Product Description

The Cisco® Catalyst® ***0 Series provides scalable, nonblocking Layer *4 switching with secure,
flexible, nonstop communications, enabling business resilience for enterprises, small and mediumsized
businesses (SMBs), and Metro Ethernet customers deploying business-critical applications.
Catalyst ***0 has a centralized forwarding architecture that enables collaboration, virtualization
and operational manageablity through simplified operations. With forward and backward
compatibility spanning multiple generations, the new Catalyst ***0 E-Series provides exceptional
investment protection and deployment flexibility to meet the evolving needs of organizations of all
sizes. Catalyst ***0 E-Series platform has *0G uplinks and PoEP support as standard enabling
the customers to future proof their network.
The Cisco Catalyst ***0 Series includes two series of chassis: the Catalyst ***0 E-Series and
classic Catalyst ***0 Series chassis. Catalyst ***0 E-Series chassis (Figure 1) are extremely
flexible and support both 6 Gbps and *4 Gbps per line card slot. The classic Catalyst ***0 Series
chassis supports 6 Gbps per line card slot. There are four models of Catalyst ***0 E-Series and
classic Catalyst ***0 chassis: **-slot, *-slot, *-slot, and *-slot. Integrated resiliency in the Catalyst
****-E and classic Catalyst ***0 Series include 1*1 supervisor engine redundancy (**-slot and
*-slot only), redundant fans, software-based fault tolerance, and 1*1 power supply redundancy.
Integrated resiliency in both hardware and software minimizes network downtime, helping to
ensure workforce productivity, profitability, and customer success.