, Cisco TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless data security, consistent Quality of Service for wired and wireless networks, and the extension of NSF/SSO to include wireless data traffic for world-class availability.

Available in chassis with from three to 10 plug-in slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E switches can support as many as 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 192 Gigabit Ethernet fiber fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, and eight 10GE uplink ports. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides as much as 928 Gbps of wired access for each system and up to 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 wireless access points and 2000 wireless clients can be handled per switch, and 250 wireless access points and 4000 clients are managed in a two-switch deployment without requiring a separate wireless controller.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed 10-Gigabit Ethernet aggregation switches that can provide 800 Gbps of backplane switching performance per device. The Catalyst 4500-X switch can have up to 32 10GE ports on the unit's baseboard and eight extra 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the expansion module for a total of 40 non-blocking 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Eight 10GE uplink ports are also available with another module. In addition to providing zero-downtime performance and easy management, Cisco's VSS solution on Catalyst 4500-X switches offers increased system performance of as much as 1.6 Tbps by activating all possible bandwidth across VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X switches. Other advanced features include Flexible NetFlow solution for application visibility, TrustSec protection, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus backbone switches that share the proven DNA of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 family of switches, which first appeared more than a dozen years ago and which have been steadily improved ever since. Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series switches offer identical general features and operational consistency, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL accepts the Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and its extensive family of line cards and modules. This mutual compatibility and commitment to continual improvement protects your infrastructure expenditures and permits you to update your network backbone with minimal downtime or IT staff training.

Common features of Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 modular switches that have Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for simple, single-point administration to ensure unvarying policy across a distributed environment, VSS capability for maximum uptime via multi-level switchover, and Cisco's LISP protocol to support roaming and mobility and to streamline virtualization and transition to IPv6. Other virtual networking features to segment specific user groups and support the special security and Quality of Service policy requirements of every group include L2/L3 VPN, complete MPLS, Easy Virtual Network, VPN Routing and Forwarding-aware applications for Network Address Translation (NAT) NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnels, and Layer 2 geographic extensions with virtual private LAN services (VPLS). For unified wired/wireless networking, the WiSM2 for Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 modular switches includes support for 1000 wireless APs and 15,000 wireless users.

Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Catalyst 6500-E family of modular switches are designed for aggregation and campus backbone environments that require maximum uptime and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, or 10 and 40 GE access ports. Available versions come with three to 13 expansion slots and accept a broad selection of modules. Integrated service modules support wireless management, traffic monitoring, and security. Just E-Series models of Cisco's broad line of Catalyst 6500 switches are compatible with Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E has a 4 rack unit (4RU) form factor, includes 3 expansion slots, and offers as much as 180 Gbps of switching capacity per slot. The Catalyst 6503-E switch can support 97 1-Gigabit Ethernet connections, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, up to 34 10GE ports, and up to 8 40GE access ports.

The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 6513-E has a 19RU, 13-slot form factor and offers up to 180 Gbps of performance per slot, with a total system bandwidth as high as 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can deliver 8 Tbps of capacity. The Catalyst 6513-E switch offers a maximum of 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 534 Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, and up to 44 40GE access ports.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switches
Catalyst 6800 Series switches are programmable backbone switches designed to provide optimal 10/40/100 GE services. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed, compact platform for high-density Ethernet intended for small or medium-size campus backbones. The 6880-X switch delivers as much as 2 Tbps switching capacity and includes four slots for plug-in port cards. The maximum port density on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10GE access ports or as many as 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can provide 4 Tbps switching bandwidth and support as many as 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 10GE access ports or as many as 20 40GE ports.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch comes in a 10-rack-unit form factor chassis with 7 slots and supports existing Supervisor Engine 2T cards and service modules. (Two of the slots are for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL switch can deliver up to 880 Gbps of switching capacity per slot and 11.4 Tbps of switching performance while supporting up to 240 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 80 10GE access ports or up to 20 40GE access ports. A two-chassis 6807-XL system with Cisco's Virtual Switching System can support 22.8 Tbps of switching capacity, 480 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 1GE fiber connections, 160 10GE connections or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.

Ways That Progent Can Help You with Cisco Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the remote or onsite services of Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants who have broad experience providing Catalyst switch support for small and midsize organizations, branch offices, enterprise campuses, data centers, Cloud networks, and service providers. Progent's practice areas include Catalyst and Nexus families of managed switches and Cisco's IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS operating systems. Consulting and support services offered by Progent for Catalyst Series switches include pilot testing and validation, network analysis and monitoring, topology planning, migrations and project management, network virtualization, wired and wireless convergence, network management, performance optimization, troubleshooting, business continuity preparedness, and data security and compliance assessment and validation.

Progent's Cisco-certified consultants have broad knowledge of open standards as well as with proprietary Cisco technologies related to switching and routing such as BGP, MPLS, PIM, VPNs, STP, virtual LANs, FabricPath, VPC, OTV, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's infrastructure specialists also have experience with crucial networking technologies including TCP/IP protocols, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, RIP, and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security consultants can show you how to develop an enterprise-wide security and compliance strategy and deploy Catalyst switches so they provide optimal support for your network security posture.

In case you require ultra high Ethernet density or extremely low latency Cisco switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can help you to analyze, design, and manage a transition to Nexus family of switches. For information about Progent's consulting and support capabilities for Nexus Series switches, see Nexus Switch consulting offered by Progent. Progent can also help you to connect Catalyst core switches with Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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