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The Catalyst line of modular and fixed-configuration switches provides speed and intelligence at the access, distribution, and core levels of converged voice, HD video, and data networks for organizations that range from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises and service providers. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE consultants offer online and on-premises support for Catalyst switches to assist you to design an efficient infrastructure that addresses your specific business needs, configure pilot testing, deploy Catalyst switches, establish and validate a sound security and compliance strategy, automate network management and performance tracking, provide troubleshooting and support services, optimize switch performance, and configure Catalyst's fault-tolerant technology to achieve non-stop operation.

Progent can assist you to manage and troubleshoot your legacy Catalyst switches or upgrade with minimal disruption to current versions of Catalyst switches adhering to industry best practices to make sure that you get the maximum return from your investment in your network.

The demand for smart, fast switching is the result 0f a combination of relatively recent computing trends whose overall impact is a cyber tsunami of data traffic:

• Cloud and IoT computing and a consequent demand for massive network virtualization
• The proliferation of personal endpoints
• Data guzzling rich media applications
• Social media for business
• The rise of Big Data in data analytics
• Increasingly advanced threats like ransomware

Cisco's latest portfolio of Catalyst switches are best suited for the distribution and core layers layers of campus deployments where mobile and stationary workers must be accommodated by providing consistent performance, strict user access management, careful group isolation, application intelligence, and wired and wireless convergence. Cisco's Catalyst switches are designed to meet the need for speed and intelligence with capabilities that include high-port-count 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet support, switching throughput more than 25 Tbps for each appliance, a comprehensive catalog of technologies including Easy Virtual Network (EVN) to simplify the creation of VLANs, Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology for switch failover with subsecond backup switch restoration and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv4 and IPv6 capability, AVC to optimize network resource usage, and advanced QoS tools for critical data control.

Catalyst switches allow organizations of all sizes to benefit from incorporating intelligent switching and routing features into their network infrastructure, deploying an ecosystem that can meet real-time needs, expand to support expected growth, protect sensitive information, and differentiate and manage tasks to optimize network productivity.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 access switches are small form factor, fixed-configuration switches intended for small businesses and branches with up to 250 users and with minimal internal IT support. The Catalyst 1000 Series includes fanless models for silent operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting kits include desktop, wall or shelf mount, rack mount, and DIN. Designed as a simple upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L/2960-Plus Series 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 configuration and administration are easy using a web UI or command-line interface, cybersecurity is enterprise-class, and PoE+ capability with a dynamically distributed power budget of 740W allows a broad variety of Internet of Things (IoT) implementations. As many as eight Catalyst 1000 Gbit Ethernet Series switches can be managed together with single IP. Catalyst Series 1000 units are nonblocking line-rate devices, and all are based on Cisco's venerable IOS Software. Quality-of-Service features include egress queues for each port plus priority queuing to allow wire-speed performance for data, IP voice, and video traffic. Catalyst 1000 switches also support Shaped Round Robin (SRR) scheduling and WTD congestion management.

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Catalyst 9000 line of managed switches includes modular and fixed units and supports all deployment models including access, distribution, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family includes switches with the right value proposition to connect people and things in venues from small businesses and branches to major enterprises. Catalyst 9000 switches can be set up to implement any mix of onsite deployments, private/public clouds, and hybrid network models. Modern management platforms and advanced security features lower cost of ownership by cutting operational overhead and safeguarding critical network assets. Cisco's 9000X line of managed switches offer converged switching and routing, delivering the first combination of 400G QSFP-DD ports along with full multigigabit and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

With twice the stacking bandwidth at about half the price of the end-of-life Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are intended to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a natural infrastructure improvement for small branch offices and midsize campus environments. The 9200 product line includes models that offer 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps backplane stacking performance; and Layer 3 features that include Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS, and routed access. Catalyst 9200 switches are powered by Cisco IOS XE.

The Catalyst 9200 delivers 160-Gbps 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 switch allows as many as 32 Virtual Networks and delivers 160-Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth. The Catalyst 9200L delivers 80-Gbps stacking performance. Both the Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless performance tuning with 8 or 12 mGig Ethernet ports as fast as 10G.

