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Qs Help You Know Cisco Catalyst Instant Access a Lot

Posted on October 16, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What is the exact solution of Catalyst Instant Access? What advantages ode it over the standalone, VSS (the VSS Campus with Stacking)? Cisco Catalyst Instant Access brings fabric extension technology (similar to Data Center FEX) with operational simplicity to the…

EoS/EoL for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface

Posted on October 9, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco announces the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series 48-Port 100BASE-X Ethernet Interface. The last day to order the affected product(s) is July 31, 2013. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support…

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Major Enhancements are Coming

Posted on October 4, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Enterprise group head offers glimpse into 2013 roadmap; 100G Ethernet, new programmable ASICs, and fabric and virtualization extensions on tap. As Cisco wraps up migrating its Catalyst 6500 installed base to either the E-series chassis or the Nexus platform, the…

Cisco VSS Configuration: Cisco Catalyst 6500 Virtual Switching System

Posted on September 3, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

A VSS is network system virtualization technology that pools multiple Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches into one virtual switch, increasing operational efficiency, boosting nonstop communications, and scaling system bandwidth capacity to 1.4 Tbps. At the initial phase, a VSS will…

Analysis: How to Choose the Right Cisco Switches for Your LAN?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Large and mid-size organizations or enterprises are entering another cycle of Local Area Network upgrades due to two recent technology changes. One is that 10Gb Ethernet are now standard connections on servers. The other is the widespread adoption of wireless…