Cisco switching technical

Cisco Switching V1.1

Driving the Next Generation
Workspace
Stephen J Kirk

stekirk@cisco.com

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Agenda

 Borderless Networks and Product Portfolio Update

 Catalyst Fixed Configuration Portfolio - Product Update

 Catalyst Modular Switches - Product Update

 Nexus 7k

 Nexus 5k and 2K

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For video…
when 91% of global Internet traffic will be video.

For security…
when 58% let others use their device and there is a 46% increase in malware for mobile
devices.

For employee and student mobility…
when 60% believe they won’t be in an office to be productive & efficient or when the
desktop becomes virtualized.

For return on investment …
when saving energy, creating new business models, attracting the next-gen workforce
and engaging with your customers.

For business resiliency…
when downtime causes massive disruption

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Last year's mobile data traffic was eight times the size of the entire global
Internet in 2000
By 2016, global IP traffic will reach 1.3 zettabytes* annually (110 exabytes per
month); growing 4-fold from 2011 to 2016.
Mobile Data Traffic More Than Doubled in 2011
By 2016, wi-fi will account for nearly half of all IP traffic.
Global mobile data traffic will increase 18-fold between 2011 and 2016
The average smartphone will generate 2.6 GB of traffic per month in 2016, a
17-fold increase over the 2011 average of 150 MB per month

*Zettabyte = 250 Billion Blu-Rays


IMMERSIVE
COLLABORATION
Pervasive Video

Collaboration
MOBILITY CLOUD
BYOD SaaS | DC
/V

Borderless Data Center/
Networks Virtualization


IMMERSIVE
COLLABORATION
Pervasive Video

MOBILITY CLOUD
BYOD SaaS | DC / V

THE NETWORK

SECURITY, Accelerating Cyber-Threats

IT PRODUCTIVITY, Service and Network Management

GREEN, Energy Efficiency

WAN Campus Wireless Connected Industries

Services Limited Limited
Delivery Infra App delivery App delivery

Zero Touch Smart Install Controller Zero Touch Smart Install
FEX based Mgmt
Deployment ASP Deployment ASP

AVC Energy Wired Radio
Medianet Voice Medianet Medianet Cloud
NBAR2 wise Wireless Management

Security Identity Security Security Security
Identity Identity Identity
IP/Sec, FW eEdge Trustsec, FHRP ACL IPSec

Protocols Industrial Deterministic
IPv6 IPv6 CAPWAP PMIPv6 IPv6 Protocols Behavior

Forwarding Software
Model CEF FMAN FFM CEF CEF
Forwarding

Merchant
Software CPP Strider Earl K10 Doppler Strider Software Doppler
Silicon

IOS IOS/ XE IOS IOS/XE IOS AirOS IOS/XE IOS

IA IA IA
ISR ASR C2K C3K C4K C6K Controllers APs
Switches APs Routers


WAN Campus Wireless Connected
Services, Cloud NGWC, Ease of Mobility, BYOD, Industries
Connectivity Use SP Wi-Fi Transition to
Ethernet/IP
Everything
Common Management & Policy Connected
Virtualized Services Delivery Infra
FEX
Simplified Deployment
API (OnePK)
Software Defined Services
Mobility
Application Visibility & Optimization
Cloud Connectivity
Medianet
Energywise
Protoc Identity, Trustsec, FW, FHRP
ols
IPv6, PMIPv6, CAPWAP, Deterministic Behavior
API
Forwardi
ng Platform Level
Model Common Forwarding Model
Doppler, Multicore CPU (CPP)
IOS and IOS/XE

Adapter FEX
FEX-Link Locator/ID Separator
Uplinkfast MISTP Inline Power VN-Link Protocol (LISP)

HSRP ISL Etherchannel/ VSANs FCOE Overlay Transport
PAgP Virtualization (OTV)
Lossless
NetFlow CDP Tag Switching 10GbE FabricPath

1990 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2002 2008 2009 2010 2011

1999 1999 2001 2001 2004 2009 2009
IETF IEEE
IETF IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE
ANSI T11 ANSI T11 eVPN 802.1BR
VRRP 802.1q 802.1w 802.1s 802.1qbg

2004 2005 2000 2001 2010 2010
IETF IETF
IETF IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE
MPLS TRILL LISP
IPFix LLDP LACP/802.3ad 802.1Qbb 802.1Qbh

2000 2004
IEEE IEEE IEEE
802.3af PoE 802.3at PoE+ UPOE


Cisco Technology Puts You on the Fast Track to Business
Innovation

• Technology Advantage
On average, Cisco silicon delivers advanced innovations into
customer networks 24-36 months before merchant silicon

• Technology Benefits
Superior network security, application visibility, and performance
Increased network and service reliability
Technology features today to support urgent IT initiatives
MACsec – only vendor shipping first hop
encryption
• Business Advantage
IPv6 – superior address matching
capabilities for IPv6 security and control Accelerate business transition to new business models
requirements (VDI/VXI, hybrid/cloud, borderless extended enterprise)
Flexible Netflow (v9) - only vendor Maximize ROI within the technology lifecycle
shipping in switching hardware - deep
application visibility and logging

PoE+, NG PoE+ - only vendor shipping
high-power PoE – supporting next
generation devices and business models


Enabled with ISE
ISE Unified Policy

Define network policy as an
extension of business goals
Product
Bookings
Corporate Customer
issued laptop Data

X Policy extends to all access
Finance
Manager
SalesForce types (wired, wireless, VPN)
.com

Personal iPad
Lifecycle Services Integration –
guest, profiling, posture

Encryption-based Policies
for Security-conscious users

Policy-based Access Enables “Business Policy”

Building
Management
Systems (BMS)
Management Applications
Prime LMS 4.0 Verdiem Surveyor Joulex JEM CA ecoMeter 1E
(was: Orchestrator) (Q3 CY11)

EnergyWise Toolkit Management API

EnergyWise Domain EnergyWise Gateways
and Protocol Translators
(eg. FieldServer)
(switches and routers)

EnergyWise-enabled
Endpoints Using SDK
PC Clients Non-Energywise,
IP Phones
(Lenovo) Smart PDU PoE Devices Building Devices
VDI
Non-Energywise
IP Camera Wireless


Built-in Traffic Simulator to Automate Network Readiness

Si Si

Si Si

Remote IT
Prime

Scheduler (Traffic Simulator based on IPSLA)

The Solution Deployment Scenario—Cisco Catalyst 3K/4K Series Switch
Automate Network Traffic simulator built IT can monitor and Includes a scheduler to
Readiness into switch; no extra test remotely run periodic test over
appliance needed extended durations


Manual, Time Consuming, Expensive and Business Critical

IT
Si
? Si IT

Si Si

?
?
? IT ? ? ?

IT IT IT IT

The Challenge Typical Deployment Scenario
Monitoring and Manual troubleshooting Hop by hop logging Huge time consumption
Troubleshooting at location and device; into each network to troubleshoot and
and manual simulation node is needed simulate problems


IPv6 Deployment

IPv4 Address Run-Out National IPv6 Strategies

US DoD, China NGI, EU

IPv6
IPv6 OS, Content & Infrastructure Evolution
Applications
SmartGrid, SmartCities
DOCSIS 3.0, 4G/LTE ,IPSO

www.oecd.org: Measuring IPv6 adoption
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Addressing Business Transformation
NEW Intelligent Secure Access Fixed Switching Solutions
Enterprise
Level Services
Evolves With
Your
Intelligent Business Catalyst 3K-X
Services
w/ IP Services
Converged Catalyst 3K-X
Business Continuity

Entry-Level Services
Catalyst 3K-X w/ IP Base
to Cisco w/ LAN Base
Experience Catalyst 2960-S
w/ LAN Base
Catalyst 2960-S
w/ LAN Lite

Borderless Security
Ease of Operations
Borderless Experience
Sustainability
Business Agility


Catalyst Switching Portfolio

Distribution/Core

Catalyst 6500
Features, Scalability, Longevity

Catalyst 4500

Data Center Access
Catalyst 6500

Catalyst 4900

Blade Switches

Wiring Closet
Catalyst 6500
Catalyst 4500/4500X

Catalyst 3750X
Catalyst 3560X Series
Catalyst 2960S Series
Series
Small Medium-sized Large

Number of Employees/Density

Catalyst Cisco Industrial
Catalyst
Catalyst 4500E Catalyst 2960-S Compact Edge Automati
3750-X 3560-X 300*
Switches on

Great for secure, Open, Lower TCO, Purpose-Built for
Industry-leading Industry-leading Competitive feature set manageable All-in-One Access for Industrial
modular access fixed switching at compelling prices ports ‘at the end of
Connected Rooms Applications
the wire’

Right Size All-in-One Ruggedized
Innovative Services, Solid Baseline Without Access For for Industrial
Lower TCO Switching Compromise Connected Applications
Rooms

