Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Enterprise backbone of the digital organization
Get the scale, security, and simplicity you need to meet your business challenges. Catalyst 6800 Series switches are powerful campus backbone switches optimized for Multigigabit Ethernet services to help you protect your network investment.
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Models
Choose from 3 different chassis.
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Switch
- 4 module slots, 5 RU
- 80 x 10/1 G SFP
- Slot capacity 80 – 240 Gb/s
- Switching capacity up to 4 Tb/s (VSS)
- Cisco Catalyst Instant Access
Cisco Catalyst 6840-X Switch
- 4 slots, 2 RU
- 16, 32 x 10 SFP/SFP+
- 24, 40 x 10 G SFP/SFP+ and 2x40G QSFP
- Slot capacity 80 – 240 Gb/s
- Switching capacity up to 1.92 Tb/s (VSS)
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Features
Cisco Digital Network Architecture
Only Cisco delivers a digital-ready approach that starts at the edge and extends to where applications reside.
Simple
The Catalyst 6800 is powered by Smart Operations and Catalyst Instant Access. It extends backbone features to the access layer to simplify configuration and management.
Smart
Integrated service modules support wireless, network analysis, automate operations, and pervasive security. Virtual Switching System supports resiliency and high availability.
Secure
Catalyst 6800 switches are protected by Cisco TrustSec and IOS Flexible NetFlow for secure, scalable, dynamic, role-based access control and network visibility.
Scalable
6800 Series Switches are optimized for secure 1-10 Gb services. They offer a switching capacity of up to 11.4 Tb.
Services
Manage your network proactively, avoid migration risks, and optimize your business architecture.
Resources
- At-a-Glance
- Benefits of upgrading to Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches (PDF - 120 KB) 29/Apr/2019 New
- Cisco Catalyst 9000 switching platform At-a-Glance (PDF - 729 KB) 29/Apr/2019 Updated
- Data Sheets
- Gigabit Ethernet Modules for Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL and 6500-E Switches Data sheet 16/Apr/2019 Updated
- Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Supervisor Engine 6T Data Sheet 15/Apr/2019 New
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- End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 6800 Instant Access Clients 17/May/2018
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Clients à accès instantané Cisco 6800 17/May/2018
- Presentations
- Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches 3D model 19/Jun/2017
- White Papers
- Quality of Service (QoS) - Cisco Catalyst Instant Access Solution White Paper 16/Sep/2015
- Radio Frequency Identification on Cisco Catalyst Switches White Paper 10/Jul/2015
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