Why New Catalyst 6800 is Better v1.

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Trends Features Previous Latest Benefits
Backbone Switches Backbone Switches
Catalyst 6500 Non-E Series Chassis Catalyst 6800
(End of Sale & End of Support) or
Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor 6500-E with Sup 2T
Engine 1 Engine 2 Engine 720 (also
(End of Support) (End of Support) deployed in E-series,
(3A/3B – EoS)
Scale/ System Capacity 32 Gbps 256 Gbps 720 Gbps 6807-XL – Upto 11.4 Tbps Campus backbone ready for 10/40/100G to handle BYOD,
Performance Sup 2T – 2 Tbps pervasive mobility and Internet of Things.
Per Slot Throughput 8 Gbps 40 Gbps 6807-XL – Upto 880 Gbps
6500-E - 80 Gbps
40 G Support _ _ _
100 G Ready _ _ _
BYOD/ Integrated Wireless Controller - WiSM2 _ _ Pervasive mobility deployments.
Mobility
Apple Bonjour Service Aware Network _ _ _ Bonjour services enable Apple devices to discover and use
 Bonjour Service Gateway network resources like printers.
Network Segmentation _ _ _ Easily segment corporate and personal device traffic for
 Easy Virtual Network (EVN) secure BYOD
Application Visibility _ _ NetFlow and NBAR Gain deeper visibility into network usage by applications to
 Multi-protocol Flexible only manage the network effectively for better user experience
NetFlow
 NBAR1 on NAM-3, WISM-2
Advanced Security Context Aware Security (Cisco TrustSec) _ _ SXP4 only Orchestrate role based access to corporate resources by
 SGT2 in hardware any user, with any device, from any location at any time
 Layer 3 SGT & SG ACL3
Regulatory Compliance _ _ _ Encrypt to meet regulatory requirements
 MACsec
Integrated Firewall Module – ASA SM _ _ Manage consistent access policy for remote users
Simplicity and SDN Simplified Operations _ _ _ Ease of Deployment & Lower OpEx through single touch
 Catalyst Instant Access point configuration and management
SDN / Programmability _ _ _ Simplicity and business agility
 Cisco onePK
 OpenFlow
Others Video / Collaboration _ _ Uncompromised user experience. Assess, monitor and
 Medianet troubleshoot network proactively
 Advanced Multicast
Super Resiliency (Quad Sup SSO) _ _ Quad Sup Uplink Maintain 99.999% up time of your backbone network
Forwarding only
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NBAR – Network Based Application Recognition
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SGT – Security Group Tagging
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SG ACL – Security Group Access Control List
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SXP – SGT Exchange Protocol
 Why Latest Catalyst 4500-E with Supervisors 8-E / 7-E is Better v1.3
Trends Features Previous Latest Unified Access Benefits
Catalyst 4500 Non-E Series Catalyst 4500-E Series
Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor
Engine IV Engine V Engine V-10GE Engine 6-E Engine 7-LE Engine 8-E
End of Sale End of Sale End of Sale
Scale/ Supervisor capacity 64 Gbps 96 Gbps 136 Gbps 320 Gbps 520 Gbps 928 Gbps Ready for gigabit access, BYOD, pervasive
Performance Per-slot throughput 6 Gbps 6 Gbps 6 Gbps 24 Gbps 48 Gbps 48 Gbps mobility, and Internet of Things.
10 Gigabit uplinks _ _ 2 x 10 GE 2 x 10 GE 2 x 10GE 8 x 10GE
BYOD Integrated Wireless _ _ _ _ _ Enable converged wired-wireless access
Mobility Controller for operational simplicity and scale.
Common wired-wireless _ _ _ _ _
features
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UADP ASIC for wired- _ _ _ _ _
wireless convergence
Application Visibility _ _ _ _ _
across wired-wireless
Hierarchical wireless QoS _ _ _ _ _
Easy Virtual Networking _ _ _ Easily segment corporate and personal
device traffic for secure BYOD
Advanced Native Flexible NetFlow _ _ _ _ Gain deeper visibility into network usage
Security for better user experience
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TrustSec/SGT for wired _ _ _ Orchestrate role-based access to
corporate resources by any user, with any
TrustSec/SGT for wireless _ _ _ _ _
device, from any location at any time
Native MACsec encryption _ _ _ _ Encrypt to meet regulatory and security
requirements
Simplicity Smart Operations _ _ _ Simplicity and business agility
and SDN Embedded Event Manager _ _ _ _
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SDN / Programmability _ _ _ _ _
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 Cisco onePK
 OpenFlow
Others EnergyWise _ _ _ _ Cost savings from automated energy
management
5 _ _ _ _ Double the power per port to 60W
UPOE Support
Video Collaboration _ _ _ Uncompromised user experience. Assess ,
 Medianet monitor and troubleshoot proactively
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VSS _ _ _ _ Deliver superior resiliency

