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 4 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)
Cisco Catalyst 6800ia Switch
- 1 Slot, 1 RU
- 48 10/100/1000 E ports
- PoE/PoE+
- Stackable (3x)
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.
It's easy to buy and manage software
Cisco ONE for Access
Use our software to manage your entire switching structure as one converged component.
Simplifying a 100-Building Network
"Our Cisco infrastructure] allows us to virtualize the network, offer segmentation for various faculty, researchers, staff, and students using a wired and wireless infrastructure."
Jason Bothe, Manager of Networking, Rice University
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Resources
- At-a-Glance
- Benefits of Migrating to Cisco® Catalyst® 6800 Switch (PDF - 109 KB) 19/Mar/2017
- 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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