Traditional
Next-Generation Workspace Outside the Wiring Closet
Workspace

Any Device HD Video VDI Data Voice Oil and Gas Retail Manufacturing


Catalyst Fixed Configuration Portfolio
Product Update


Stackable Switch Portfolio Stand-Alone Switch Portfolio

Catalyst 3750 v2 Catalyst 3750-X Catalyst 3560 v2 Catalyst 3560-X
Data or PoE Data / PoE(+) Data or PoE Data / PoE(+)
StackWise StackWise Plus Fixed 1G Uplinks Modular 1G/10G
Fixed 1G Uplinks StackPower Single PS Uplinks
Single PS Modular 1G/10G LLW Dual PS
LLW Uplinks E-LLW
Dual PS
E-LLW
Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

Network And Service Modules Aggregation Switch
NEW

WS-C3750X-12S-S WS-C3750X-24S-S
C3KS-NM-1G C3KS-NM-10G C3KS-NM-10GT C3KS-SM-10G WS-C3750X-12S-E WS-C3750X-24S-E



Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Series
 Next Generation Gigabit Ethernet 24 and 48 port, Data
Catalyst 3750-X Series and PoE+ Switches
 Linerate nonblocking switches
 Three IOS feature sets:
 LAN Base
 IP Base
 IP Services

Catalyst 3560-X Series  Innovative features, StackPower, PoE+, Encryption, Dual
redundant PS, Network modules
 Enhanced LLW:
 Next business day (NBD) advance hardware
replacement
 90 Day access to Cisco Technical Assistance Center
(TAC) support
 Full Energy-Wise support



Catalyst 3750-X & 3560-X
Model comparison
IOS Model Stackable StackPower Full PoE PoE+ Description

WS-C3750X-24T-L Yes - - 24-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, LAN Base
Available
LAN Base

WS-C3750X-48T-L Yes - - 48-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, LAN Base
with
WS-C3750X-24P-L Yes Yes Yes 24-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, LAN Base
upgrade
WS-C3750X-48P-L Yes - Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, LAN Base
to IP Base
WS-C3750X-48PF-L Yes Yes Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 1100W AC, LAN Base

Optional 10G / 1G Network Modules
WS-C3750X-24T-S Yes Yes - - 24-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, IP Base
WS-C3750X-48T-S Yes Yes - - 48-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, IP Base
IP Base

WS-C3750X-24P-S Yes Yes Yes Yes 24-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, IP Base
WS-C3750X-48P-S Yes Yes - Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, IP Base
WS-C3750X-48PF-S Yes Yes Yes Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 1100W AC, IP Base
WS-C3560X-24T-L - - - - 24-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, LAN Base
LAN Base

WS-C3560X-48T-L - - - - 48-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, LAN Base
WS-C3560X-24P-L - - Yes Yes 24-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, LAN Base
WS-C3560X-48P-L - - - Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, LAN Base
WS-C3560X-48PF-L - - Yes Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 1100W AC, LAN Base
WS-C3560X-24T-S - - - - 24-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, IP Base
WS-C3560X-48T-S - - - - 48-port 10/100/1000, 350W AC, IP Base
IP Base

WS-C3560X-24P-S - - Yes Yes 24-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, IP Base
WS-C3560X-48P-S - - - Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 715W AC, IP Base
WS-C3560X-48PF-S - - Yes Yes 48-port PoE+ 10/100/1000, 1100W AC, IP Base
IP Base Models can be upgraded to IP services feature set at the time of order

• New Access/Distribution-Layer with 10G uplinks

• 3750-X and 3560-X with Network Modules
3 out of 4 offering 10G
C3KX-NM-1G Four GbE port network
module
C3KX-NM-10G Two 10GbE SFP+ ports
network module with four
physical ports with two
SFP+ and two regular SFP
ports

C3KX-NM-10GT Two 10GB-T ports network
module
C3KX-SM-10G Service Module with
two 10GbE SFP+ ports
network module for Netflow
• Need-1: Cost efficient 10G Distribution/Core and MACsec encryption

• Need-2: Fiber and Copper 10G offering



Dual Redundant Power supplies & fans
 The switch ships with one power supply by
default
 The second power supply can be purchased
at the time of ordering or at a later time
 Dual, redundant, high efficiency PS
 Four PS options
 Redundant fan modules 1100W AC
 DC Power Supply also delivers 175W of PoE 715W AC
 AC and DC Power Supplies can be mixed and 350W AC
matched 440W DC

Models Default Power Supply Available PoE Power

24 Port Data Switch C3KX-PWR-350WAC –
48 Port Data Switch
24 Port PoE Switch C3KX-PWR-715WAC 370W
48 Port PoE Switch
48 Port Full PoE Switch C3KX-PWR-1100WAC 740W


PoE+ Support

 Support for both 802.3af and the new standard 802.3at
 30W per port VS. 15.4W per port
 Ability to provide 30W per port on all 48-ports simultaneously
 Requirement for 30W in all ports simultaneously is 1440W for a 48-port switch and
720W for a 24-port switch
 PoE is also supported with the DC power supply (175W of PoE)
 Ability to assign priorities (high/low) to each port
Useful for intelligent power shedding!



Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Series Industry
MACsec (Crypto) Leadership

 MACsec provides MAC layer encryption over wired
networks
 Standards based encryption (802.1AE) on all user ports
 Line rate performance
 Standards based key exchange protocol, MKA, included
in 802.1X-Rev
 Tested with current Intel NIC cards
 Some newer Intel’s LOM chip set supports MACsec



Catalyst 3750-X
Cisco StackPower Technology
 Innovative technology, aggregates and shares
available input power capacity in a Stack
 Flexible arrangement of power supplies in a stack
Up to 8.8Kw power in a stack
 Supports a “zero-footprint” RPS deployment
 Intelligent power shedding
 Stackpower decouples a PS from its physical location
in the stack!
 Up to 4 switches can be part of Stackpower
Independent from Stackwise (Stackwise Plus)
 No need for RPS though an XPS is available!
 StackPower is not supported in 3560-X switches



Close up
Console, 10/100 port, and USB type A

Redundant, Dual PS, either
Stackwise Plus FRU Dual StackPower AC/AC, AC/DC, AC, or DC
Redundant Fans Cables combinations



Intelligent Load shedding
 Mechanism to shed power when the system goes into
negative power budget
Power failure or offlining a power supply in the stack

 The stack will shed power starting with the lowest-priority
PDs in the entire system, then the high-priority PDs, then the
low priority switches and finally the high-priority switches
The amount of load shedding depends on the amount of
oversubscribed power

 Built-in intelligence to detect important PD or switches in a
stack
Stackpower has 27 priority levels
Default priority per port can be re-programmed
All ports are Low priority by default


Cisco StackPower
Benefits

 Better utilization of available power capacity and sharing
 Scalable infrastructure for PoE+
 Improved reliability and efficiency
 PS can be configured as redundant failovers
 Complements PoE+ on switches with smaller PS
 “zero footprint” RPS (Redundant mode)
Except in a fully loaded POE+ stack (Stackpower of 4 w/ all PoE+)

 Increased HA via a resilient Redundant power system
 Pay-as-you-grow architecture – similar to Stackwise



Catalyst 3750-X
StackWise and StackWise-Plus Technology
Unified stacking,
• 32 / 64Gbps stacking throughput
behaving as a single unit
• Local switching with StackWise Plus
• Intelligent traffic forwarding
• StackWise Plus is backward-
compatible with StackWise
• Fault-tolerant bi-directional
stack interconnection
• Automated Configuration
eases deployment 1:N master redundancy

• Single network instance Auto-configuration and
(IP, SNMP, CLI, STP, VLAN) Cisco IOS version check / update
• Master/secondary
architecture with Cross-stack EtherChannel and QoS
master failover
Hot add / delete of switches in stack,
provisioning ahead of deployment



Catalyst 3750-X Feature Sets
LAN Base vs. IP Base and IP Services Highlights
New
Cisco® Catalyst® 3560-X Cisco Catalyst 3560 and Catalyst
and Catalyst 3750-X 3750, Including E and X Series

Functions LAN Base IP Base IP Services
• Enterprise access Layer 2 • Complete Access Layer 2
Layer 2+ Wide range of Layer 2 access features Supports all Cisco Catalyst 2000 and Catalyst 3000 Layer 2 features,
for enterprise deployments including hot standby protocols; supports Cisco StackPower™
technology (Cisco Catalyst 3750-X)
• No routing support • Enterprise access Layer 3 • Complete access Layer 3
Layer 3 Support for SVI with no IP routing RIP, static and stub PIM, and OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS
support EIGRP VRF-lite, WCCP, and PBR
• Basic manageability • Enterprise access Layer 3 • Complete access Layer 3
Manageability Support for a wide range of MIBs, Gold-Lite and Smart Install EEM and IPSLA Initiator
IPSLA Responder, and RSPAN Director
• Enterprise access security • Complete access security
Security DHCP Snooping, IPSG, DAI, PACLs, Router and VLAN ACLs, private VLANs, complete identity and
Cisco Identity 4.0, NAC and 802.1x security, TrustSec SXP, and IEEE 802.1AE (Cisco Catalyst 3560-X
features and Catalyst 3750-X)
• Enterprise access QoS • Complete access QoS
QoS Ingress policing, Trust Boundary, Support for all Cisco Catalyst 2000 and Catalyst 3000 QoS features,
AutoQoS, and DSCP mapping including per-VLAN policies

Note: IP Services feature set includes all IP Base features. IP Base feature set includes all LAN Base features.

