Why New Catalyst 6800 is Better

Trends

Features

Scale/
Performance

System Capacity

v1.3
Previous
Backbone Switches
Catalyst 6500 Non-E Series Chassis
(End of Sale & End of Support)
Supervisor
Supervisor
Supervisor
Engine 1
Engine 2
Engine 720 (also
(End of Support)

(End of Support)

deployed in E-series,
(3A/3B EoS)

32 Gbps

256 Gbps

720 Gbps

8 Gbps

40 Gbps

Per Slot Throughput

BYOD/
Mobility

Advanced Security

Simplicity and SDN

Others

40 G Support

100 G Ready

Integrated Wireless Controller - WiSM2

Apple Bonjour Service Aware Network

Bonjour Service Gateway

Network Segmentation

Easy Virtual Network (EVN)

Application Visibility

Multi-protocol Flexible
NetFlow

NBAR1 on NAM-3, WISM-2

Context Aware Security (Cisco TrustSec)

SGT2 in hardware

Layer 3 SGT & SG ACL3

Regulatory Compliance

MACsec
Integrated Firewall Module ASA SM

NetFlow and NBAR

only

SXP4 only

Simplified Operations

Catalyst Instant Access

SDN / Programmability

Cisco onePK

OpenFlow
Video / Collaboration

Medianet

Advanced Multicast
Super Resiliency (Quad Sup SSO)

1
2
3
4

NBAR Network Based Application Recognition

SGT Security Group Tagging
SG ACL Security Group Access Control List
SXP SGT Exchange Protocol

Latest
Backbone Switches
Catalyst 6800
or
6500-E with Sup 2T

6807-XL Upto 11.4 Tbps

Sup 2T 2 Tbps
6807-XL Upto 880 Gbps
6500-E - 80 Gbps

Benefits

Campus backbone ready for 10/40/100G to handle BYOD,

pervasive mobility and Internet of Things.

Pervasive mobility deployments.

Bonjour services enable Apple devices to discover and use
network resources like printers.
Easily segment corporate and personal device traffic for
secure BYOD
Gain deeper visibility into network usage by applications to
manage the network effectively for better user experience

Orchestrate role based access to corporate resources by

any user, with any device, from any location at any time
Encrypt to meet regulatory requirements
Manage consistent access policy for remote users
Ease of Deployment & Lower OpEx through single touch
point configuration and management
Simplicity and business agility

Uncompromised user experience. Assess, monitor and

troubleshoot network proactively
Quad Sup Uplink
Forwarding only

Maintain 99.999% up time of your backbone network

Why Latest Catalyst 4500-E with Supervisors 8-E / 7-E is Better

Trends

Scale/
Performance
BYOD
Mobility

Advanced
Security

Simplicity
and SDN

Features

Previous
Catalyst 4500 Non-E Series
Supervisor
Engine V-10GE
End of Sale
136 Gbps
6 Gbps
2 x 10 GE
_

Supervisor
Engine 6-E

Supervisor
Engine 7-LE

Supervisor
Engine 8-E

320 Gbps
24 Gbps
2 x 10 GE
_

520 Gbps
48 Gbps
2 x 10GE
_

928 Gbps
48 Gbps
8 x 10GE

Easy Virtual Networking

Native Flexible NetFlow

TrustSec/SGT for wired

TrustSec/SGT for wireless

Native MACsec encryption

Smart Operations

Embedded Event Manager

EnergyWise

UPOE Support

Video Collaboration
Medianet
6
VSS

Supervisor capacity
Per-slot throughput
10 Gigabit uplinks
Integrated Wireless
Controller
Common wired-wireless
features
1
UADP ASIC for wiredwireless convergence
Application Visibility
across wired-wireless
Hierarchical wireless QoS

2
3
4
5
6

Benefits

Supervisor
Engine V
End of Sale
96 Gbps
6 Gbps
_
_

SDN / Programmability

Latest Unified Access

Catalyst 4500-E Series

Supervisor
Engine IV
End of Sale
64 Gbps
6 Gbps
_
_

Others

v1.3

Cisco onePK
OpenFlow

SGT - Security Group Tag

SDN - Software Defined Networking
onePK - Open Network Environment Platform Kit

VSS Virtual Switching System

Enable converged wired-wireless access

for operational simplicity and scale.

Easily segment corporate and personal

device traffic for secure BYOD
Gain deeper visibility into network usage
for better user experience
Orchestrate role-based access to
corporate resources by any user, with any
device, from any location at any time
Encrypt to meet regulatory and security
requirements
Simplicity and business agility

UADP - Unified Access Data Plane ASIC

Universal Power over Ethernet

Ready for gigabit access, BYOD, pervasive

mobility, and Internet of Things.

