Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series Manual page 5

Introduction
Series Overview
Intelligent Switching for the Integrated Network
Modular Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
The flagship Catalyst switching platform delivers the highest levels of services for every place in the network. Industry-
leading scalability (32 Gbps to 1.4 Tbps) and the broadest offering of interfaces provide excellent solutions for the
Wiring Closet, Distribution, Core, Data Center, Wide-Area Network routing, and Metro-Ethernet.
• Integrated Security: H/W • Operational Manageability: Smart
accelerated Flexible Packet Call Home, Adaptive Control
Matching, H/W-based Control Technology, In-Service Software
Plane Policing; Integrated H/W Upgrades; Encapsulated Remote
NetFlow; 802. 1 x enhancements; SPAN; Embedded Event Manager;
firewall, intrusion prevention and Network Analysis Module
anomaly detection modules
• Unified Network Services: Highest
• Virtualization: Scalability up to 1.4 PoE port density; enhanced PoE
Tbps with the Virtual Switching support for more than 15.4W per
System 1440, service modules port; wireless controller module,
support up to 256 virtual instances, advanced quality-of-service
network virtualization with MPLS,
• Non-Stop Communications:
VRF-Lite and GRE-Tunnels,
Sub-200 ms link recovery,
multicast VPN
Cisco IOS Software Modularity,
• Application Intelligence: H/W In-Service Software Upgrades
accelerated network based
• WAN Aggregation: Extensive
application recognition (NBAR),
choice of WAN interfaces from
URL Filtering, netflow for IPv6 and
DSO to OC-192, FE, GbE and
multicast
10GbE; MPLS; VPLS; H-VPLS
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• Flexible Options: Modular 3-, 4-, 6-,
9-, and 13-slot chassis all support
redundant supervisors; wide range
of AC and DC power supplies
(950W to 8,700W)
• Highest Port Densities: Up to 1, 1 52
10/100 ports, 770 10/100/1000
ports, 820 SFP Gigabit Ethernet
ports, or 260 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(10GbE) ports
From edge to core, Cisco Catalyst switches provide a complete range of services for all levels
of application intelligence, unified network services, integrated security, virtualization, non-stop
communications and operational manageability.
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series
High performance Midrange modular switches for unified communications designed for high resiliency and simplified
operations, offering intelligent Layer 2–4 switching network services up to 320 Gbps and 250 mpps and exceptional
investment protection for Enterprise access layer and mid-market collapsed Core and Distribution layer.
Unified Communications: Comprehensive Security:
Cisco pre-standard and IEEE 802.3af Integrated Network Admission
PoE Support. 20w PoE support for Control (NAC) and 802. 1 x, H/W-based
802. 1 1n access points. Up to 30 watts Control Plane Policing (CoPP);
per port with E-Series line cards. integrated man-in-the-middle and
Extensive QoS features with up to 8 DoS attack mitigation; NetFlow;
user configurable queues per port. access control lists and SSH
Non-stop Communications: Flexible Options:
Redundant supervisor engines 3,6,7 and 10-slot chassis supporting
with In Service Software Upgrade numerous connectivity configurations
(ISSU), Non-stop Forwarding/ with 24 gig per slot capacity, 10/100,
Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO) 10/100/1000 (PoE or Non-PoE), GE
offering 50 ms failover; redundant SFP Fiber and 10GE linecards. Mix
power supplies with power circuit and match classic line cards with high
redundancy; hot-swappable performance E-Series linecards for
fan trays with redundant fans maximum flexibility
Simplified Operations: • High Port Density: Up to 384 Fast
Minimize network operational time Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet Ports
with ISSU, EEM, AutoQoS, Smartports (PoE or Non PoE) or 34 10 Gigabit
RSPAN; TDR, OIR, Netflow, Ethernet (10GbE) ports
CiscoWorks and CNA
Investment Protection:
Evolutionary centralized modular
Architecture, media flexibility, and
scalability of the Catalyst 4500
Series delivers maximum investment
protection with backward and
forward compatibility across several
generations dating back to 1999
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