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UADP - Unified Access Data Plane ASIC
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SGT - Security Group Tag
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SDN - Software Defined Networking
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onePK - Open Network Environment Platform Kit
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Universal Power over Ethernet
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VSS – Virtual Switching System
Why Cisco Catalyst 3850/3650 Switch Is Better v1.3

Trends Features Previous Latest Unified Benefits

Access Switches Access Switch
Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst
3560-X 3750-G 3750-X 3850/3650
(EoS)
Scale/ Bandwidth per stack No stacking 32 Gbps 64 Gbps 480 Gbps (3850) Support gigabit access growth for wired and
Performance 160 Gbps (3650) wireless/802.11ac
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10 GE uplinks 2x10GE 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE 4/2 x 10 GE
BYOD/Mobility Integrated wireless LAN controller _ _ _ Enable converged wired-wireless access for
operational simplicity and scale.
Common wired-wireless features _ _ _
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UADP ASIC for wired-wireless _ _ _
convergence
Application Visibility across wired- _ _ _
wireless
Hierarchical wireless QoS _ _ _
Advanced Security Native Flexible NetFlow _ _ _ Orchestrate role based access to corporate
3 resources by an user, with any device, from
TrustSec/SGT for wired _
any location at any time
TrustSec/SGT for wireless _ _ _
Native MACsec encryption Need service _ Need service
module module
Simplicity and SDN Common features for wired- _ _ _ Simplicity and business agility
wireless
SmartOperations _
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SDN / Programmability _ _ _
5
 Cisco onePK
 OpenFlow
Others Video/Collaboration _ Uncompromised user experience. Assess,
 Medianet monitor and troubleshot network proactively

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

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GE - Gigabit Ethernet
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UADP - Unified Access Data Plane ASIC
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SGT - Security Group Tag
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SDN - Software Defined Networking
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onePK - Open Network Environment Platform Kit
 Why New Catalyst 2960-X/XR is Better? V1.3
Trends Features Previous Access Switches Latest Access Switches Benefits
2950 (EOL) 2960G (EOL) 2960 (EOL) 2960-S 2960-X 2960-XR
Scale/ Switching capacity 13.6 Gbps 32 Gbps 17.6 Gbps 176 Gbps 216 Gbps 216 Gbps Support gigabit access growth for wired and
Performance wireless/802.11ac
Full line rate _ _
for all 48 ports
Gigabit Downlinks _ _

1G/10G uplinks 2x1G 4x1G 2x1G 2x10G 2x10G 2x10G

or 4x1G or 4x1G or 4x1G or 4x1G
Stacking bandwidth _ _ _ 40 Gbps 80 Gbps 80 Gbps
4 members 8 members 8 members
PoE/PoE+ _ _ PoE upto PoE/PoE+, PoE/PoE+, up PoE/PoE+, up Easy and rapid deployment of more IP endpoints,
370W up to 740W to 740W to 740W supported on all ports
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Layer 3 dynamic routing (RIP , _ _ _ _ _ Convenience with layer 2 and layer 3 in a single
2 switch
OSPF )
IPv6 Ready _ _ _ Support more traffic through IP address scalability

BYOD / NetFlow Lite _ _ _ _ Superior user experience through application

Mobility visibility and control
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Advanced Cisco TrustSec with SXP _ _ _ Orchestrate role based access to corporate
Security resources
Flexible 802.1x authentication _ _ _ Enable port-based network access control
4
MACsec _ _ _ _ For encryption compliance
(hardware ready)
IPv6 First Hop Security _ _ _ Protect against IPv6 address theft and malicious
attacks.
Simplicity Smart Install _ _ Zero touch configuration and IOS updates when
And SDN deploying new switches
Auto SmartPorts _ Automatically configures interfaces based on the
& Auto QoS type of device connected
Cross-stack QoS _ _ _ Simplify operations by propagating QoS settings
consistently across the stack
SDN / Programmability _ _ _ _ Simplicity and business agility
 Cisco onePK
Green Green features _ _ _ _ Rapid ROI - Power savings can pay for cost of the
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 Switch Hibernation switch in as little as three years
 Energy Efficient Ethernet
(EEE)

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RIP – Routing Information Protocol
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OSPF – Open Shortest Path First Protocol
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SXP – Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol
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MACsec – IEEE Media Access Control Security Standard
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