(Pre-EC)

• New 24 and 48 port HW
• UPOE - 60W power per port on
24 ports.
• EEE PHYs – Energy savings.


Cat3K Cat4K
15.0(1)SE1 Yap

3 Establish device
MAC IP Device Switch IP port Link VLAN
Type profiling repository
00:1c:c4:03:b0:2d 10.100.10.122 Printer 4506 Gi1/23 Up 1
• Maintain up-to-date
(Hewlett Packard) device feed
00:18:f8:09:cf:d7 10.100.30.201 AP 4506-2 Gi1/0/5 Up 30
(Cisco-Linksys)  IOS-sensor assisted profiling
Automatic Endpoint discovery leverages access switch
Reduce identity deployment time
Real-time and historic visibility for all intelligence
endpoints
 Discover and classify
2. Classify endpoints endpoints
ISE Profiler • IP phone ?
ACS • Printer ?  ISE Profiler collects device
• etc intelligence from IOS
 DHCP, CDP/LLDP & MAC OUI
 Simplified deployment
1. Collect endpoint  Improved efficiency (less polling
context info: and traffic re-direction)
• CDP
• LLDP
• DHCP attributes



Introducing Catalyst 2960-S

 Line rate 24/48 10/100/1000 ports with fixed uplinks
 Fixed Uplink Options: 4x1G or 2x10G SFP+
 FlexStack Technology
Brings stackable ease-of-use features to the 2960 family, features 20G stacking links
 Power over Ethernet
Full standards-based PoE on every port
PoE+ support for next-generation high-power devices
 Sustainability - GREEN
Very low power for Gigabit Ethernet Switch
New EnergyWise functionality to control PHY power
Half the power of Catalyst 2960G
 LAN Lite and LAN Base Software Options
LAN Lite option provides entry-level Gig-E platform
No upgrade path from LAN Lite to LAN Base
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Catalyst 2960-S Model comparison
Cisco FlexStack 10G SFP+ 1G SFP 10/100/1000 Full PoE
Model Stacking Ports Ports Ports (15.4W) ports PoE Budget
10G Uplink Ports
WS-C2960S-48FPD-L √ 2 48 48 740W (PoE+)
WS-C2960S-48LPD-L √ 2 48 24 370W (PoE+)
WS-C2960S-48TD-L √ 2 48
WS-C2960S-24PD-L √ 2 24 24 370W (PoE+)
WS-C2960S-24TD-L √ 2 24
1G Uplink Ports
WS-C2960S-48FPS-L √ 4 48 48 740W (PoE+)
WS-C2960S-48LPS-L √ 4 48 24 370W (PoE+)
WS-C2960S-48TS-L √ 4 48
WS-C2960S-24PS-L √ 4 24 24 370W (PoE+)
WS-C2960S-24TS-L √ 4 24
LAN Lite 1G Uplink Ports
WS-2960S-48TS-S 2 48
WS-2960S-24TS-S 2 24



Catalyst 2960-S FlexStack
Technology Overview

 FlexStack allows multiple physical switches to be managed as a single
logical unit
 Increased network availability by using the redundancy built into
FlexStack
 FlexStack available with optional Module
Hot Swappable with two wire-speed 10G ports
 Up to 4 switches in a stack
 Unified management, control, and synchronized data plane (similar look
and feel as StackWise)


Module and Cables
 FlexStack available with optional Module
 Hot Swappable with two wire-speed 10G ports
(full-duplex, bidirectional)
 When a switch joins an existing stack, new
members are always rebooted
 Blank plate required when FlexStack Module not
inserted
 3 FlexStack Cable lengths supported
 0.5 meters, 1.0 meter, 3.0 meter
 We ship a .5M cable with the stack module. Other
cables can be ordered for extra cost when placed
or later as a spare
 Cisco Proprietary Cables
 No SFP needed
 FlexStack only available in LAN Base models


Stacking Features
 Cross-stack EtherChannel, SPAN, and
FlexLink supported
EtherChannel physical links across stack
members
 Pre-Provisioning of stack members
supported
 Easy member addition and replacement
 Configurable Stack Master
Following same Master election rules as
StackWise Plus
 Support same CISCO-STACKWISE-MIB
 Single Spanning tree node: No spanning-
tree across stack



3750-X StackWise Plus
2960-S FlexStack
Ease of Use and
Ease of Use
High Availability
Device Limit 4 units 9 units
Stack Bandwidth 10G / 20G 32G / 64G
Architecture HW Drop Table Ring (Destination stripping)
Dynamic Ring Load
No Yes
Balancing
Stack Convergence 1-2 seconds Few milliseconds
Stack QoS Applied hop by hop Applied on ingress
Management Single IP address, SNMP, SYSLOG Single IP address, SNMP, SYSLOG
Single config and CLI, auto image and Single config and CLI, auto image and
Configuration
config update config update
Show and Debug
Unified Unified
Commands
Single Forwarding and Synchronize ARP, MAC Address, IGMP, Synchronize ARP, MAC Address, IGMP,
Control Plane VLAN tables VLAN, Routing tables
Cross-Stack Features Yes Yes
Single Bridge-ID Yes Yes
Preprovison members Yes Yes
Redundancy Stack master 1:N redundancy Stack master 1:N redundancy
Easy member
Yes Yes
replacement



Catalyst 2960-S PoE+

 802.3at (30W) PoE+ Plus compliant
802.3af (15.4 W) compliant – maintain backward compatibility

 Full PoE Functionality
48 Ports of full 15.4W per switch
24 Port of 30W per switch
No External RPS needed

 2 PoE Power Models Available
740W PoE available power budget
370W PoE available power budget

 Capable of supporting 802.3at and 802.3af PDs
simultaneously



Cisco Catalyst 2960-S QoS

 Consistent with Catalyst 2960 behavior.
 QOS configuration consistent with Catalyst 2960
 Line rate Classification, Policing, Marking
 Individual and Aggregate Policing is supported
 Increase in available ACL resources
QOS and Security ACLs



Catalyst 2960-S
Sustainability Green Cisco Technology Innovation

 Lowest Power Consumption in Industry
Improving Gigabit Ethernet switching power efficiency
Cisco low power consumption ASICs
Uses 50% power of equivalent Ethernet switches in the market

 Additional Power savings
Interfaces power down when interface not in connected to reduce
power

 EnergyWise Capable



Catalyst 2960-S SFP+ 10Gig
 SFP+ supported in 10Gig Models
SFP / SFP+ interchangeable
*100MB SFPs not supported in 10Gig
models
 Additional SFP+ models support as released.
See data sheet SFP+

SFP+ Module Description
SFP-H10GB-CU1M= Copper 10Gig SFP+ modules
SFP-H10GB-CU3M= 1-m , 3-m, 5-m 10G SFP+ Twinax cable assembly
SFP-H10GB-CU5M=
SFP-10G-SR= Optical 10Gig SFP+ modules
SFP-10G-LR= 10GBASE-SR SFP+ transceiver module for MMF
SFP-10G-LRM= 10GBASE-LR SFP+ transceiver module for
10GBASE-LRM SFP+ transceiver module for MMF



LAN Lite vs. LAN Base Highlights

Cisco® Catalyst® 2960 and
Catalyst 2960-S

Functions LAN Lite LAN Base
• Entry-level access Layer 2 • Enterprise Access Layer 2
Basic Layer 2 access features, including 802.1Q trunking, Wide range of Layer 2 access features for enterprise
Layer 2 (M)STP, STP extensions, Cisco Discovery Protocol, DTP, UDLD, deployments, including FlexLinks, VTPv3, and LLDP
VTPv2, PAGP/LACP, LLDP, and storm control MED

• No routing support
Layer 3 • Static Routing Support
Support for Layer 3 management interface
• Entry-level manageability
• Basic manageability
Express setup, Cisco Device Manager, SNMPv3 (with
Manageability cryptography), RMON, SPAN, TDR, Auto Smart Ports, and
Support for a wider range of MIBs, IPSLA Responder,
and RSPAN
Smart Install client
• Entry-level access security
• Enterprise access security
SSH v2 server, SSL, HTTPS, SCP, TACACS+, RADIUS, port
Security security, 802.1x (with guest VLAN), MAB, private VLAN
DHCP snooping, IPSG, DAI, PACLs, Cisco Identity 4.0,
and 802.1x features
edge, and NAC
• Entry-level access QoS • Enterprise access QoS
QoS Ingress and egress queuing, scheduling, Priority Queuing, Ingress policing, Trust Boundary, AutoQoS, and DSCP
and SRR mapping, service policy
Note: LAN Base feature set includes all LAN Lite features.