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for ultra-high-density enterprise access switching. Advanced features provided with models in the Catalyst 9300 portfolio include 1T stacking capacity, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 multigigabit Ethernet ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device stack, line rate IPsec tunnel with AES-256 with MACsec 256-bit encryption and speeds as high as 100G, HA fans and power, plus StackPower cables compatible across the complete Catalyst 9300 product line.

Powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system, devices in the Catalyst 9300 family support auto provisioning, API-based configuration, granular visibility for near realtime monitoring, and transparent software updates and patching. Advanced security features include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as 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 can host the Cisco Umbrella agent directly. This makes it possible for businesses to design their DNS filtering policies granularly to block BYOD or IoT clients from visiting malicious websites.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch delivers 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 uses fixed rather than modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 appliance offers 480G of backplane stacking capacity and supports 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink performance supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 9300X appliance provides 1T backplane stacking bandwidth and offers 48 10G port density. The 9300X accepts modular uplinks with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W Universal Power Over Ethernet+ supports dense IoT environments such as smart buildings. Cisco offers hardware to provide 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series devices are modular switches based on Cisco IOS XE and designed for midsize and large campus access networks. Delivering double the performance and more than quadruple the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 line it is built to replace, the Catalyst 9400 portfolio brings switch capability into the current age of connectivity driven by security, 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 dedicated to high-availability supervisor cards, leaving 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Max bandwidth scalability per line-card slot is 480 Gbps. Switching capacity can achieve 1.44 Tbps and forwarding rate on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 chassis offer 90W UPOE+ on every access port, protected segmentation with Software-Defined Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. Cisco's Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5G/10G multigigabit 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 appliances can support 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and up to 8 non-blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks.

The Catalyst 9500 product line consists of fixed core and edge services appliances designed for the large campus. Catalyst 9500 switches are powered by Cisco IOS XE 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 Tbps switching capacity with forwarding throughput 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 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports. You can deploy Multichassis EtherChannel across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members for high availability.

Catalyst 9500X switches support up to 25.6 Tbps switching capacity with 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding capacity. Catalyst 9500X models support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 GB QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 G QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes chip-level support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (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 loaded with a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching performance as high as 25.6 Terabits per second and can contain as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G Gigabit ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 GE QSFP-DD 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 combine a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployment scenarios. The chassis is equipped with a passive backplane, making it possible to change out fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disruption.

Legacy Catalyst Models Still Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants have broad experience delivering remote and onsite consulting and troubleshooting services for legacy Catalyst switches which have reached End of Life (EOL). These outdated switches often cost more to operate and maintain than current models, deliver less capacity and fewer features, and for many situations can expose businesses to regulatory compliance and even liability issues. Progent's consultants are available to assist you to manage and repair these legacy switches and can in addition help you to plan and implement non-disruptive migrations to current products from the Catalyst family or to devices from the Cisco Nexus portfolio of switches which build upon Catalyst design experience.

Catalyst Express 500 Line of Switches
The Catalyst Express 500 line of fixed-configuration switches are designed for organizations with as many as 250 employees and provide the dependability, security, scalability, and feature set small and mid-sized companies need at an economical cost. Power over Ethernet capability makes it easy to add network devices such as wireless access points and IP TV cameras.

Versions of the Catalyst Express 500 and 520 managed switches offer up to 24 10/100/1000BT Ethernet ports as well as the option of redundant power supplies with auto fail-over for extra reliability. Integration with Cisco wireless access points allows businesses to build a local wireless environment quickly and easily. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 platform offers strong protection against viruses With the Cisco Self-Defending Network strategy and Cisco Clean Access solutions. Cisco Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 fixed-configuration, managed Ethernet switches provide fundamental small-group connectivity for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). These wire-rate desktop appliances deliver Cisco IOS Software functions for simple data, video, and voice support at the network edge. The Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series switches are compact, entry-level devices with eight Fast Ethernet connections and a single built-in Fast or Gigabit Ethernet uplink. They can be installed outside the wiring closet in space-constrained areas such as on a worker's desk or in a classroom.

