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Cisco Catalyst Switch Guide Spring 2006 V.2
Cisco Catalyst Switch Guide
Scalable, intelligent LAN switching for campus, branch,
and data center networks of all sizes
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Cisco Catalyst Switches Scalable, intelligent LAN switching for campus, branch, and data center networks of all sizes. ® ® This is your guide to Cisco Catalyst switches, the industry’s most advanced and versatile portfolio of modular and fixed- configuration LAN switches. Individually, these switches offer the performance and features required for virtually any deployment, from small workgroups and wiring closets to corporate data centers and network cores. Working together, they are even mor
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Cisco Catalyst Switches Quick Reference Guide Introduction Cisco Catalyst Family Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Technology Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Catalyst Family Feature Comparison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Modular Switches Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. . . . . . . . . .
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From edge to core, Cisco Catalyst switches provide the performance, high availability, comprehensive security, delivery optimization, and enhanced Intelligent Switching for the Evolving Network manageability needed to get the most out of your network for years to come. MODUL AR SWITCHES FIXED-CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Optimized for sec
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TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT The architectural foundation of the Intelligent Information Network. Cisco Catalyst switches provide an architectural foundation for the intelligent Cisco Systems offers the industry’s most complete range of services that enable new applications and uses for the network. Key elements include: switching solutions, supporting a wide variety of deployment requirements in networks of every size. Yet Cisco Catalyst Hardware Integration Predictable Performance At the core of Ci
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TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT End-to-end intelligent switching for today’s converged network services. Cisco Catalyst switches support today’s technology trends and business goals The LAN switching infrastructure connects users, applications, through a unique combination of intelligent capabilities. Major advantages include: and communications systems together. That basic task has become much more challenging as the variety and complexity of network Integrated Security Delivery Optimization Cisco Ca
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 L A N SWITCHIN G FE ATUR ES Connectivity and Filtering ® EtherChannel /802.3ad • • • • • • • • • Jumbo Frames—Gigabit Ethernet on Copper 6-port card only L2 only L2 only L2 only • • all non-blocking Jumbo Frames—Gigabit Ethernet on Fiber L2 only L2 only L2 only • •
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 L A N SWITCHIN G FE ATUR ES continued Layer 3 continued H/W-based Policy Routing IPv4 IP Services IP Services • • • Advanced IP Advanced IP H/W-based Policy Routing IPv6 • Services only Services only Multiprotocol Routing (IPX, AppleTalk) • • • Cisco Express
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 INTEGR ATE D S ECUR IT Y continued Attack Mitigation continued Routing Protocol Pass Through • ARP Policing • H/W-based Directed Broadcast • Trust and Identity Management 802.1x Identity-based • • • • • • • • • Networking Port Authentication 802.1x with VLAN assign
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 AVA IL A B ILIT Y A ND R ES ILIE NCY continued Network Protocols continued Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) • • • • • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) • • • UplinkFast/BackBoneFast/802.1w • • • • • • • • • PortFast • • • • • • • • • Per VLAN STP
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 D E LIVE RY O P TIMI Z ATI O N continued Multicast H/W-based IPv6 Multicast in software in software no PIM no PIM • H/W-based IPv4 Multicast • • • • • • • • • H/W-based Bi-directional PIM • Multicast Manager • Source Specific Multicast (SSM) • • • Multic
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 E NH A N CE D M A N AGE A B ILIT Y Embedded Event Manager • Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) • • • • • • • • • Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) • • • Interface 10/100 Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) • • • • • • • Interface 10/100/1000 Cisco Network Assistant (
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 NE TFLOW continued Multicast NetFlow • Per Interface NetFlow Data Export • • Bridged IP Flows • • NetFlow v5 • • NetFlow v8 • • Microflow Policing • • SOF T WA R E M O DUL A R IT Y Subsystem In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) • Fault Containment • Memory Protection •
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Cisco Catalyst Switches: FEATURE COMPARISON MODUL A R SWITCHES FI X E D - CONFIGUR ATION SWITCHES Catalyst Catalyst 6500 Catalyst 4500 Catalyst 4900 Catalyst 3750 Catalyst 3560 Catalyst 2960 Catalyst 2950 Catalyst 2940 Express 500 IP T SO LUTI O N continued Redundant Power Supply • • • • • Redundant Power Circuit • • • Communication Media Module • AutoQoS • • • • • • El only Encapsulated RSPAN • IP Service Level Agreement • SYSTE M SCA L A B ILIT Y Switching Fabric (Gbps) 32–720 64–136 96–136
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Cisco Catalyst Modular Switches The Cisco Catalyst 6500 and 4500 Series modular switches provide customers with an intelligent high performance platform for deploying numerous concurrent intelligent services without degrading the overall performance of the switch. With a broad selection of line cards, power supplies, and their highly versatile architecture, modular switches deliver the highest levels of port density and flexibility, including PoE scalability to deploy new converged appl
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Notes Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Flagship modular switches offering the highest levels of intelligence, operational efficiency, scalability, investment protection, and performance for enterprise customers, medium-sized businesses, and service providers. The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series continues to be the industry’s most innovative switching platform, delivering the highest levels of availability, integrated security, virtualization, enhanced manageability, IP communications, wireless, and
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Hardware Features: Catalyst 6500 Chassis Chassis WS-C6503-E WS-C6504-E WS-C6506-E WS-C6509-E WS-C6509-NEB-A WS-C6513 Slots 3 4 6 9 9 13 Gigabit Ethernet GBIC/SFP density 98 144 242 386 384 410 10 GbE XENPAK/X2 port density 8 12 20 32 32 20 10/100/1000 density 97 144 241 385 385 577 10/100 density 192 288 480 768 768 1152 100BASE-FX density 96 144 240 384 384 576 Max. watt power consumption (redundant mode) AC Internal (redundant mode) 1,400 2,700 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,0
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Hardware Features: Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engines Series Spotlight Supervisor Engines SUP 720 SUP 32 WS-SUP720-3BXL WS-SUP32-10GE-3B Cisco IOS Software Maximum PoE Scalability WS-SUP720-3B WS-SUP32-GE-3B Modularity Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series provides the Chassis supported All All industry leading levels of power scalability Catalyst 6500 Series with Cisco IOS needed to support high-density PoE Bandwidth per slot (Gbps) 40 32 shared Software Modularity boosts
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Product Overview Product Overview continued CATA LYST 650 0 — CH AS S IS CATA LYST 6500 — 10/100/1000 E THE R NE T Product Number Description Product Number Description WS-C6503-E Enhanced 3-slot chassis, no fan or power supply WS-X6148A-GE-TX 48-port 10/100/1000 with Jumbo Frame, RJ-45 WS-C6504-E Enhanced 4-slot 6500 chassis, no fan or power supply WS-X6148A-GE-45AF 48-port PoE 802.3af 10/100/1000, with Jumbo Frame WS-C6506-E Enhanced 6-slot 6500 chassis, no fan or po
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Product Overview continued Product Overview continued CATA LYST 6500 — FLE X WA N A ND OS CATA LYST 650 0 — S E RVI CES MODULES Product Number Description Product Number Description WS-X6582-2PA Enhanced FlexWAN module, fabric-enabled ACE10-6500-K9 Application Control Engine Module WS-X6066-SLB-APC Catalyst 6000 Content Switching module OSM-1CHOC12/T1-SI 1-port CHOC-12/CHSTM-4 (SM-IR), to DS0 and T1/E1, with 4 GbE OSM-12CT3/T1 12-port Channelized DS-3 to DS-1/DS-0 WS-