Cisco IOS Software Feature Set Capabilities
Catalyst 2960-S, Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X

Positioning Guidelines

Layer 2 Layer 3

LAN Lite LAN Base IP Base IP Services
Entry Level Enterprise Access Enterprise Access Enterprise Advanced
Layer 2 Layer 2 Layer 3 Layer 3

Cisco® Catalyst® 2960 and Cisco Catalyst 2960 and 2960-S, Cisco Catalyst 3560-X & 3750-X Cisco Catalyst 3560-X & 3750-X
2960-S 3560-X and 3750-X



Borderless Access:
Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty
Catalyst 3750-X, 3560-X and 2960-S
Best in Class
Support
 Limited Lifetime Warranty
5 years on Power Supplies and Fans
 Next Business Day Hardware Replacement
 90-Days TAC Support
 Unlimited maintenance updates for LAN
Base and LAN Lite Images*

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Cisco Warranty and Service Options
Cisco® Smart Cisco SMARTnet®
Service Element Warranty
Foundation Service

As long as the original End
User continues to own or Renewable 1 year and
Duration of use the Product, provided Renewable 1-, 3-, and 5- multi-year contracts,
Coverage that: fan and power supply year contracts depending on product
warranty is limited to five (5) family
years.

Cisco Technical LLW: Not included Business hours access to
Assistance Center E-LLW: Business hours SMB TAC (access levels 24x7 coverage
(TAC) Support access for 90-days vary by region)

Online Support / Available through Smart Direct 24x7 registered
Unregistered access only
Web Access Foundation Portal access

LLW: 10 business days* Next business day as Next business day, 8x5x4,
Advance Hardware
available, otherwise same 24x7x4, 24x7x2 delivery
Replacement E-LLW: Next business day** day ship options as available

SMARTnet Onsite service
On-site Support No No
options available

•Cisco or its service center will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship a replacement part within ten (10) working after receipt of the
RMA request. Actual delivery times may vary depending on Customer location.
** Where next business day delivery is available, Cisco will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship a replacement for next business day
delivery provided Cisco’s determination of the hardware failure has been made before 3 p.m. depot time. If a request is made after 3 p.m.
depot time, Cisco will ship the advance replacement on the next business day. Actual delivery times may vary depending on Customer
location.

2960-C LAN BASE PORTFOLIO ADVANCED LAYER 2 (LAN Base) POR

3560-C Portfolio 2960-C Portfolio

IP Base IP Base LAN Base LAN Base
8 and 12 port FE 8 port GE 8 and 12 port FE 8 port GE
Data or PoE+ Data or PoE+ Data or PoE Data Only
2 x 1G Uplinks 2 x 1G Uplinks 2 x 1G Uplinks 2 x 1G Uplinks
E- LLW E- LLW E- LLW E- LLW

Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet

PoE Pass Through Switch

WS-C3560CPD-8PT-S WS-C2906CPD-8PT-L
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CISCO
Catalyst 4500E
INNOVATION and
OPERATION SIMPLICITY


Cisco Catalyst 4500E
Simplified Deployment
(Flex GE/10GE, One IOS image,
Silent roll, ISSU)

Single Platform for access
and distribution Leading Cisco Borderless
Networks Services
Plug & Play (PoEP, ASP)

Operation Innovation
Simplicity

 848 Gbps System
Enterprise-Class  Over 82M ports deployed
 384 PoEP ports, 200GE
ports, or 100 10GE ports Campus Platform  Over 650K Chassis

Unprecedented Investment Protection – Backward and Forward Compatible
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“Catalyst 4500” LifeCycle
Unprecedented Switching Lifecycle
Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series

14
90% Transition to
years
E-Series

EOS EOL
Maintain
Cisco Catalyst 4500 (non-E)
Support
11
years

EOS EOL
Cisco Catalyst 4000 Maintain Support

1999 … 2004 … 2007 … 2010 … 2015 … 2020


Next Generation Catalyst 4500E System

Supervisor7-E
848Gbps Switching Capacity WS-X4748-RJ45V+E
48G/slot 48p 10/100/1000 non-blocking
Rich hardware features 30W/port (PoE+) on all 48 ports
(FnF, TrustSec, Wireless, ERSPAN, Cisco TrustSec in Hardware
Tunneling, VRF-NG, VSS and more…

Catalyst 4500E and 4500E+
Chassis
Forward and backward compatible
48G/slot
Lifecycle till year 2020
WS-X4712-SFP+E
12 PORT 10GE 2.5:1 Line Card
Cisco IOS XE
Cisco Trustsec in Modern OS to support multi-core CPU
HardwareSFP+ SR modules IOS investment protection
(Lower power mode) Enabling Open Service Platform

Catalyst 4500E Supervisor 7-E
Hardware Elements

2G
DRAM

Dual Core
CPU

USB ports*

SD Memory
Card

Console and Management 4 Uplinks
10GE with SFP+
Port
1GE with SFP
*USB Type A is supported
USB Type B is not supported

Supervisor 7-E Performance & Scalability
System
Feature Supervisor 7-E Supervisor 6-E Supervisor 6L-E

Switching Capacity 848Gbps 320 Gbps 280 Gbps

Throughput 250 Mpps ( 125 Mpps for 250 Mpps ( 125 Mpps for 225 Mpps ( 125 Mpps for
IPv6) IPv6) IPv6 )
Bandwidth / Slot Upto 48G Upto 24G Upto 24G

CPU Dual Core 1.5 GHz Single Core 1.3 GHz Single Core 1 GHz

SSO failover time 0-50 msec 0-50 msec 0-50 msec

Number of Packet 128000 64000 64000
buffers
DRAM 2G ( Upgradable to 4G) 512 MB ( Upgradable to 512 MB
1G )
Bootflash 1G 128 MB 128 MB

Number of 10/100/1000 Upto 384 access Upto 384 access Upto 240 access
ports Upto 4 GE uplinks Upto 4 GE uplinks Upto 4 GE uplinks
Number of 10GE ports Upto 96 on Line cards Upto 30 on Line cards Upto 30 on Line cards
Upto 4 on Supervisors Upto 4 on Supervisors Upto 2 on Supervisors


Supervisor 7-E Performance & Scalability
(Cont’d )
Layer 2

Unicast MAC entries 55000 55000 55000

Multicast MAC entries 32000 32000 16000

Number of VLANs 4094 4094 4094

Virtual Port Instances 10000 10000 10000

Number of 64 64 64
Etherchannels
Mac Learning rate 20000 /second 13000/second 8000/second

Layer 3

Routing Entries 256000 256000 57000

Number of VRFs 64 64 64

Netflow Entries 128000 0 0


Supervisor 7-E Performance &
Scalability (Cont’d)
Qos and ACLS

ACLs 64K / direction 64K / direction 32K / direction

Number of Policers 16K 16K 16K

QoS Classification 64K/ direction 64K/ direction 32K/ direction
Entries
Queues per port 8 queues – 1p7q1t 8 queues – 1p7q1t 8 queues – 1p7q1t

Multicast and SPAN

Number of SPAN 8 bidirectional 8 bidirectional 8 bidirectional
sessions
Number of L2 Multicast 32000 32000 8000
Entries
Multicast Replication 250 Mpps 250 Mpps 225 Mpps
Performance


Catalyst 4500E Supervisor 7-E
Rich Hardware Services
 Next gen campus performance, future proof with
PoE+, EEE, IPFIX etc
 Enables converged wired and wireless
 Next-gen collaboration with Medianet, Trustpoint
 HW enabled Cisco Trustsec security
 Next generation virtualization with VRF-NG, VSS
 Lower TCO

Borderless Network Services and Open Application Platform with
Next-generation IOS XE

Performance Mobility Collaboration Security Lower TCO
video
Flexible Netflow MACSec VSS
848Gbps Converged wired
48G/slot & Wireless WRED TrustSec SGT VRF NG
100 10GE ports ERSPAN
Unified Guest Sampled Netflow
384 10/100/100 Integrated NAC EEE
Access Medianet
Dual Core CPU Profiler NAT
PoEP on all ports Intelligent Media GRE
TrustPoint

Supervisor Engine 7-E: Supervisor Engine 7L-E:
Optimized for Large Optimized for Small and
Campuses Medium Campuses
Switch Fabric Capacity 848 Gbps 520 Gbps
Bandwidth Per Slot 48 Gbps 48 Gbps
Number of IPv4 Routes 256K 64K
10 Gb Fiber Port Density 100 62
1 Gb Copper Port Density 384 240
Chassis Support 3, 6, 7R, 10R chassis 3, 6, 7R chassis
Flexible NetFlow
In Service Software Upgrade
Consistency of Services
IOS XE Services (Wireshark)
Investment Protection: Compatible with line cards shipped since 1999

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Catalyst 4500E IOS XE
Enabling Integrated Open Service Platform
IOS XE Augmenting Existing Cisco IOS
Hosted Apps  Operational consistency–
Same IOS look and feel !
IOSd
 IOS feature componentization
Network
Features
Security
Apps
Optimization for feature consistency and
Components improved quality
 Modern OS architecture
Mobility Vertical
Apps allows leveraging next-gen
multi-core switch CPU
Anchor for next-gen intelligent
campus services:
 Quick adoption and
integration of advanced
technologies
 Leverage proven code
 Keep IOS simple and main
Next-gen workspace reliability
Mobility, Video, Collaboration, Security
 Open service platform

