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Cisco's Catalyst family of modular and fixed-configuration switches provides speed and control at the access, aggregation, and core areas of converged voice, video, and data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants can provide remote and on-premises support for Catalyst switches to help your organization to plan a cost-effective network architecture that addresses your unique business requirements, configure pilot testing, deploy Catalyst switches, establish and verify a sensible security plan, automate network management and performance tracking, deliver repair and support services, optimize switch performance, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant solutions to achieve non-stop operation.

Progent can assist 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 receive the maximum business value from your investment in your IT infrastructure.

The need for smart, high-speed switching is driven by a confluence of relatively recent computing patterns whose net impact is a cyber tsunami of data traffic:

• Cloud and IoT computing and a consequent reliance on massive network virtualization
• The pervasiveness of personal endpoints
• Data guzzling rich media apps
• Social media for business
• The rise of Big Data in enterprise analytics
• Increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks like ransomware

Cisco's current portfolio of Catalyst switches are best suited for the distribution and core layers levels of campus environments where office workers must be accommodated by providing unvarying high speed, secure user access control, careful segregation, application intelligence, and wired/wireless convergence. Catalyst switches address the need for performance and control with capabilities such as high-port-count 10G/40G/100G support, switching performance more than 25T per chassis, an extensive catalog of tools such as EVN to simplify the deployment of VLANs, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for switch failover with subsecond virtual switch restoration and 99.999% uptime, IPv6 capability, Application Visibility and Control to optimize system resource usage, and advanced Quality of Service tools for business-critical traffic control.

Catalyst switches allow businesses of any size to build smart switching features into their network infrastructure, deploying an environment that can meet real-time needs, expand to support future growth, guard vital data, and differentiate and control tasks to enhance network productivity.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Series Layer 2 network access switches are small form factor, fixed-configuration switches intended for smaller businesses and branches with up to 250 workers and with minimal internal IT support. The Catalyst 1000 line includes fanless versions for noiseless operation within an office venue. Mounting kits include desktop, wall mount, rack mount, and DIN. Designed as a simple upgrade for Catalyst 2960-L or 2960-Plus deployments, the Catalyst 1000 portfolio includes versions with 8 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.

Catalyst 1000 set up and administration are easy using a web UI or command-line interface, cybersecurity is enterprise-class, and Power over Ethernet capability with an automatically distributed power budget of 740W supports a wide variety of Internet of Things solutions. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet model switches can be managed at once with single IP. Catalyst 1000 units are line-rate switches, and all are powered by Cisco's familiar IOS Software. Quality-of-Service features include egress queues on every port plus priority queuing to deliver optimized throughput for time-critical traffic. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also support SRR service scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop congestion avoidance.

Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family of managed switches offers modular and fixed units and supports all deployment models including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Catalyst 9000 series offers switches with the right value proposition to connect people and things in environments from small businesses and branch offices to the largest enterprises. Catalyst 9000 switches can be configured to implement any mix of local facilities, private and public clouds, and hybrid networks. Modern management tools and advanced security solutions lower cost of ownership by streamlining operations and protecting critical network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of switches provide converged switching and routing, introducing the first mix of 400G QSFP-DD ports along with full multigigabit and PoE ports.

With twice the stacking bandwidth for about half the price of the legacy Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural infrastructure upgrade for small branches and midsize campuses. The 9200 portfolio includes models that support 24 or 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet; 80-160 Gbps stacking performance; and Layer 3 capabilities that include OSPF Interior Gateway Protocol, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS, and routed access. Cisco Catalyst 9200 switches are powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system.

The Catalyst 9200 delivers 160-Gbps stacking bandwidth, features field-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and accepts add-in interface modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. The Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN model allows up to 32 Virtual Networks and offers 160-Gbps stacking throughput. The Catalyst 9200L delivers 80-Gbps stacking performance. Both the Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless performance optimization with 8 or 12 mGig Ethernet ports as fast as 10G.