Catalyst 2960-S Series Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches designed for small businesses and branches. Current versions offer 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10-Gigabit uplink connections, and provide throughput of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature permits up to four 2960-S switches to be combined in a stack to perform like a single switch that offers 40 Gbps of stacking performance and that reduces operational expense because of one-switch setup. Cisco's IPv6 First Hop Security capability guards against address theft and malicious threats.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Family Switches
The Catalyst 3560 Series is a selection of fixed-configuration switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Cisco Power over Ethernet functionality in Fast Ethernet and Gigabit implementations. The Catalyst 3560 is a proven access-layer switch for small enterprise LAN access or satellite-office environments, offering both 10/100/1000 and Power over Ethernet (PoE) options for high productivity while facilitating the deployment of vital technology including VoIP, wireless connectivity, video surveillance, and remote video kiosks. Customers can deploy network-wide smart features including quality of service (QoS), rate management, access control lists (ACLs), multicast management, and fast IP routing while maintaining the ease of traditional network switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 family switch offers a robust set of capabilities that permit network expandability and higher availability through IP routing plus a complete suite of STP enhancements aimed to increase availability in an access Layer LAN. Improvements to the conventional Spanning Tree Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, and Port Fast, as well as enhancements such as Flex Links, improve network uptime. PVST+ allows for Layer 2 traffic sharing on redundant connections to efficiently use the extra bandwidth inherent in a redundant architecture.

Important routing mechanisms including OPSF, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Border Gateway Protocol, static routing, and PBR increase system capacity; PIM improves the efficiency of system resource use; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite protects data.

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
For midsized businesses and enterprise branch offices, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series eases integration of unified applications and adapts to changing competitive environments by offering configuration flexibility, ability to manage converged network traffic, and automatic configuration of smart system functions. In addition, Cisco's Catalyst 3750 Series switch is engineered for high-density 1000 Ethernet deployments and includes a diverse selection of switches that meet the connectivity, distribution, and backbone-interface requirements of small or midsized networks.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch has the IP Base image or the IP Services image. The IP Base image functions include industry-leading quality of service, rate-limiting, access control lists, and basic static and RIP routing support. The IP Services image offers a broader set of high-end features, including sophisticated hardware-based IP unicast/multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is a mechanism optimized for Gigabit interfaces. This technology is intended to respond to installs, deletions, and redeployments while providing predictable operation. Cisco StackWise technology combines as many as 9 individual switches into one logical unit, using custom stack-interconnect cables and stacking software. The individual switches can be any combination of the Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the 3750-E Series. The stack operates as an individual switching device that is managed by a master switch, chosen from one of the stack of switches. The control switch intelligently builds and updates all the switching and user-selected routing databases. A deployed stack can accommodate new devices or delete existing devices with no operational interruption.

Catalyst 2960 Swiches and 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-port managed switch that is low-profile, 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 Power over Ethernet. Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port switch packaged in a compact, noiseless and low-power unit that can be placed almost anywhere outside a wiring closet. Models are offered with eight or 12 1-GE ports or with six 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports plus 2 multigigabit Ethernet ports. Two or four uplink ports are available, and PoE+ power is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L family includes value-priced fixed-port managed switches designed for small offices, retail venues, and other places where space is at a premium. These compact appliances include eight to 48 GE ports and either 2 or 4 SFP uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support saves space and fanless operation for the 8- versions eliminates noise. RJ-45 connectors accommodate 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches improve on the 2690-S line of switches by delivering switching capacity of 216 Gbps and providing Cisco's FlexStack-Plus stacking technology via a hot-swappable module that allows 8 Catalyst switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking performance. Catalyst 2900 family switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for flow-based traffic monitoring. Cisco's Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, providing the simplicity of using a single switch for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Catalyst 3650 and 3850 Series Switches
Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 switches are fixed, stackable network access devices based on Cisco's IOS XE control software and incorporating comprehensive wireless controller capability that lets you converge wired and wireless infrastructure on a one platform powered by one OS. Cisco offers versions with 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with Power over Ethernet plus, four 1-Gigabit or four 10-GB Ethernet uplinks, and support for as many as nine Catalyst switches per stack. All models provide expandable QoS, stateful switchover for maximum uptime, software support for IPv4/IPv6 routing, multicast, and enhanced security features.

