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C8500L-8S4X 4-port 1/10GE, 8-port 1GE
Catalyst 8500 Edge Platform Product highlights
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Product feature |
Benefits and description |
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All-new third-generation Quantum Flow Processor (QFP) ASIC |
● Inline hardware-accelerated encryption for high-throughput IPsec and MACsec
● High-performance routing and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN with services
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IPsec |
● Up to 5X higher IPsec throughput than 2nd Gen QFP devices
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Multicore control processor |
● Intel x86 CPU with 16 GB memory default (up to 64 GB memory) for high-speed control plane processes
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Interface flexibility |
● Options for 1GE, 10GE, 40GE, and 100GE ports
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DRAM |
● All Catalyst 8500 Edge Platforms have 16 GB default DRAM and can be upgraded to 32 GB and 64 GB for higher scale. C8500-20X6C has 64GB of DRAM by default
(Maximum possible) |
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SSD storage |
● Default 32-GB eUSB for storage with optional 480-GB SSD upgrade. C8500-20X6C has 480-GB-SSD as default (Maximum available).
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Redundancy |
● High-efficiency dual power supplies by default for power supply redundancy
● N+1 redundancy (Option N+2 redundancy) High-efficiency power supplies by default for power supply redundancy on the C8500-20X6C
● All Catalyst 8500 Edge Platforms support software redundancy with 2 Cisco IOS processes running on a single device (IOS XE routing mode)
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Form factor |
● Compact 1RU form factor on the C8500-12X and C8500-12X4QC
● Enhanced 3RU form factor C8500-20X6C
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Integrated security |
● Hardware-anchored Secure Boot and Secure Unique Device Identification (SUDI) support for Plug and Play to verify the identity of the hardware and software
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