The Cisco BPX 8600 Series is comprised of the Cisco BPX 8620 for broadband ATM services, the BPX 8650 Multiservice switch which supports broadband and MPLS for IP services, and the BPX 8680 Universal Service Node which offers broadband, narrowband and MPLS services.

Catalyst 4510R (10-slot: Redundant capable)
Catalyst 4507R (7-slot: Redundant capable)
Catalyst 4506 (6-slot)
Catalyst 4503 (3-slot)

A primary component of Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data), the Catalyst 4500 Series extends control to enterprise wiring closets, branch offices, and Layer 3 distribution points. The Catalyst 4500 Series is also optimized for business services aggregation and subscriber access in the metropolitan area for network operators and service providers.

The Catalyst 4500 Series now offers three new high density IEEE 802.3af compliant PoE line cards. These new line cards include two new PoE 48-port 10/100 (RJ-45 and RJ21) and a new PoE 48-port 10/100/1000 (RJ-45). All line cards support both IEEE 802.3af and Cisco pre-standard PoE.

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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine V: An extension of the Supervisor Engine IV offering higher capacity, nonblocking Cisco Layer 2-4 switching at 96 Gbps, with performance of 72 Mpps. Other enhancements include broadcast suppression in hardware, multicast suppression, enhanced QoS, and 802.1Q-in-Q in hardware. The Supervisor Engine V is required for the new Catalyst 4510R chassis and is compatible with all Catalyst 4500 Series chassis and existing Catalyst 4500 Series line cards for maximum deployment flexibility.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine IV: Delivers integrated resiliency and nonblocking Cisco Express Forwarding-based Layer 2-4 switching at 48 Mpps with a switching capacity of 64 Gbps, to further enhance control of converged networks. Key intelligent services, based on proven Cisco IOS Software, include granular QoS, predictable performance, advanced security, comprehensive manageability, and integrated resiliency. The Supervisor Engine IV is compatible with the new Catalyst 4500 Series chassis, the widely deployed Catalyst 4006 chassis, and existing Catalyst 4500 line cards for maximum deployment flexibility.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus: This Cisco IOS Software-based supervisor engine that meets the needs of value-conscious customers seeking a flexible and scalable LAN solution. Optimized for wiring closets for midsized enterprises, education customers, or small enterprises or branch offices, the Supervisor Engine II-Plus provides the resiliency and control for converged data, voice, and video networks.

Cisco Catalyst 4000/4500 Series line cards: Compatible with both the Catalyst 4500 Series and the Catalyst 4000 Series modular chassis, these line cards can be mixed and matched to suit a wide range of customer wiring closet, branch office, data center, and metro Ethernet deployments. Catalyst 4000 line cards offer high-density copper and fiber-based interfaces for both Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.

Cisco Catalyst 4000 Series switches are also ideal for business services aggregation and subscriber access in metropolitan-area networks (MANs) that use optical Ethernet in the First Mile.

Cisco Catalyst 4000/4500 Supervisor Engine IV: Delivers integrated resiliency and non-blocking, Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)-based Layer 2/3/4 switching at 48 Mpps, to further enhance control of converged networks. Key intelligent services, based on proven Cisco IOS software, include granular Quality of Service (QoS), predictable performance, advanced security, comprehensive manageability and integrated resiliency. The Supervisor Engine IV is compatible with the new Catalyst 4500 Series chassis, the widely deployed Catalyst 4006 chassis, and existing Catalyst 4000 Family line cards for maximum deployment flexibility.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus: This Cisco IOS Software-based supervisor engine meets the needs of value-conscious customers seeking a flexible and scalable LAN solution. Optimized for wiring closets for medium-sized enterprises, education customers, or small enterprises or branch offices, the Supervisor Engine II-Plus provides the resiliency and control for converged data, voice, and video networks.

Cisco Catalyst 4000/4500 Series Line Cards: Compatible with both the Catalyst 4500 Series and the Catalyst 4000 Series modular chassis these linecards can be mixed and matched to to suit a wide-range of customer wiring closet, branch office, data center and metro Ethernet deployments. Catalyst 4000 Family linecards offer high density copper and fiber based interfaces for both Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches: A next generation Cisco Catalyst 4000 Family platform, the Catalyst 4500 series includes three new Catalyst chassis: Catalyst 4507R (7-slot: redundant Supervisor IV capable), Catalyst 4506 (6-slot) and Catalyst 4503 (3-slot). A key component of Cisco AVVID the Catalyst 4500 extends control to Enterprise wiring closets, branch office and Layer 3 distribution points. The Catalyst 4500 is also optimized for business services aggregation and subscriber access in the metropolitan area for network operators and service providers.

A variety of network infrastructure solutions are enabled by the Catalyst 4000 Family of switches including: Cisco AVVID Network Infrastructure, IP Telephony, Wireless LAN, Metro Ethernet Switching, Ethernet in the First Mile, and the CWDM GBIC Solution.

Customers can deploy industry-leading intelligent services, such as advanced QoS, rate limiting, Cisco security access control lists, multicast management, and high-performance IP routing, and maintain the simplicity of traditional LAN switching. Cisco Cluster Management Suite (CMS) Software is included in the Catalyst 3550 Series and allows users to simultaneously configure and troubleshoot multiple Catalyst desktop switches using a standard Web browser. Cisco CMS Software provides new configuration wizards that simplify the implementation of converged applications and networkwide services.