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for high-density access switching. Key features provided with models in the Catalyst 9300 family include 1T stacking throughput, stackable SFP fiber, up to 448 mGig ports and 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device configuration, end-to-end IPsec tunnel with AES-256 Encryption and speeds up to 100G, redundant fans and power supplies, plus data stack cables compatible throughout the complete Catalyst 9300 product line.

Powered by Cisco IOS XE, appliances in the Catalyst 9300 family support auto device provisioning, API-driven configuration, high-granularity visibility for close to realtime monitoring, and seamless software updates. Advanced security capabilities include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Trust Anchor Technologies with Image signing. Cloud cybersecurity is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 switches are able to host Cisco's Umbrella agent directly. This allows organizations to implement their DNS filtering policies granularly to prevent BYOD or IoT clients from visiting dangerous websites.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch features as much as 320G backplane stacking capacity and offers 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L utilizes fixed instead of modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance offers 480G of backplane stacking bandwidth and can provide 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps Ethernet ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink performance available are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The high-end Cisco Catalyst 9300X switch delivers 1T stacking throughput and supports 48 10G port density. The 9300X supports modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or multigigabit. Cisco 90W UPOE+ supports dense IoT 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 targeted for midsize and large campus access deployments. Delivering twice the throughput and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 line it is built to replace, Cisco's Catalyst 9400 family ushers switch technology into the modern era of networking impelled by cybersecurity, mobility, IoT, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 appliances are offered with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two of the slots on the chassis are dedicated to high-availability supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Maximum capacity per line-card slot is 480G. Switching performance can reach 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module is as high as 9 Tbps for the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 appliances offer 90W UPOE+ on every access port, protected segmentation with Software-Defined Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high availability. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch can support 96 10/100/1000 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 switches can provide 2 non-blocking 40G QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 family consists of fixed core and edge services appliances intended for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 models are based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the the family incorporates the first infrastructure technology to deliver switching speeds higher than 25 Terabits per second.

Catalyst 9500 models provide up to 6.4 Terabits per second switching performance with forwarding speed as high as 2 Bpps. Catalyst 9500 appliances can provide up to 32 nonblocking 100 GB QSFP28 ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can deploy Multichassis EtherChannel across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members for high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X products can provide as high as 25.6 Tbps switching performance with 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding speed. Catalyst 9500X devices support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 GB QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X line also includes chip-level support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE 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 using a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching capacity up to 25.6 Tbps 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-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for high-availability supervisors. You can mix and match a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployment scenarios. The Catalyst 9600 chassis has a passive backplane, so you can replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.

Legacy Catalyst Products Supported by Progent
Progent's Cisco certified network consultants have extensive experience providing remote and on-premises consulting and troubleshooting expertise for older Catalyst Series switches for which Cisco has announced End of Life (EOL). These legacy switches often are more expensive to operate and support than contemporary products, deliver less capacity and fewer features, and in some situations can subject businesses to regulatory compliance and liability risks. Progent are available to assist your business to maintain and troubleshoot these legacy switches and can also help you to design and carry out seamless migrations to current products within the Catalyst family or to solutions from Cisco's Nexus portfolio of switches which take advantage of Catalyst technology.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Line
Cisco's Catalyst Express 500 family of Layer 2 switches are intended for organizations with as many as 250 employees and provide the reliability, protection, scalability, and feature set small businesses require at an affordable price. PoE support makes it easy to add network devices like VoIP phones and IP TV cameras.

