Switches

The Cisco Catalyst 6500/Cisco 7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720 is a family of Supervisor Engines designed to deliver scalable performance and rich set of IP features in hardware. Its hardware-based feature set can enable applications such as traditional IP forwarding Layer 2 and Layer 3 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPNs, Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) with quality of service (QoS) and security features. The Supervisor engine 720 integrates a high-performance 720-Gbps crossbar switch fabric with a forwarding engine in a single module, delivering 40 Gbps of switching capacity per slot (enabling 4-port 10GE and 48-port 10/100/1000 density line cards). With hardware-enabled forwarding for IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS, the system performance is capable of 400 Mpps for IPv4, 200 Mpps for IPv6 traffic, with features and 1024 VRFs each populated with up to 700 routes/VRF for MPLS.

The Catalyst 6500 Series sets the new standard for IP communications and application delivery in enterprise campus and service provider networks by maximizing user productivity and enhancing operational control while providing unprecedented investment protection. As Cisco's premier intelligent multilayer modular switch, the Catalyst 6500 Series delivers secure, converged services, end-to-end, from the wiring closet to the core, to the data center, to the WAN edge.

Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL scales from 30 million pps to more than 400 million pps and integrates switch fabric and route processing into a single processor card, increasing performance and simplifying operations.

The Supervisor Engine II-Plus delivers non-blocking Layer 2 switching with basic Layer 3 and Layer 4 intelligent services to power resilient, multilayer switching solutions for converged data, voice, and video networks. It allows customers to deploy network-wide intelligent services, such as advanced quality of service (QoS), comprehensive security, and management with optimal control and resiliency.

This 4-port BRI voice and fax expansion module has ports that are configurable for NT or TE mode. This module allows connection to an ISDN S/T network by replicating either the network side or the terminal side. In NT mode the ports replicate the PSTN interface to a PBX that is compatible with European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) NET3 and QSIG switch types.

All Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series PoE line cards can distinguish an IEEE or Cisco prestandard powered device from an unpowered network interface card (NIC) to help ensure that power is applied only when an appropriate device is connected.

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series offers a variety of GBIC- or SFP-enabled gigabit solutions for high-performance Gigabit Ethernet uplinks and server farm connectivity. The five GBIC- or SFP-enabled gigabit line card options for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series include 2-, 6-, 18-, and 48-port versions.

The 13-slot Catalyst 6513 chassis is ideally suited for high performance, high port density Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet aggregation in all parts of the network including the access, distribution, and backbone layers as well as the server farm and data center environments.