THE COMPLETE FAMILY

Catalyst 6800 & 6500 Series

Catalyst 4500 Series

Catalyst 3850, 3650 Series & Series 3560-C

Catalyst 2960 Series

Campus Access Switches Upgrade PathFunctionality Based: Campus Access Switches Functionality Based: Branch Access Switches

Campus and Branch Access Switches

Functionality Based: Campus Backbone Switches

Campus Backbone Switches

Campus Backbone Switches Upgrade Path

Cisco Catalyst Switch Portfolio

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Choose the Right Enterprise Campus and Branch Switch

Lead Switch – It is the best-in-class switch that has high-end differentiated set of features in a given category. This switch has the most differentiation compared to competitors in that category.

Base Switch – It is the entry level switch in the given category. Also called the foundation switch, it has a lower price and limited feature set, but still better than competitors.

Functionality SwitchWired & Wireless (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E

Wired & Wireless (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 3850 (Up to 50 APs, 2000 Clients)Base Catalyst 3650 (Up to 25 APs, 1000 Clients)

Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-EBase Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E

Gigabit Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 3850Base Catalyst 3650, Catalyst 2960-X/XR

Gigabit Ethernet (Instant Access) Lead Catalyst 6800ia

Gigabit Ethernet (Cloud Managed) Lead Meraki MS Series

Fast Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 2960-SF

Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-SFBase Catalyst 2960-Plus

8/12 port Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 3560-C

8/12 port Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-C

Functionality PositioningWired & Wireless (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E

Wired & Wireless (Stackable)(Converged Access is the Recommended Deployment Mode)

Lead Catalyst 3850 (Up to 50 APs, 2000 Clients)Base Catalyst 3650 (Up to 25 APs, 1000 Clients)

Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-EBase Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E

Gigabit Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 3850Base Catalyst 3650, Catalyst 2960-X/XR

Gigabit Ethernet (Cloud Managed) Lead Meraki MS Series

Fast Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 2960-SF

Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-SFBase Catalyst 2960-Plus

8 port Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 3560-C

8/12 port Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-C

Functionality Positioning1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 6807-XL

Base Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T

1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 6880-X (semi-modular)Base Catalyst 4500-X

1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2TBase Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E

1 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 4500-XBase Catalyst 3850 Fiber

From Existing Switch To New SwitchCatalyst 2900XL, 2948-G, Any 2950, 2970,Any non-X 2960

Lead: Catalyst 3650Base: Catalyst 2960-X/XR

Catalyst 3500XL, Any 3550, Any 3560, Any 3750

Lead: Catalyst 3850Base: Catalyst 3650

Catalyst 4500 non-EAny Catalyst 4500 without Supervisor Engine 8-E or 7L-E

Lead: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-EBase: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E

Any Catalyst 6500 non-E or E in Access Lead: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-EBase: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E,

Catalyst Instant Access

From Existing Switch To New SwitchCatalyst 6500 non-EAny Catalyst 6500-E without Supervisor Engine 2TAny non-Catalyst 6500 Series like Catalyst 45xx, Nexus Series etc.

1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead: Catalyst 6807-XL Base: Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T

1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone ≤ 80 ports) Lead: Catalyst 6880-X (semi-modular) Base: Catalyst 4500-X

1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead: Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T Base: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E

1 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead: Catalyst 4500-X Base: Catalyst 3850 Fiber

Enterprise Campus Switch Family

Positioning

Catalyst 2960-C & 3560-C Lead standalone compact switches for 8/12 ports of Fast/Gigabit Ethernet for outside the wiring closet

Catalyst 2960-Plus Base standalone access switch for Fast Ethernet

Catalyst 2960-SF Lead standalone/stackable access switch for Fast Ethernet with PoE+ (Compared to 2960-Plus, Offers Stacking, PoE+))

Meraki MS Series Cloud managed virtually stackable access switch for Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+

Catalyst 2960-X/XR Base stackable access switch for Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+

Catalyst 3650 Base stackable access switch for wired-wireless convergence and Fast / Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+

Catalyst 3850 Lead stackable access switch for wired-wireless convergence with UPOE/PoE+ (Compared to 3650, Offers 3x stacking bandwidth - 480G and 2x AP’s - 50, Modular uplinks and StackPower)

Lead stackable access switch for Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ (Compared to 2960-X, Offers Medianet, Enhanced Security, Application Visibility & Control, Resiliency, 6x stacking bandwidth (480G))

Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E

Base modular access switch for Fast/Gigabit Ethernet with UPOE/PoE+

Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8E

Lead modular access switch for wired-wireless convergence and Fast/Gigabit Ethernet with UPOE/PoE+ (Compared to Sup 7L-E, Offers Built-in wireless controller, 1.7x switching capacity (928G), 2x uplinks (8x10G))

Base modular backbone switch for 1/10G

Enterprise Campus Switch Family

Positioning

Catalyst 6800ia Lead stackable access switch for Catalyst 6800/6500 with Catalyst Instant Access (Simplification of access with centralized configuration, management and operations using Catalyst 6K backbone switch)

Catalyst 3750-X Fiber Base stackable backbone switch for 1G

Catalyst 4500-X Lead standalone backbone switch for 1G (Compared to 3750-X Fiber, Offers VSS, 2x ports (40x1G), 2x uplinks (8))

Base standalone backbone switch for 1/10/40G (up to 40x10G ports)

Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T

Lead modular backbone switch for 1/10G (MPLS, EVN, Service Modules)

Base modular backbone switch for 1/10/40/100G

Catalyst 6807-XL Lead modular backbone switch for 1/10/40/100G (up to 880G/slot, 11.4 Tbps switching, All 6500 features, service modules)

Catalyst 6880-X Lead standalone backbone switch for 1/10/40G (with up to 80x10G or 20x40G ports)