Cost savings from automated energy

management
Double the power per port to 60W
Uncompromised user experience. Assess ,
monitor and troubleshoot proactively

Deliver superior resiliency

Why Cisco Catalyst 3850/3650 Switch Is Better

Trends

v1.3

Features

Previous
Access Switches
Catalyst
3560-X

Scale/
Performance
BYOD/Mobility

Catalyst
3750-X

Catalyst
3850/3650

No stacking

Catalyst
3750-G
(EoS)
32 Gbps

64 Gbps

10 GE uplinks
Integrated wireless LAN controller

2x10GE
_

4 x 1 GE
_

2 x 10 GE
_

480 Gbps (3850)

160 Gbps (3650)
4/2 x 10 GE

Common wired-wireless features

UADP ASIC for wired-wireless

convergence
Application Visibility across wiredwireless

Hierarchical wireless QoS

Native Flexible NetFlow

Bandwidth per stack

1

Advanced Security

TrustSec/SGT for wired

Simplicity and SDN

TrustSec/SGT for wireless

Native MACsec encryption

Need service
module
_

Need service
module
_

Common features for wiredwireless

SmartOperations
4

SDN / Programmability

Others

Latest Unified
Access Switch

Cisco onePK

Benefits

Support gigabit access growth for wired and

wireless/802.11ac
Enable converged wired-wireless access for
operational simplicity and scale.

Orchestrate role based access to corporate

resources by an user, with any device, from
any location at any time

Simplicity and business agility

_
_

OpenFlow
Video/Collaboration
Medianet

Uncompromised user experience. Assess,

monitor and troubleshot network proactively

Catalyst 3850 offers higher AP support, modular uplinks and StackPower in addition to Catalyst 3650 features.

1
2
3
4
5

GE - Gigabit Ethernet
UADP - Unified Access Data Plane ASIC
SGT - Security Group Tag
SDN - Software Defined Networking
onePK - Open Network Environment Platform Kit

Why New Catalyst 2960-X/XR is Better?

Trends
Scale/
Performance

Features

Previous Access Switches

Switching capacity
Full line rate
for all 48 ports
Gigabit Downlinks

2960-S
176 Gbps

2960-X
216 Gbps

2x10G
or 4x1G
80 Gbps
8 members

Stacking bandwidth

PoE/PoE+

PoE upto
370W

PoE/PoE+,
up to 740W

PoE/PoE+, up
to 740W

Layer 3 dynamic routing (RIP ,

2
OSPF )
IPv6 Ready

NetFlow Lite

MACsec
(hardware ready)
IPv6 First Hop Security

Smart Install

Auto SmartPorts
& Auto QoS
Cross-stack QoS

_
_

SDN / Programmability
Cisco onePK
Green features

Cisco TrustSec with SXP

Switch Hibernation
Energy Efficient Ethernet
(EEE)

RIP Routing Information Protocol

OSPF Open Shortest Path First Protocol
3
SXP Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol
4
MACsec IEEE Media Access Control Security Standard
5
See Catalyst 2960-X Green Savings - It Pays for Itself! at: http://bit.ly/1evS6qZ

2960-XR
216 Gbps

Benefits
Support gigabit access growth for wired and
wireless/802.11ac

_
2x10G
or 4x1G
40 Gbps
4 members

2960 (EOL)
17.6 Gbps

Latest Access Switches

2x1G
or 4x1G
_

4x1G

Flexible 802.1x authentication

Green

2960G (EOL)
32 Gbps

2x1G

Simplicity
And SDN

2950 (EOL)
13.6 Gbps

1G/10G uplinks

BYOD /
Mobility
Advanced
Security

V1.3

2x10G
or 4x1G
80 Gbps
8 members
PoE/PoE+, up
to 740W

Easy and rapid deployment of more IP endpoints,

supported on all ports
Convenience with layer 2 and layer 3 in a single
switch
Support more traffic through IP address scalability

Superior user experience through application

visibility and control
Orchestrate role based access to corporate
resources
Enable port-based network access control

For encryption compliance

Protect against IPv6 address theft and malicious
attacks.
Zero touch configuration and IOS updates when
deploying new switches
Automatically configures interfaces based on the
type of device connected
Simplify operations by propagating QoS settings
consistently across the stack
Simplicity and business agility
Rapid ROI - Power savings can pay for cost of the
5
switch in as little as three years