Versions of the Catalyst Express 500 and 520 switches offer up to 24 10/100/1000BT Ethernet ports as well as the option of redundant power with automatic switch-over for additional reliability. Interoperation with Cisco access points helps organizations to set up a wireless LAN network rapidly and easily. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 family provides solid protection against malicious attacks With Cisco's Self-Defending Network strategy and Clean Access solutions. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series non-modular, managed 10/100 switches offer fundamental small-group networking for small to medium-sized companies. These wire-rate desktop switches deliver IOS Software features for simple data, video, and voice support at the edge of the network. The Catalyst 2940 family of fixed-configuration switches are small-footprint, entry-level switches featuring eight Ethernet ports and a single built-in Fast or Gigabit uplink. They can be installed away from the wiring closet in cramped areas such as on or under 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 branch offices. Available versions incorporate either 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-GB Ethernet uplink connections, and provide switching capacity as high as 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack technology permits as many as four Catalyst 2960-S chassis to be grouped in a stack to act as one switching unit that offers 40 Gbps of stacking performance and that reduces administrative costs because of single-switch configuration. IPv6 First Hop Security (FHS) technology protects against address interception and other attacks.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Family Switches
The Catalyst 3560 family is a selection of fixed-configuration switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Cisco Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionality in 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit configurations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 is a proven Layer 2 switch for midsize business LAN connectivity or local-offices, offering both Gigabit and Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations for high efficiency while streamlining the deployment of vital technology such a VoIP, wireless access, video surveillance, and building management systems. IT managers can activate network-wide smart services such as quality of service (QoS), rate limiting, ACLs, multicast administration, and broadband IP routing with the ease of conventional LAN switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 family switch is equipped with a robust array of features that permit network expandability and enhanced resilience through IP routing plus a complete suite of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) enhancements designed to increase throughput in a Layer 2 LAN. Enhancements to the conventional STP Protocol, such as Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), Uplink Fast, and Port Fast, as well as innovations like Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, contribute to network efficiency. PVST+ allows for Data Link Layer traffic balancing on redundant links to exploit the extra capacity associated with a redundant architecture.

Important technologies including OPSF, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and static routing increase network capacity; PIM helps improve the efficiency of system resource use; and VRFLite protects network traffic.

Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
For mid-size businesses and corporate branches, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch simplifies integration of converged applications and accommodates changing competitive needs by offering configuration versatility, support for converged network patterns, and management-free set up of intelligent network services. In addition, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series is designed for high-volume Gigabit Ethernet deployments and includes a diverse selection of switches that address the connectivity, aggregation, and backbone-interface requirements of small or mid-size networks.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch includes either the IP Base or the Services image. The IP Base image capabilities include industry-leading quality of service, rate-management, ACLs, and basic static and Routing Information Protocol routing capability. The IP Services image offers a richer set of enterprise-level functions, such as advanced built-in IP unicast and multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is a stacking architecture designed for Gigabit Ethernet. StackWise is intended to react to additions, deletions, and redeployments while providing consistent operation. Cisco StackWise technology unites as many as nine separate switches into one logical unit, using custom stack-interconnect cables and utilities. Any of the switches can be any combination of the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the Cisco Catalyst 3750-E switches. The stack behaves as an individual switching device that is directed by a control switch, selected from among the member switches. The master switch intelligently creates and keeps current all the switching and user-selected routing tables. A deployed stack can accommodate new members or remove existing switches with no operational interruption.

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Swiches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-configuration switch that is compact, fanless, power efficient, and includes flexible mounting alternatives. The device has eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and optionally provides Power over Ethernet (PoE). Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port managed switch housed in a sleek, noiseless and energy-efficient enclosure that can be mounted almost anywhere outside a wiring closet. Versions are offered with 8 or 12 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or with 6 1-GE ports and 2 multigigabit Ethernet ports. Two or four uplink ports are available, and Power over Ethernet is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L family consists of value-priced fixed-configuration managed switches targeted for branch offices, retail areas, and other places where space is limited. Catalyst 2900-L compact appliances have 8 to 48 GE ports and either two or four Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fanless design for most models eliminates noise. RJ-45 connectors handle 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches enhance the 2690-S line by delivering switching capacity as high as 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus stacking technology via a hot-swappable plug-in that can combine 8 switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking throughput. Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series switches also support NetFlow-Lite for flow-based traffic monitoring. Cisco's Catalyst 2960-XR switch features L3 dynamic routing, offering the simplicity of having a single switch for L2 and L3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Series Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed, stackable access devices based on Cisco's IOS XE operating system and incorporating comprehensive wireless network controller functionality that lets you control wired and wireless networks on a single device powered by a single OS. Cisco has versions with either 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections with PoE plus, four 1-Gigabit or four 10GE uplink connections, and capacity for up to nine switches in a FlexStack stack. All models offer expandable Quality of Service, stateful failover for maximum availability, support in software for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast routing, and advanced security.

