Networking Solutions

Cisco Catalyst Switch Guide
Scalable, intelligent LAN switching for campus, branch, and data center networks of all sizes

Cisco® Catalyst® 6500 and Catalyst 4500 Series Modular Switches Cisco Catalyst 4900, Catalyst 3750-E, Catalyst 3750, Catalyst 3560-E, Catalyst 3560, Catalyst 2960, Catalyst 2940, and Catalyst Express Series Fixed-Configuration Switches

Spring 2009 V.4

Cisco Catalyst Switches
Scalable, intelligent LAN switching for Campus, Branch, and Data Center networks of all sizes.
This is your guide to Cisco® Catalyst® switches, the industry’s most advanced and versatile portfolio of modular and fixed-configuration LAN switches. Individually, these switches offer the performance and features required for virtually any deployment, from small workgroups and wiring closets to corporate data centers and network cores. Working together, they are the building blocks of an integrated network that delivers intelligent services from the wiring closet to the core-protecting, optimizing, and growing your network as your business needs evolve. The network is the platform for transforming the way people live, work, and play by enhancing application performance and creating new experiences. The proliferation of powerful desktop computers, bandwidth-intensive applications, and new devices, such as wireless access points, IP phones, and video surveillance has left networks—and network managers—looking for holistic and simple solutions to their business challenges. Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking systems for organizations of every size, offers an architectural approach to networking that makes it easy for organizations to adapt and grow. As part of the foundation of the human network, Cisco Catalyst switches provide the application intelligence, unified network services, integrated security, non-stop communications, virtualization, and operational manageability needed for today’s most valuable converged network services, including networked... [continues]

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