IOS XE Application Hosting Example 2HCY11
WireShark

Hosted  Embedded WireShark
IOSd Apps application for real time traffic
capture and decoding with
customer-familiar user interface
Features
Components  Simplified monitoring and
WireShark troubleshooting
Common Infrastructure / HA  WireShark hosted as a 3rd party
Management Interface application
Module Drivers
Kernel  Leverages IOS capabilities for
selective packet capture



Catalyst 4900 Data Center / LAN Distribution
Portfolio Summary
Data Center/ LAN Distribution

Catalyst 4900M
Catalyst 4928-10GE

40 10/100/1000 RJ45
28 1GbE SFP downlinks 16 ports of 10 GE X2
2 10 GE X2 uplinks 8 10 GE X2 uplinks

Data Center Access

Catalyst 4948 Catalyst 4948-10GE

48 10/100/1000 RJ45 downlinks 48 10/100/1000 RJ45 downlinks
4 SFP uplinks 2 10 GE X2 uplinks


Catalyst 4500E Campus Access Portfolio
4510R+E
4507R+E 4506-E
4503-E

48G 48G
WS-X45-SUP7-E WS-X4748-RJ45V+E
List $19,995 List $8,995

24G 24G
WS-X45-SUP6L-E WS-X45-SUP6-E WS-X4648-RJ45-E WS-X4648-RJ45V+E
List $11,995 List $19,995 List $5,495 List $7,495

240 ports 384 ports Data Only PoEP Ready
Supervisor Portfolio Access Line Card Portfolio
PoE Power Supplies

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PoEP Standard and Devices
New Standard—IEEE802.3at for 30W/Port
Industry
First

WS-4548-RJ45V+ WS-X4648-RJ45V+E

Next Gen PoEP Devices Expected 2010 Onwards



Virtual Switching System

Operational Simplicity
 Single point of mgt, one L2/L3 node

Campus  Loop-free topology
 Operational consistency with Cat6K VSS
Si Si

Hardware Support
 Requires Sup7-E/SUP7L-E/C4500X

VSS  Support E-series chassis (R and non-R)
 Support all existing LCs (incl PoE) cards
 VSL with 10G: 46xx and 47xx 10G linecards and
Supervisor uplinks

Software Support
 Feature parity w/ standalone switch in IP Base and
above
 Support L2 MEC and L3 MEC*
 Inter-Chassis SSO/NSF and ISSU
 Quad SUP support*

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FCS

A Historical Perspective

2000 2003 2007 2009 2011

7W 15W 30W 60W
Inline Power (PoE) (PoE+) (UPOE)

Industry Industry
Standard Standard:
: IEEE
IEEE 802.3at
802.3af (30W
(15W Cisco PoE+)
Innovations Drive Industry Standards
PoE)

Transforming Enterprise Networks

UPOE

VIRTUAL TRADING PERSONAL BUILDING HOSPITALITY/
DESKTOP FLOOR TELEPRESENCE MANAGEMENT RETAIL


Virtual Desktop

“Cisco and Samsung are excited to
introduce the industry’s first virtual
desktop monitor powered by Cisco
UPOE. Our joint solution delivers a
green workspace, while reducing
cost and complexity.”

— Jeong Hwan Kim, Senior Vice President,
Samsung Electronics

— Christophe Metivier, Vice President & General
Manager GSBU, Cisco

• Green workspace
BENEFITS • Simplified security and management

Next Generation Trading Floors

“Cisco and British Telecom are
partnering with our customers to
deliver the next generation trading
floor architecture with leading
security, availability, and
manageability. Cisco UPOE is
foundational to this architecture to
provide resiliency to the trader desk.”

— Andy Nicholson, President, Global Banking & Financial
Markets, BT,

— Christophe Metivier, Vice President & General Manager,
GSBU, Cisco

• Non stop business operations
BENEFITS • Simplified management

“Cisco Tandberg Personal TelePresence
Systems have redefined office
communication by offering high quality
video experience, and superior
interoperability with ecosystem partners.
Integration of Cisco Tandberg Personal
TelePresence Systems with Cisco UPOE
makes business video as reliable as
voice through network redundancy, while
TelePresence EX60
bringing the benefits of lower energy
costs with Cisco EnergyWise.”

—Name, Title, Cisco
PR Approval In-Process

• Always-available video, similar to voice
BENEFITS
• Automated provisioning and monitoring

Retail
and Hospitality

Single network for multiple guest
room services with Cisco
Compact switches

• Lower CapEx through cable consolidation
BENEFITS
• Simplified management of extended range of
devices

Target
March 2012

INNOVATION OPERATIONAL SIMPLICITY

Virtual Switching System (VSS)* Automation
Flexible NetFlow Investment protection
Easy Virtual Network (EVN) Modular 8-port 10GE uplink
IOS XE Open Application Hot-swappable dual redundant
Platform (Wireshark) power supplies & five
ISSU, NSF, SSO w/ VSS individual fans
Limited Lifetime Warranty

800 Gbps System Smallest Size – 1RU Highest Scalability Industry Lower
1.6Tbps w/ VSS 21” Deep Richest Services Leadership TCO
* roadmap

Revolutionizing Fixed 10GE Campus Aggregation Platform

VSS VSS

Etherchannel Etherchannel

Catalyst 4500-X Advantages:
1.6Tbps Switching Capacity with VSS
Small size – 1RU, 21” deep
Supports GE SFP and 10 GE SFP+ on any ports
Low power consumption ~ 330W
Flexibility for future growth to 40G


Catalyst 4500-X PORTFOLIO
Enterprise Services SKUs
IP Base SKUs w/ 8-port uplink IP Base SKUs
Front to Back Airflow Front to back Airflow Back to Front Airflow
1x 750WAC P/S 2x 750WAC P/S 1x 750WAC P/S

WS-C4500X-32SFP+ WS-C4500X-40X-ES WS-C4500X-F-32SFP+
$40,000 $60,000 $40,000

WS-C4500X-16SFP+ WS-C4500X-24X-ES WS-C4500X-F-16SFP+
$24,000 $44,000 $24,000

Front to Back Airflow Back to Front Airflow
Burgandy color fan and P/S handle Blue color fan and P/S handle

8-port 10GE Modular Uplink Module Removable Fan Module, $250 750WAC Modular P/S, $2,000
C4KX-NM-8SFP+, $8,000


Catalyst 6500 Backbone Portfolio Summary

6509-VE 6513
10G
6509E
6506E WS-X6704-10GE WS-X6708-10GE WS-X6716-10GE

Non-Blocking Oversubscribed
10G Line Card Portfolio

WS-X6748-SFP
1G
WS-X6748-GE-TX
WS-X6724-SFP
10G uplink SUP 720-10G Fiber Card Copper Card
Line Card Portfolio
1G uplink SUP720

Supervisor Portfolio
WiSM NAM FWSM
Power Supply
Industry Leading Power Efficiency
Service Module Portfolio
3000W AC, 4000W AC
6000W AC, 8700W AC
4000W DC, 6000W DC
SIP-200, SIP-400, SIP-600 VPN SPA & VSPA

WAN Cards IPSec Card

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Catalyst 6500 Family
Chassis Options
6509-V-E

6509-E

6506-E

6513-E

6503-E 6504-E

Chassis Options Power Options Bandwidth Options
3 slot: 6503-E 9 slot: 6509-E Up to 14,500W of Up to 80G per slot
4 slot: 6504-E 6509-V-E power per chassis capable (for E chassis)
6 slot: 6506-E 13 slot: 6513



Catalyst 6500
Linecard Family
Classic Linecards
Examples include…
WS-X6148-RJ45, WS-X6148-SFP, WS-X6148-GETX,
WS-X6148A-GETX

CEF256/dCEF256 Linecards
Examples include…
WS-X6548-GETX, WS-X6516-GBIC, WS-X6516-
GETX, WS-X6516A-GBIC, WS-X6816-GBIC

CEF720 Linecards
WS-X6724-SFP, WS-X6748-SFP, WS-X6748-GETX,
WS-X6704-10GE, WS-X6708-10GE-3C,
WS-X6708-10GE-3CXL

WAN Linecards
Enhanced Flexwan (WS-X6582-PA), SIP-200 (7600-
SIP-200), SIP-400 (7600-SIP-400), SIP-600 (7600-
SIP-600)



Current Network Challenges
Enterprise Campus
Traditional Enterprise Campus deployments have been designed in such a way that allows
for scalability, differentiated services and high availability. However they also face many
challenges, some of which are listed in the below diagram…

Extensive routing
topology, Routing
L3 Core reconvergence

FHRP, STP,
L2/L3 Asymmetric routing,
Distribution Policy Management

Single active uplink
per VLAN (PVST),
Access L2 reconvergence



Introduction
Virtual Switching System is a new technology break through for the Catalyst 6500 family…


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Main Benefits
 Port-channeling concept extending link
aggregation to two separate physical
switches

 Allows the creation of resilient
Physical Topology Logical Topology
Layer 2 topologies based on
Link Aggregation –
Virtual Switching Systems
Eliminates the need for STP
in the access / distribution L2

 Provides increased bandwidth –
Si Si

All links are actively forwarding

Provides ease of management –
Unified Control Plane
Unified Configuration Non-VSS VSS
No need for HSRP Increased BW with
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Enterprise Campus
A Virtual Switch-enabled Enterprise Campus network takes on multiple benefits including
simplified management & administration, facilitating greater high availability, while
maintaining a flexible and scalable architecture…

Reduced routing
neighbors, Minimal
L3 Core L3 reconvergence

No FHRPs
L2/L3 No Looped topology
Distribution Policy Management

Multiple active
uplinks per VLAN,
Access No STP convergence



What is a VSS?