Since wireless traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 Series switch, administrators can identify and prioritize wireless data by means of Cisco's Flexible NetFlow (FNF) technology and sophisticated QoS features for an improved user environment and quicker problem isolation. Fast Ethernet switching can handle the high-bandwidth called for by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless specification on existing cabling solutions. (For information about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet Wi-Fi technology, and Cisco's Meraki cloud-managed APs, visit Planning and Deployment Support for Cisco Wireless Access Points and Controllers.)

The Catalyst 3650 offers stacking performance as high as 160 Gbps and supports up to 25 Wi-Fi APs and 1000 Wi-Fi users on each stack. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch offers stacking performance of up to 480 Gbps and supports up to 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 Wi-Fi clients per stack. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches incorporate 12 or 24 1G fiber data ports at line rate, offering far reaching connectivity, enhanced security, and an identical wired and wireless user experience.

Catalyst 4500-E Series and Cisco Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E Series and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are intended for campus and distribution environments where space for networking hardware is at a premium. Powered by Cisco's IOS XE OS software, the Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X product lines simplify network virtualization by supporting Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System solutions. Network virtualization allows you to divide a hardware network into a number of virtual networks (VNs) whose data and control planes are logically segregated. This makes possible the efficient utilization, protection, recoverability, and simplified management required for Cloud environments or other situations where a common resource pool must be shared by applications and services that need to operate in complete privacy from each other. Easy Virtual Network streamlines the process of deploying virtual networks and scales to 32 VNs per switch. Easy Virtual Network utilizes the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) and includes new technologies such as VNET Tags and an easy way for duplicating replicating routes connecting virtual networks. Virtual Switching System makes it easy to set up Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches to produce zero-downtime VNs with optimized traffic load balancing.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch has a built-in wireless controller that works with Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. The Supervisor Engine 8-E is the initial Cisco Catalyst supervisor engine to allow wired as well as wireless services on one switch based on IOS XE. Features include Cisco's FNF technology for traffic analytics across wired and wireless networks, TrustSec wired/wireless data security, consistent Quality of Service for wired and Wi-Fi clients, and the extension of Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover to cover Wi-Fi traffic for world-quality high availability.

Available in chassis that have from three to 10 plug-in slots, Catalyst 4500-E Series switches can support as many as 384 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 192 1GE non-blocking fiber connections, 96 10-Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, and eight 10GE uplinks. The Catalyst 4500-E Supervisor Engine 8-E delivers as much as 928 Gbps of wired throughput for each system and as much as 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 Wi-Fi APs and 2000 wireless users can be handled per chassis, and 250 APs and 4000 clients are managed in a dual-switch installation without requiring a separate wireless controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed-configuration 10GE aggregation switches that can provide 800 Gbps of core switching capacity per chassis. The Catalyst 4500-X can have as many as 32 10GE ports on the baseboard and eight extra 10GE ports on the expansion module for a maximum of up to 40 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Eight 10GE uplink ports are available via a separate module. In addition to providing non-stop operation and easy manageability, Cisco's virtual switching system solution on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides increased system throughput of as much as 1.6 Tbps by enabling all available bandwidth between redundant Catalyst 4500-X switches. Additional features include FNF solution for traffic analysis, Cisco TrustSec protection, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 switches are enterprise campus backbone platforms that incorporate the field-proven technology of the Catalyst 6500 family of switches, which first appeared over a dozen years ago and have been continually improved ever since. Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches offer identical features and operation, and the modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch accepts the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T and its extensive family of compatible line cards and service modules. This mutual compatibility and commitment to ongoing improvement protects your technology investment and enables you to update your network with little downtime or IT staff training.