Cisco Catalyst 3500 Series XL switches utilize Cisco Switch Clustering technology and GigaStack GBICs. With Cisco Switch Clustering, users can manage over 380 ports from a single IP address, and connect up to 16 switches, regardless of physical location, with a broad range of Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet media. Cisco Switch Clustering is supported on all Catalyst 3550, 2950, 3500 XL, 2900 XL and 2900 LRE XL switches.

All Catalyst 3500 Series XL switches feature Cisco IOS® Software and Cisco Cluster Management Suite (CMS) Software, an easy-to-use Web-based management interface. All high-performance Catalyst 3500 Series XL switches are available in either Standard or Enterprise Editions. Enterprise Edition switches offer advanced software features, including complete 802.1Q and ISL VLAN support, TACACS+ security, and fault tolerance through UplinkFast.

The Catalyst 2950 LRE switches support the enhanced image of the Catalyst 2950 Series with the same advanced quality of service (QoS), high availability and enhanced security. The Catalyst 2950 LRE switches also feature Gigabit Ethernet connectivity via either fixed 10/100/1000 ports or SFP ports. Embedded in all Catalyst 2950 switches is the Cisco Cluster Management Suite (CMS) Software, which allows users to simultaneously configure and troubleshoot multiple Catalyst desktop switches using a standard web browser.

Cisco is the only company with the breadth of technologies that allow customers to extend intelligent services across any combination of wired and wireless infrastructures.

For industrial-level networks, the new Cisco Catalyst 2955 Series Switch is a new switch ideal for industrial Ethernet deployments, intelligent transportation systems (ITSs), and transportation network solutions. It is also suitable for many military and utility market applications where the environmental conditions exceed the specifications of other commercial switching products.

Cisco Cluster Management Suite (CMS) Software is included in all Catalyst 2950 Series switches. Cisco CMS allows users to simultaneously configure and troubleshoot multiple Catalyst desktop switches using a standard Web browser.

Complete with a simple web-based Express Setup, a free Java-enabled web-based monitoring and configuration tool, and the rich functionality of Cisco IOS, this switch provides comprehensive functionality and manageability for classrooms, conference rooms, or other small workgroup environments. Easy to install and manage, periodic software updates for life, and built to last, these switch provides outstanding investment protection and the lowest total cost of ownership in its product class.

Cisco Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX Gigabit Ethernet switch offers affordable Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for small and mid-size networks. The Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX switch enhances network performance and productivity where higher densities of 10/100/1000BASE-T ports are required. The Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX is an affordable solution for delivering Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to the desktop over Category 5 copper cabling.

Catalyst 2980G and 2980G-A Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 2980G-A; the highest density, small form factor fixed configuration Ethernet switches in an extremely compact package. These cost-effective switches were designed to deliver maximum ease of management and configuration for small to medium-sized enterprise wiring. The Catalyst 2980G-A provides an efficient, simple, and cost effective method for improving performance and eliminating network congestion with high speed, layer 2 intelligent enterprise switching. The Catalyst 2980G-A offers an optional external Redundant Power Supply (RPS) to further increase network high availability.

Cisco Catalyst 2948G Switch
The Catalyst 2948G is a dedicated Ethernet switch featuring high performance Layer-2 switching for the wiring closet, with low cost per port and advanced yet very stable software capable of supporting a wide variety of switching features. This Catalyst switch provides an efficient, simple and cost effective method for improving performance and eliminating network congestion, with high-speed, high performance, Layer-2 intelligent enterprise switching. Fully integrated into the Catalyst family of switches, the Catalyst 2948G uses the same Catalyst system software as the industry leading Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 4500 Series thereby ensuring complete interoperability with existing Catalyst switches.

Cisco Catalyst 2948G-L3 Switch
The Cisco Catalyst 2948G-L3 offers cost-effective Layer 3 switching alternatives for small/medium enterprise backbones. The Catalyst 2948G-L3 offers 48 ports of 10/100 Ethernet with two Gigabit Ethernet uplinks capable of wire-speed, non-blocking, Layer 3 performance ideal for mid-range backbone frame processing.

Catalyst 2900 Series XL Software Release 11.2(8) SA3 is new software that supports port-based Virtual LANs (VLANs) in all Catalyst 2900 Series XL desktop switches. With this new software Catalyst 2900 XL switches support up to 64 separate intraswitch VLANs (non-ISL-trunks). This capability allows data packets to be forwarded only to those stations within a specific VLAN, creating a virtual firewall between VLANs.

Cisco Visual Switch Manager, easy-to-use management software for the Catalyst 2900 XL, is also enhanced in this software release. Used with any standard Web browser, Visual Switch Manager enables real-time viewing and management of a collection of Catalyst 2900 XL switches through visual maps.

Software Release SA3 is embedded in all new Catalyst 2900 Series XL switches. The software is also available as an easy upgrade via Cisco`s Software Center.

Multiple, simultaneous control planes support unmatched flexibility and scalability in deploying, managing, and modifying a complete range of ATM and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).