Control Plane
While the Data Planes in both switches are active, only one switch has an active control plane
- hence there is only one management point from which to manage the Virtual Switching
System…



Data Plane
The Data Planes in both switches are active - hence each has a full copy of the forwarding
tables and Security/QOS policies in hardware such that each can make a fully informed local
forwarding decision…



Hardware and Software Requirements
• In order to enable the Virtual Switching System feature the Catalyst 6500
Virtual Switching Supervisor 720 is required or Sup2T
• It is the only Supervisor that will support VSS as it supports both the new
PFC3C/XL forwarding engine…

12.2(33)SXH1 or later

VS-S720-10G-3C/XL



Hardware Requirements
VSL-Capable Interfaces
The VSL is a special link that requires extra headers to be imposed onto the frame. These
require new port ASICs that exist only on the 10 GigabitEthernet interfaces on the
following modules…
Note that these interfaces may also be used
VS-S720-10G-3C/XL
as standard network interfaces

WS-X6708-10G-3C/XL

WS-X6716-10G-3C/XL
Support for VSL is from 12.2(33)SXI* and in
These interfaces are based off “performance mode” only
the new port ASIC, allowing for
frames across the VSL to be
encapsulated / de-encapsulated
with the VSH…

WS-X6716-10G-3C/XL module is supported starting from 12.2(33)SXH2* in non VSL config
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Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Evolution
Unprecedented Switching Lifecycle
EOS End of Sale Sup 2T – Next Generation Supervisor
End of Life
EOL
End of Support
Sup720-10G (VSS Enabled)

EOS EOL
Sup32-PISA Maintain Support

Sup32

Sup720-3B

EOS EOL
Sup720-3A Maintain Support 12 years

EOS EOL
Sup2 Maintain Support 12 years

EOS EOL
Sup 1A Maintain Support 12 years

2000 …….. 2005 …….. 2010 …….. 2015 …….. 2020+ ……..

Catalyst 6500 Profile
680,000+ Systems Installed Base
Systems/Customer Revenue/PIN

29% > 1000
39%
500-1000 13% Wiring Closet
36%
9% 300-500 26% Campus BB
10% 5%
8% 200-300 WAN
100-200 17%
8% DC BB
< 100 DC Access

Revenue/Segment

23% 15% Commercial
Enterprise
27% 35% Public Sector
Service Provider

FY10 - $4.2 Billion

Catalyst 6500 Next Generation Platform

2 Terabit Next Gen
Switching Services

10G &40G Features
interfaces Scalability

Next-Generation Sup2T At-a-Glance

Supervisor 2T base board overview
S720-3B/XL S720-10G-3C/XL Sup2T Light/Heavy
Front GE Ports 2 3 3 with CTS
Front 10GE Ports 0 2 2 with CTS
CMP No No Yes
Compact Flash Slot Yes (2) Yes (1) Yes (1)
MSFC MSFC3 MSFC3 MSFC5
PFC PFC3B/XL PFC3C/XL PFC4 Lite/Heavy
Switch Fabric 720G 720G 2080G

Switch Fabric 20G 20G 40G
Bandwidth/Slot 40G/Slot 40G/Slot 80G/Slot
Chassis Supported 6500 and 6500E 6500 and 6500E 6500E Only
(except 6503) (except 6503)

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• Enhanced (“E”) chassis offer higher power capacity, better signal integrity,
and higher bandwidth to support Supervisor 2T
3, 4, 6, 9 and 13-slot versions

• Classic switching bus traces/connectors

• Crossbar fabric traces/connectors

• Redundant power supplies

• Fan tray for system cooling
6509-V-E chassis offers
redundant fan trays and air filtration

• Redundant voltage termination (VTT)/clock modules

• Redundant MAC address EEPROMs


 Provides 80G/slot on all 13
Clock Clock EEPROM
slots with Supervisor 2T.
SLOT 1 Dual Channels  The dual fabric channels in
SLOT 2 Dual Channels slots 1-6 can only be used
SLOT 3 Dual Channels with Supervisor 2T.
SLOT 4 Dual Channels
 In a Supervisor 2T
configuration, Slots 7 and 8
SLOT 6 Dual Channels only support the Supervisor
SLOT 7 Dual Channels and non-Fabric Line-Cards.
SLOT 9 Dual Channels  The fan tray is removed
from the back.
SLOT 11 Dual Channels  When using a Supervisor
SLOT 12 Dual Channels 720, the fabric channels are
distributed the same as in a
Fan Tray

6513 non-E chassis.
Switch Fabric Shared Bus
Power Supply Power Supply


Cat 6513-E: foundation for 2T infrastructure
80G/slot on all 13 slots

528 x 1GbE 6748-GETX ports
176 x 10GbE FX/Copper ports

6513-E Now Shipping!

 dCEF2T Linecard  Up to 60Mpps local forwarding
 8 ports X2 10GE (SFP+ via OneX adapter)  Up to 256MB Buffering per port
 No Connection to the Shared Bus  100 ms buffer for each direction
 2 x 40Gb Connections into the Switch Fabric  Egress Multicast Replication
 Supports integrated DFC4 / DFC4XL  Supports Strict Priority queue on transmit
 Supports Cisco TrustSec on all ports  Supports 2 receive queues per port
 Supports VSL on all ports  Supports 8 transmit queues per port
 Supports Deficit Weighted Round Robin
and Shaped Round Robin


 dCEF2T Linecard
 4 ports CFP 40GE or 16 ports SFP+ 10GE (with converter)
 No Connection to the Shared Bus
 2 x 40Gb Connections into the Switch Fabric
 Supports integrated DFC4 / DFC4XL
 Supports Cisco TrustSec on all ports
 Supports VSL on all ports

 Up to 60Mpps local forwarding
 1 ms ingress buffer (40 Mbits/40 GE port - 10 Mbits/10GE port)
 10 ms egress buffer (400 Mbits/40 GE port - 100 Mbits/10 GE port)
 Egress Multicast Replication
 Supports dual Strict Priority queue on transmit
 Supports 2 receive queues and 8 transmit queues per port
 Supports Deficit Weighted Round Robin and Shaped Round Robin
*Q1 2011

Port 1 Port 2
Single Mode CFP

Port 3 Port 4
 IEEE 802.3ba Compliant
 4 x 40G ports 2:1 oversubscribed

Port 13,14,,
Port 5,6,
15,16
7,8

 4 x SFP+ converter in each slot

Port 9,10, Port 17,18,  Cisco TrustSec in hardware
11,12 19,20  VSL capable in 10G or 40 mode


68xx Series Line Cards

1 GbE Fiber 10/100/1000 and 10GBASE-T

 Distributed Forwarding Card w/ DFC4  Distributed Forwarding Card w/ DFC4
 Two SKUs: regular and XL tables (DFC4)  Two SKUs: regular and XL tables (DFC4)
 24 ports 1 GbE fiber  48 ports 10/100/1000
 48 ports 1 GbE fiber  16 ports 10GBASE-T and X2 Fibre*
*Not shown

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Sup2T – High-Performance Line Cards
Greenfield Upgrade
69xx Line Cards* 68xx Line Cards* 67xx CFC 67xx DFC
80Gbps DFC4 40Gbps DFC4 Line Cards Line Cards

WS-X6904-40G-2T WS-X6848-SFP-2T WS-X6748-SFP WS-X6748-SFP

WS-X6908-10G-2T WS-X6824-SFP-2T WS-X6724-SFP WS-X6724-SFP

WS-X6848-GE-TX-2T WS-X6748-GE-TX WS-X6748-GE-TX

WS-X6816-10T-2T WS-X6704-10GE WS-X6704-10GE

WS-X6716-10T
* Separate SKU for w/ DFC4 XL
WS-X6716-10G

Aggressive Trade-in credits to
WS-X6708-10G
migrate to WS-X6908-10G-2T
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Accelerate & Balance
Integrate Wire/Wireless Management Application Performance
NEW NEW
Next Generation Next Generation
WiSM Blade—WiSM-2 Load Balancer—ACE-30

Performance 10 Gbps UP to 16 Gbps Performance
$29,995 Access Points 500 - 1000 Up to 6 Gbps Compression $39,995
Clients 10,000 30,000 Transactions per Second
Concurrent AP Upgrade/Joins Up to 500 250 Virtual Context
Mobility, Domain Size Up to 18,000 APs 4000 VLANs

Enhance Visibility, Deliver Robust,
Accelerate Troubleshooting Integrated, Streamlined Security
NEW NEW
Next Generation Next Generation
NAM Blade—NAM-3 Firewall Blade—ASA-SM

Monitoring Performance Up to 15 Gbps 64 Gbps System Performance
16 Gbps Performance / Service Mod.
Capture to External Disk Up to 5 Gbps
10,000,000 Concurrent Sessions
1588
Performance Analytics Timestamps 300,000 Connections per Second
HW Filters/ Rapid 250 Security Contexts
$59,000 $115,000
Packet Captures Troubleshooting 1,000 VLANs


• Unicast RPF:
PFC4 support both Strict and Loose uRPF with up to 16 interfaces.