Because wireless data traffic is visible at the Catalyst 3000 Series switch, administrators can spot and assign priorities to wireless data using Cisco's Flexible NetFlow technology along with sophisticated Quality of Service capabilities for a better user environment and quicker problem mediation. Fast Ethernet switching can handle the high-bandwidth defined by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi standard using existing cabling infrastructure. (For information about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet wireless products, and Meraki cloud-managed access points, visit Configuration and Troubleshooting Support for Cisco Wireless Technology.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch offers stacking performance of up to 160 Gbps and supports up to 25 Wi-Fi APs and 1000 wireless clients on each switch or stack. The Catalyst 3850 delivers stacking performance of 480 Gbps and supports up to 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless users on each switch or stack. Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber connections at line rate, providing far reaching connections, enhanced protection, and a consistent wired/wireless user experience.

Catalyst 4500-E and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for access and distribution deployments where physical space for infrastructure equipment is limited. Powered by Cisco's IOS XE OS software, the 4500-E and 4500-X families facilitate virtualization thanks to Cisco's Easy Virtual Network and Virtual Switching System (VSS) technologies. Network virtualization makes it possible to segment a physical network into a number of virtual networks whose data planes and control planes are logically segregated. This makes possible the economy, security and compliance, resilience, and ease of management needed for Cloud environments or other situations where a single resource pool must be shared by applications and services that must run in complete isolation from one another. Easy Virtual Network speeds up the task of deploying VNs and scales to 32 VNs per switch. EVN incorporates the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding and includes additional technologies such as VNET Trunks and an easy technique for duplicating replicating routes between VNs. VSS technology makes it possible to set up Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series platforms to create non-stop VNs with advanced load balancing.

Catalyst 4500-E Switches
The Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch has an integrated wireless controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access technology for wired and wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the initial Catalyst supervisor to permit wired as well as wireless services on one platform powered by Cisco's IOS XE. Features included are Cisco's FNF solution for traffic analytics encompassing both wired and wireless networks, TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless data security, identical Quality of Service for wired and wireless clients, and the expansion of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO) to include Wi-Fi traffic for enterprise-class high availability.

Offered in chassis that have from three to 10 plug-in slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series switches with Supervisor 8-E can support as many as 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, 193 1GE fiber fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E provides 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 wireless users can be handled on each chassis, and up to 250 APs and 4000 wireless users can be managed in a dual-switch deployment without a standalone wireless network controller.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed-configuration 10GE aggregation platforms that provide as much as 800 Gbps of core switching performance per device. The Catalyst 4500-X can have as many as 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections on the baseboard and eight extra 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports on the expansion module for a maximum of 40 non-blocking 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks are also available with a separate module. In addition to offering zero-downtime operation and simple management, Cisco's VSS technology on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides higher system performance of as much as 1.6 Tbps by enabling all possible capacity across VSS-linked Catalyst 4500-X Series switches. Additional features include FNF solution for traffic analysis, Cisco TrustSec security, and wire-rate IPv6 forwarding.

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 switches are campus core switches that incorporate the proven DNA of the Catalyst 6500 family of products, which were introduced more than a decade ago and which have been steadily enhanced ever since. Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series switches provide identical general features and operation, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL supports the Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and the associated family of compatible line cards and modules. This cross compatibility and program of ongoing improvement protects your infrastructure investment and enables you to upgrade your network with little downtime or management team retraining.

