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Introduction
Series Overview
Intelligent Switching for the Integrated Network
From edge to core, Cisco 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.
Integrated Security:
H/W accelerated Flexible Packet
Matching, H/W-based Control Plane
Policing; Integrated H/W NetFlow;
802.1x enhancements; firewall,
intrusion prevention and anomaly
detection modules.
Virtualization:
Scalability up to 1.4 Tbps with the
Virtual Switching System 1440,
service modules support up to
256 virtual instances, network
virtualization with MPLS, VRF-Lite
and GRE-Tunnels, multicast VPN.
Application Intelligence:
H/W accelerated network based
application recognition (NBAR),
URL Filtering, NetFlow for IPv6
and multicast.
Operational Manageability:
Smart Call Home, Adaptive Control
Technology, In-Service Software
Upgrades; Encapsulated Remote
SPAN; Embedded Event Manager;
Network Analysis Module.
Unified Network Services:
Highest PoE port density; enhanced
PoE support for more than 15.4W
per port; wireless controller module,
advanced quality-of-service.
Non-Stop Communications:
Sub-200 ms link recovery, Cisco
IOS Software Modularity, In-Service
Software Upgrades.
WAN Aggregation:
Extensive choice of WAN interfaces
from DSO to OC-192, FE, GBE and
10 GBE; MPLS; VPLS; H-VPLS.
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 8700W).
Highest Port Densities:
Up to 1,152 10/100 ports, 770
10/100/1000 ports, 820 SFP Gigabit
Ethernet ports, or 260 10 Gigabit
Ethernet (10 GBE) and 10G Base
T ports.
Flexible NetFlow:
First Catalyst to support Flexible
NetFlow with visibility into Layer 2, 3,
and 4 applications up to 128K flows.
Flexible NetFlow facilitates capacity
planning, anomaly and malware
detection and prevention, and
troubleshooting.
System Scalability:
Designed for up to 15Tbps of
switching capacity and high
density 10 GE, 40 GE and 100 GE,
the modular 10- or 18-slot chassis
scales up to 768 1 GE ports or
512 10 GE ports. Paired with the
Nexus 2000 Series, the Nexus 7000
can scale to 32 fabric extenders,
supporting up to 1536 Gigabit
Ethernet servers per Cisco Nexus
7000 chassis.
Network Scalability:
Beyond the system scalability, the
Nexus 7000 offers several features
to scale the network itself. Cisco
FabricPath enables customers to
massively scale Layer 2 networks
up to 160+ Tbps without the use
of spanning-tree. For IP network
scalability, Location/ID Seperation
Protocol (LISP), enables IP
portability and dynamic IP route
look-up significantly increasing the
scalability of layer 3 IP networks.
Operational Continuity:
Designed from the ground up with
the goal of delivering continuous
operations, the Nexus 7000 and
NX-OS deliver a predictable and
highly resilient switching platform
for the most demanding network
environments. With granular process
modularity, automatic fault isolation
and containment, the industry’s
only true hitless In Service Software
Uprade (ISSU) capability and tightly
integrated hardware resiliency
features, the Nexus 7000 running
NX-OS delivers the industry’s
most reliable operating system for
operational continuity.
Network Consolidation and
Segmentation:
The Nexus 7000 offer numerous
industry leading innovations for
converging and segmenting the
network infrastructure, LANs and
WANs, significantly lowering TCO.
Virtual Device Contexts (VDC),
virtualize a single physical switch
into multiple secure (PCI certified)
logical switches for infrastructure
consolidation. FCoE enables LAN
and SAN network consolidation from
server to storage, reducing network
sprawl while increasing network
agility. Other key features that enable
WAN and LAN segmentation and
convergence include MPLS, OTV,
and VRF.
Virtualization and Cloud
Enablement:
The Nexus 7000 and NX-OS
innovations enable highly scalable
virtualization deployments for
both intra and inter data center
deployments, essentially allowing
any workload, any location at
any scale. FabricPath enables a
highly scalable fabric for large
virtualized server deployments,
enabling workload mobility across
the data center. OTV and LISP
allow seamless workload mobility
between geographically separated
data centers and also for bursting
workloads to cloud providers.
These and other features on the
Nexus 7000 establish the foundation
for large scale virtualization and
cloud enablement.
Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
The 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.
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches are Cisco’s Flagship modular switching platform for data center Unified Fabric
deployments and for highly scalable campus core deployments. They are designed for exceptional 10 GE, 40 GE and
100 GE scalability with the industry’s highest resiliency features and unmatched deployment flexibility for the data
center core, aggregation, access and campus core. It’s industry leading NX-OS innovations and robust feature set
enable you to build the next generation network fabrics for both data centers and campus.
Modular Switches
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