• RA Guard:
Multiple mode RA Guard Support on Layer 2 ports.

• Traffic Filter:
Uses ACL to block Neighbor Discovery (ND) packets on L2 switch ports.

• IPv6 Netflow:
Supervisor2T maintains feature parity with IPv4 Netflow

• IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnel:
Performance Improvement and increased Flexibility by using the HW FIB
Supports for IPv6 VRF lite over IPv4 tunnel.

• 6PE and 6VPE:
Performance improvement, without packet recirculation.

• IPv6 HA*:
SSO/NSF support for intra and inter chassis redundancy.

• IPv6 Management:
Separate IPv4/IPv6/MPLS Counters, IP-FORWARD and IP SNMP MIBs supports


MPLS
CORE

N-PE1 U-PE2
N-PE2
U-PE1 .1q .1q
N-PE3
.1q .1q
DC2
CE
DC1 DC3
CE CE

• Supervisor 2T is capable of supporting 16k VPLS instances on the PE
• Supervisor 2T is capable of supporting 1K VC label per VPLS instance
• Supervisor 2T can have multiple local l2 ports, and as many as 256 VCs in its
flooding domain
• Integrated Routing and Bridging on the VPLS Vlan

Cisco TrustSec EVC 2.0 Bi-dir Enhancements
RBACL E-OAM 3.0 Stateful EoMPLS
TrustSec Ingress/Egress IPSLA support for EVC Etherchannel Enhancements
reflector 802.1ag CFM Draft 8 Native VPLS
SGT Tagging and Filtering Service Module Support VRF aware SSH, FTP, NTP…
Dry run for ACLs On Board Failure Logging DAI accelerated in HW
Atomic ACL Update Netconf, Http, Soal, TCL… WCCP Closed group
Flexible Netflow over IPv6 MQC Queuing policy for
Egress Netflow IPv6 uRPF ingress/egress
Sampling Netflow in HW PACL support for IPv6 DSCP classification
Hardware CoPP CMP QoS ACL per policy class
New level of IPv6 support XML Programmatic interface Per-protocol statistics
Distributed Aggregate PIM Registers in HW Per VLAN broadcast statistics
Policers IP-Based IGMPv3 Snooping ACL/QoS scalability
EEM v3.0 support uRPF + ACL

Cisco IOS Software 12.2(33)SXI3 features set


Catalyst 6500 The Network Virtualization Platform

Customer Challenge Benefits of Sup2T

Group
Compliance & Segregation for
Cost-effective way to group and
manage users by traffic, service,
Regulations Regulation
bandwidth and security
Compliance

Run Multiple Network Virtualization solutions
Mergers & Virtual Networks allow integration of disparate
Over One networks while sharing common
Acquisitions
Physical Network resources

Partner & Quick and Secure Virtualized Firewalls allow
Supplier Access to New integrated policy enforcement
Business over Wired and Wireless
Integration
Partners

Fits All the Needs for High-Flow Backbone Environments

Increased flexibility and
customization by selecting the
Optimal CPU fields to match and collect
utilization with Flexible
Yielding Netflow Data Netflow
Export, direct export
from Bigger tables mean
linecard more entries per
Up to 13M DFC. Up to 13 million
CPU Friendly Flows/ entries with a 13 slot
Export Sup2T System chassis. You can get
better visibility in
Netflow your network

Allow to use netflow
after ingress lookup is
done (ex: after DSCP Sampled To optimize the Netflow
Egress tables utilization and
remarking is done) Netflow in
Netflow minimize load on
Hardware
Allow to account for analyzers
multicast traffic per
destination instead of
per group

Sup2T the Backbone of NOC

DeepStable
Scalable
Monitoring
Deployed on theof theRunning Cisco Live and able pre FCSclose to as well as scan on the rush hour
Get a full view Cisconetwork utilization NOC on to detectrelease 4k flow per second at network
Live NOC equipment and exported DDoS on Sup2T


Supervisor

NetFlow
Export
NetFlow
Data

VS-SUP2T-10G & PFC4/XL NetFlow Collector

NetFlow
Data

WS-X6848-GE-TX & DFC4/XL
WS-X6816-10GX-4C/XL, WS-X6908-
10GE-4C/XL and all future Modules
NetFlow
NetFlow
Export
have the capability to perform direct
Data NF data export, from the module
itself...

WS-X6908-10G-4C/CXL
EOBC


• Dynamically identifies
media streams
• Mediatrace topology
views
• Gathers media
stream interface
metrics
Jitter
Frame Loss
CPU utilization


Nexus 7000


Next Generation Modular

Nexus 7000 and NX-OS
• 9, 10 & 18 Slot Chassis
• 15+ Terabit System (18 Slot)
• Unified Fabric
• Modular NX-OS
• Device Virtualization
• Hitless ISSU
• Highest Availability Ethernet Switch
and Director Class SAN

Supervisor 10G Ethernet – M Series 1G Ethernet – M Series 10G Ethernet – F Series
• 32 Port SFP+ 10G - XL • 48 Port 10/100/1000 -XL DCB/FabricPath/FCoE
• 8 Port X2 10G - XL • 48 Port 1G - XL • 32 Port SFP+ 10G
Linecard
Modules

Cisco NX-OS Multi-protocol Operating System

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Front Rear
Supervisor
Summary
slots (1-2)
LEDs
Optional front Side-to-side
doors airflow

Crossbar
Locking
Fabric
ejector levers
Modules

I/O Slots
(3-9)

Integrated Cable
Management 24.5”H x 17.3” W x 24”D (14RU)
Power Supplies Fan Tray


15Tb+ System Performance
Bandwidth Scales with Each Fabric Module

Fabric
Modules

10GbE Module
80G

230G 230Gbps
184Gbps
138Gbps
92Gbps
46Gbps
46G Per Slot
GbE Module

Investment Protection and Unified Fabric

15Tb+ System Performance
Bandwidth Scales with Each Fabric Module

Fabric
Modules (FAB 2)

10, 40, 100 GbE Module
80G
550G
230G 110Gbps
220Gbps
550Gbps
330Gbps
440Gbps
46G Per Slot

Investment Protection and Unified Fabric

Layer 3 Protocols Layer 2 Protocols Storage Protocols
OSPF GLBP VLAN UDLD
HA Manager
VSANs Zoning
BGP HSRP PVLAN CDP
FCIP FSPF
EIGRP IGMP STP 802.1X
IVR …
PIM SNMP LACP CTS
… … Future

System Infrastructure

Kernel (Linux)

• Combination of SAN OS and IOS
• Every process runs in protected memory for fault containment
• Automatic stateful process restart
• Modular code only runs in DRAM when invoked
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Nexus 7000 Virtualization with
Virtual Device Contexts - VDCs
VDC 2
VDC 1

Layer 2 Protocols Layer 3 Protocols
Layer 2 Protocols Layer 3 Protocols
VLAN UDLD OSPF GLBP
VLAN UDLD OSPF GLBP VDC 1 PVLAN CDP BGP HSRP
PVLAN CDP BGP HSRP STP 802.1X EIGRP IGMP
STP 802.1X EIGRP IGMP VDC 2 LACP CTS VRF SNMP
LACP CTS VRF SNMP … …
VDC 3
… …

VDC 4

Infrastructure
Kernel
Software Separation Shared Resources Hardware Separation
› Software fault isolation domains › Software Infrastructure › Individual Physical Ports
› Addressing domains › Kernel › Layer 2
› Service differentiation domains › Power Supplies › Layer 3
› Management domains › Fans › Port Channels
› Resource allocation › Chassis › Entire Linecards
› Security domains


VDC Design with Nexus 7000 Traditional Network Design

Switch 1 Switch 2
Distribution Switch 1/2
Dist.

Core Core Switch 3/4

Dist.

Distribution Switch 5/6

Access

Access

IP localization:
LISP

OTV

OTV

L2 Domain Elasticity:
vPC, L2MP/TRILL
OTV LAN extensions
OTV VN-link
notifications

OTV

Device Virtualization:
VDCs, Storage Elasticity:
VRF enhancements FCIP, IO Acceleration
FCoE, Inter-VSAN routing VM-awareness:
VN-link
Port Profiles

Compute resources are part of the cloud, location is transparent to the user

OTV is used to interconnect the L2 domains of each DC

• Simple to configure – In a 2 or 3 site • Currently* only supported on
environment, a few lines of configuration Nexus product line – Currently*, OTV
enables OTV (shown in upcoming slides) is only supported on the Nexus family of
switches. (Nexus 7xxx and Nexus 5xxx)
• OTV has built-in loop prevention
mechanism – This enables each site to
run it’s own loop prevention mechanisms
independently (spanning tree, VPC, etc.)