Shared features of Catalyst 6500 Series and Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches that have the Supervisor Engine 2T include Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) for convenient, single-point administration to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed environment, Virtual Switching System capability for 99.999% uptime via multi-level redundancy, and the Cisco Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) to support roaming and device mobility and to simplify virtualization and transition to IPv6. Other virtual networking features to segment specific user groups and support the special security/compliance and QoS policy requirements of each group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete Multiprotocol Label Switching, Easy Virtual Network (EVN), VRF-aware applications for Network Address Translation (NAT) NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnel Protection, and L2 geographic extensions with VPLS. For unified wired/wireless environments, the Wireless Services Module 2 for Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches includes support for as many as 1000 wireless APs and 15,000 wireless clients.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E line of modular switches are designed for aggregation and campus core environments that require maximum availability and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 GE fiber, or 10 and 40 GE access ports. Models have three to 13 expansion slots and accept a broad range of interface modules. Integrated service modules enable wireless, network analysis, and data protection. Just E-Series models of Cisco's extensive line of Catalyst 6500 switches are compatible with the Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Catalyst 6503-E has a 4RU chassis, includes 3 expansion slots, and delivers as much as 180 Gbps of switching capacity on each slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch can support 97 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 8 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 6513-E has a 19RU, 13-slot form factor and offers 180 Gbps of bandwidth on each slot, with a system capacity of up to 4 Tbps. A Virtual Switching System configured system can support 8 Tbps of bandwidth. The Cisco Catalyst 6513-E switch can support a maximum of 529 1 Gigabit Ethernet connections, up to 534 1GE fiber connections, up to 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to 44 40GE ports.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 6800 switches are campus backbone platforms designed to deliver best-of-breed 10/40/100 GE services. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, small form factor switch for Ethernet aggregation intended for small or medium-size enterprise campus backbones. The 6880-X delivers up to 2 Tbps performance and features four slots for plug-in port cards. The top port concentration on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports or as many as 20 40GE access ports. Configured with Cisco's Virtual Switching System, a two-chassis system can provide 4 Tbps switching performance and handle as many as 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 10GE connections or up to 20 40GE access ports.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch has a 10 RU form factor with 7 expansion slots and supports existing Supervisor Engine 2T cards and service modules. (Two of the slots are reserved for the Supervisor Engine and the other five are for modules.) The Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL offers up to 880 Gbps of switching capacity per slot and a total of 11.4 Tbps of switching capacity while handling up to 240 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, 80 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports. A two-chassis 6807-XL system configured with VSS can handle 22.8 Tbps of switching bandwidth, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, up to 160 10GE access ports or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet connections.

How Progent Can Assist Your Business with Catalyst Series Switches
Progent can provide the remote or onsite services of CCIE-certified network consultants who have broad backgrounds providing Catalyst switch support for small and midsize businesses, branches, enterprise campuses, data centers, Cloud networks, and SPs. Progent's practice areas include Catalyst and Nexus lines of smart switches and Cisco's IOS and NX-OS operating systems. Services offered by Progent's experts for Catalyst switches include pilot testing, system analysis, topology planning, upgrades and project management, virtualization, wired and wireless convergence, network management, performance optimization, troubleshooting, disaster recovery planning, and network security and compliance testing and remediation.

Progent's Cisco-certified consultants have deep knowledge of open standards as well as with Cisco-owned technologies associated with switching and routing such as Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS, Protocol Independent Multicast, VPNs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, VLANs, FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), HSRP, VRRP, OSPF, Virtual Switching System (VSS), and LISP. Progent's infrastructure consultants also offer deep knowledge of key technologies such as TCP/IP protocols, IPv4/IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Routing Information Protocol, and IGMP. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified information security consultants can assist you to create an enterprise-wide security plan and deploy Catalyst switches so that they offer optimal enforcement to your security posture.

If you require the highest available Ethernet density or sub-microsecond latency switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can help your organization to evaluate, design, and implement a migration to Nexus family of switches. To learn about Progent's consulting and support capabilities for Cisco's Nexus switches, refer to Nexus Switch consulting and support services. Progent can also assist you to integrate Catalyst data center switches with Cisco Meraki aggregation switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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