Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series - Cisco 850 Series Manual

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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series

The Cisco Catalyst ® 6500 sets the new standard for IP Communications, MPLS
networks and application delivery in enterprise campus and service provider
networks. The Catalyst 6500 Series delivers scalable, secure, converged, L2 and
L3 services, from the data center and campus to the WAN aggregation and the
Internet edge.
Delivering scalable performance and port density with investment protection
across several chassis configurations and LAN, WAN, and MAN interfaces, the
Catalyst 6500 Series switches feature an unparalleled range of integrated services
modules, including multi-gigabit network security, content switching, telephony,
and network analysis modules.
The Catalyst 6500 Series delivers a consistent network operating environment
through an architecture that uses a common set of modules and Cisco IOS software
across all models. This helps to optimize IT infrastructure usage and enhance
return on investment. With connectivity for services ranging from DS0 to OC-192,
and nx10-MbpsEthernet to high-density 10-Gigabit Ethernet, the Catalyst 6500
Series with IOS software modularity maximizes network uptime with stateful failover
capability between redundant routing and forwarding engines.
The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series demonstrates an ongoing commitment to
innovation with numerous industry-leading features. Support for Flexible Packet
Matching and Application Intelligence in hardware is the latest example of Catalyst
6500 Series innovation, benefiting WAN service aggregation and Internet edge
deployments by securing the enterprise network against attack, as well as
monitoring and prioritizing mission-critical applications versus discretionary traffic for
maximum business efficiency.
Benefits and Advantages
Maximum Network Uptime
Cisco IOS Software Modularity, together with platform, power supply, supervisor engine, switch fabric, and
integrated services redundancy provides one-to-three second stateful failover, and delivers application
and services continuity in a converged network . The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series with Cisco IOS Software
Modularity boosts operational efficiency and minimizes downtime by enabling modular Cisco IOS
subsystems to run in independent processes . This minimizes unplanned downtime through self-healing
processes, simplifies software changes through subsystem In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU), and
enables process-level, automated policy control by integrating Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM) .
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