Shared features of Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with the Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco Identity Services Engine for convenient, single-point management to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, Virtual Switching System capability for maximum uptime through multi-level failover, and Cisco's LISP protocol to support client roaming and device mobility and to streamline network virtualization and migration to IPv6. Other virtual networking tools to partition distinct user groups and serve the unique security and QoS policy needs of each group include L2/L3 VPN, complete MPLS, Easy Virtual Network (EVN), VRF-aware technology for NAT NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel Protection, and L2 extensions with virtual private LAN services (VPLS). For converged wired and wireless environments, the WiSM2 for Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 modular switches can manage as many as 1000 wireless access points and 15,000 wireless users.

Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series of modular switches are intended for distribution and campus core networks that require world-class uptime and high densities of 1 Gigabit Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, or 10 and 40 GE ports. Models have three to 13 slots and accept a wide selection of interface modules. Integrated service modules support wireless management, traffic analysis, and security. Just E-Series versions of Cisco's extensive line of 6500 switches accept Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T.

The value-priced Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch has a 4 rack unit (4RU) form factor, includes 3 slots, and offers as much as 180 Gbps of switching bandwidth on each slot. The Catalyst 6503-E switch supports 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, up to 99 1GE fiber ports, up to 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 8 40GE access ports.

The high-end Catalyst 6513-E switch has a 19RU, 13-slot chassis and offers up to 180 Gbps of throughput on each slot, with a total system bandwidth of up to 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configuration can support up to 8 Tbps of throughout. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E Series switch supports a maximum of 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 534 Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, 180 10GE access ports, and 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Catalyst 6800 switches are programmable core switches intended to deliver optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet services. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, small form factor switch for Ethernet aggregation designed for small or medium-size enterprise campus cores. The Catalyst 6880-X delivers as much as 2 Tbps throughput and has four slots for port cards. The top port concentration on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections or 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or up to 20 40GE ports. With VSS, a two-chassis system can deliver 4 Tbps capacity and support as many as 158 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports or 10GE connections or up to 20 40GE connections.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch has a 10-rack-unit form factor with 7 expansion slots and supports standard Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and modules. (Two slots are for the Supervisor Engine and five are for expansion modules.) The Catalyst 6807-XL offers as much as 880 Gbps of switching throughput per slot and a total of 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching performance while providing up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 80 10GE connections or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections. an 6807-XL system configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System can handle 22.8 Tbps of switching performance, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 160 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.

Ways That Progent Can Assist Your Business with Cisco Catalyst Series Switches
Progent offers the remote or onsite support services of Cisco CCIE-certified consultants who have broad backgrounds delivering Catalyst switch technology solutions for small and medium sized organizations, branches, campuses, data centers, Cloud networks, and service providers. Progent's areas of expertise include Catalyst and Nexus lines of managed switches and with Cisco's IOS and NX-OS control software. Support services offered by Progent's experts for Cisco Catalyst switches include pilot testing and validation, system analysis and monitoring, network architecture planning, upgrades and project management, virtualization, wired/wireless unification, network management, performance optimization, troubleshooting, business continuity planning, and IT security and compliance testing and remediation.

Progent has deep knowledge of open standards and with proprietary Cisco technologies associated with switching and routing such as BGP, MPLS traffic engineering, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, STP, virtual LANs, FabricPath, VPC, HSRP, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Virtual Switching System (VSS), and Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP). Progent's infrastructure experts also have familiarity with crucial networking technologies including TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), RIP, and IGMP. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified network security consultants can show you how to develop an enterprise-wide security and compliance plan and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches so that they offer maximum support for your network security posture.

If you require ultra high Ethernet density or extremely low latency switches for a world-class data center, Progent can help your organization to evaluate, plan, and carry out a migration to Cisco's Nexus switches. To learn about Progent's consulting services for Nexus switches, refer to Cisco Nexus Switch consulting services available from Progent. Progent can also help you to integrate Catalyst data center switches with Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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