• Dynamic learning of OTV
Neighbors – This eliminates the need to
configure and manage individual
PseudoWires or Tunnels between Data
Center switches. Encapsulation of traffic
is dynamic and efficient.


Intra-Site Packet Flow

MAC TABLE
Transport
VLAN MAC IF Infrastructure
2 OTV OTV OTV OTV
100 MAC 1 Eth 2
Layer 2
Lookup 100 MAC 2 Eth 1

MAC 1  MAC 2
1
MAC 1 MAC 2 West East
Site Site


Inter-Site Packet Flow

4
MAC TABLE Transport MAC TABLE
Infrastructure
VLAN MAC IF VLAN MAC IF
Decap
IP A
100 MAC 1 Eth 2 3 5 IP B 100 MAC 1 IP A
2 100 OTV MAC 2 Eth 1 OTV
Encap OTV
100 OTV
MAC 2 IP A 6
Layer 2 MAC 1  MAC 3 IP A  IP B Layer 2
100 MAC 3 IP B MAC 1  MAC 3 IP A  IP B 100 MAC 3 Eth 3
Lookup Lookup
100 MAC 4 IP B 100 MAC 4 Eth 4

MAC 1  MAC 3
MAC 1  MAC 3 MAC 1 West East
MAC 3
Site Site
1 7


OTV over a Multicast Transport
• Minimal configuration required to get OTV up and running

feature otv feature otv
otv site-vlan 99 otv site-vlan 99
interface Overlay1 interface Overlay1
description WEST-DC description EAST-DC
otv join-interface e1/1 otv join-interface e1/1.10
otv control-group 239.1.1.1 otv control-group 239.1.1.1
otv data-group 232.192.1.0/24 otv data-group 232.192.1.0/24
otv extend-vlan 100-150
OTV otv extend-vlan 100-150
OTV
feature otv
otv site-vlan 99
IP A interface Overlay1 IP B
West description SOUTH-DC East
otv join-interface Po16
otv control-group 239.1.1.1
otv data-group 232.192.1.0/24
IP C
OTV
otv extend-vlan 100-150

South


Inter-POD Connectivity across L3
Shipping OTV
Failure Boundary Preservation
Failure
IP Cloud
Boundary

Core
L3

L3 Aggregation
…
L2 vPC
… FabricPath
… … …
Access
L2
vPC

Servers

STP+ vPC/VSS FabricPath
STP NIC Teaming 16x ECMP
Enhancements Simplified loop- Low Latency / Lossless
Bridge free trees MAC Scaling
Assurance 2x Multi-pathing Operational Flexibility

Shipping
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Which platform is the right platform to create the new core

• Campus Heritage – ex. AutoQoS, • Highest 10/40/100 Gig Density
Common IOS
• Virtual Device Contexts
• Virtual Switching System (VSS) –
Single device to manage • In Service Software Upgrade
(ISSU)

• Network Services – Ex. Firewall, • Virtual Port Channel – Separate
ACE, WiSM, NAM, IDSM Control Plane

• MPLS and VPLS • “Remote Module” design with
**N7k MPLS Future Nexus 2k

• Future 8 Terabit capacity • FabricPath and OTV support –
**6k OTV Future


• Base 32 ports are Ethernet/FCoE Ports • Base 32 ports are “Unified” Ports

• 1 Expansion Slot • 1 Expansion Slot

• 2 750W PS, 2 Fans • 2 750W PS, 2 Fans

• Base 48 ports are “Unified” Ports

• 3 Expansion Slots

• 2 1100W PS, 4 Fans


Nexus 5596
48 Fixed Ports
3 Expansion
Modules


Expansion Module Expansion Module Expansion Module

48x Fixed ports 1/10 GE or 1/2/4/8 FC


Fabric Interconnect Out of Band Mgmt
Console USB Flash
10/100/1000

Power Power Fan Fan Fan Fan
Entry Entry Module Module Module Module
N + N Power Supplies N + 1 Redundant FANs


U

All 48 ports are UNIFIED capable

32 x Fixed ports 1/10 GE or 1/2/4/8 FC Expansion Module


Fabric Out of Band Mgmt
USB Flash
Interconnect 10/100/1000

Console Fan Fan Power Power
Module Module Entry Entry
N + N Redundant FANs N + N Power Supplies


* 1G Support NOW available with 5.0(3)N1(1)

N55-M16P N55-M8P8FP N55-M16UP
• 16 Ethernet Ports • 8 Ethernet Ports + 8 Fibre Channel • 16 “Unified Ports”
• Ports can be configured as either Ports • Ports can be configured as either
Ethernet or Fibre Channel over • Ethernet operation at 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet or Native FC Ports
Ethernet Ethernet • Ethernet operation at 1/10 Gigabit
• Ethernet operation at 1/10 Gigabit • Fibre Channel operation at 8/4/2/1G Ethernet
Ethernet • Uses existing Ethernet SFP+ Cisco • Fibre Channel operation at
• Uses existing Ethernet SFP+ 8/4/2G and 4/2/1G FC Optics 8/4/2/1G
Optics • Uses existing Ethernet SFP+ and
Cisco 8/4/2G and 4/2/1G FC Optics


Fibre Channel Ethernet
Full Support for
1/2/4/8G Native Full Support for
Fibre Channel 1G/10G and
FCoE. Support for
FEX connectivity

Unified
Flexibly provision any
port to inherit Ethernet,
Expansion Fibre Channel or
Expansion Module
Module
8 Port FC 1/2/4/8 Gig Ethernet Personalities
16 Ports 1/10 GE
+ 8 Ports 1/10 GE

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List Price
$10,000 New!

FEATURES BENEFITS
• High Density 48 x 100M/1GE + • Fabric extensibility with simplified
4x10GE SFP+ management
• 32MB buffer for bursty • Optimized for Specialized Data
applications Center workloads
BigData/Hadoop, Distributed Storage,
• Designed for Top of Rack Access Distributed Computing, Video Editing
• VM-Aware networking


N2248TP/N2248TP-E
48 Port 100/1000M Host Interfaces
4 x 10G Uplinks N2232PP
32 Port 1/10G FCoE Host
Interfaces
8 x 10G Uplinks
FET-10G
Cost Effective Fabric Extender
N2224TP Transceiver
24 Port 100/1000M Host Interfaces
2 x 10G Uplinks

N2232TM
N2148T 32 Port 1/10GBASE-T Host Interfaces
48 Port 1000M Host Interfaces 8 x 10G Uplinks (Module)
4 x 10G Uplinks


Model Nexus 2148T Nexus 2248 TP Nexus 2224TP Nexus 2248TP-E
Form Factor 1 RU 1 RU 1 RU 1 RU
Uplink Ports 4 x 10GbE SFP+ 4 x 10GbE SFP+ 2 x 10GbE SFP+ 4 x 10GbE SFP+
Host Facing Ports 48 x 1GbE RJ45 48 x 100/1000Base-T RJ45 24 x 100/1000Base-T RJ45 48 x 100/1000Base-T RJ45
(note: 1000BaseT only)
Ingress Policing No Yes Yes Yes
Hardware queues 4 8 8 8
Host ports per port 4 8 8 48
group
Ingress buffer (host to 375KB per port group 480KB per port group 480KB per port group 32MB shared with egress
network direction)
Egress buffer (network 320KB per port group 640KB per port group 640KB per port group 32MB shared with ingress
to host) with 2 uplink
Egress buffer (network 320KB per port group 800KB per per port group N/A 32MB shared
to host) with 4 uplink
Multiple PortChannel Not Supported Yes Yes Yes
member ports on a FEX
N5K/N2K Latency ~ 7us (LIFO) ~ 4.5 us ~ 4.5 us ~ 4.5 us


Any server to any FEX – hybrid deployments

Any Flavor of Nexus
5500
5548P/5548UP/5596UP

Any Flavor of Nexus
Dual-homed
2000
Fabric Extenders
2148T/2248TP/2224TP
2232PP/2232TM

Mix of Single NIC, Active/Standby
and Etherchanneled servers can
connect to same FEX


FabricPath

• Externally, a Fabric looks like a single switch
• Internally, a protocol adds Fabric-wide intelligence and ties the
elements together.
This protocol provides in a plug-and-play fashion:
 Optimal, low latency connectivity any to any
 High bandwidth, high resiliency
 Open management and troubleshooting
• Cisco FabricPath provides additional capabilities in term of scalability
and L3 integration

MAC IF
A e1/1
… …
FabricPath
B s8, e1/2
e1/1 s3 s8 e1/2

A B

• Single address lookup at the ingress edge identifies the exit port across
the fabric
• Traffic is then switched using the shortest path available
• Reliable L2 connectivity any to any
(as if it was the same switch, no STP inside)


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