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
Use our software to manage your entire switching structure as one converged component.
Simplifying a 100-Building Network
See more case studies"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
Resources
- At-a-Glance
- Benefits of Migrating to Cisco® Catalyst® 6800 Switch (PDF - 109 KB) 19/Mar/2017
- Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Supervisor Engine 6T At-a-Glance (PDF - 361 KB) 10/Feb/2016
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- Case Studies
- City of Biel Customer Case Study (PDF - 563 KB) 31/May/2017 Updated
- Data Sheets
- Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series 8-Port 40 Gigabit Ethernet Module Data Sheet 20/Jun/2017 New
- Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Supervisor Engine 6T Data Sheet 01/Jun/2017 Updated
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- End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco 6800 Instant Access Clients and 6800 1G Copper Line cards 28/Apr/2017 New
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco 6800 Instant Access Clients and 6800 1G Copper Line cards 28/Apr/2017 New
- Presentations
- Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches 3D model 19/Jun/2017 New
- Sales Resources
- Simplify Network Operations 01/Mar/2016
- White Papers
- Cisco Catalyst 6840-X Series White Paper (PDF - 3 MB) 10/Apr/2017
- Cisco Enterprise Campus Infrastructure Best Practices Guide 18/Dec/2014 New
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