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Update but Not Featured: What’s New on Cisco Catalyst 2960-C & 3560-C Series Compact Switches?

Posted on June 4, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

At the beginning of the year, Cisco announced its new featured compact switches-Catalyst 3560-CX and 2960-CX series. They are the successors of the 3560-C and 2960-C compact switches. In the article “New Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX and 2960-CX Series Switches Review”,…

Move to 40G Today? Yes!

Posted on May 29, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Tomorrow’s Data Center Network: Technologies such as virtualization, big data, cloud, mobility, and distributed applications are enabling the data center to support priorities like never before, making data center network performance and capacity more relevant than ever. Take steps today…

The New Cisco MDS 9396S 16G Multilayer Fabric Switch

Posted on May 29, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In order to broaden its Storage Area Networks (SAN) portfolio to SMBs and Enterprise customers, Cisco released a new high-density 16Gbps Fabric switch-the Cisco MDS 9396S Multilayer Fabric Switch that focuses on helping customers design efficient IT operations and easily…

The New Cisco ASR 1001-X Router

Posted on May 22, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In the previous article, we talked about the Cisco ASR 1000 family, such as ASR 1000 Fits, what Cisco ASR 1000 can solve. We also introduced the new addition – Cisco ASR 1001-X router. What is the exact ASR 1001-X? What…

Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controllers for Medium Branch and Small Enterprises-Up to 75 Access Points

Posted on May 15, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Wireless Controller family is also a big family that contains many popular members, such as Cisco 8500 and 5760 Wireless Controller Series Wireless Controller for Large Campus or Service Provider Deployments, Cisco 5500 Series, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Services…

New: ACI Alternative for Cisco Nexus 9000

Posted on May 12, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series was added a new control plane capability for users and customers not yet opting for or needing a full-blown application policy infrastructure. Cisco’s BGP Control Plane for VXLAN is designed to appeal to operators of multitenant clouds looking…

Cisco Nexus 9500 Comparison-Chassis, Supervisors and Modules…

Posted on May 11, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Nexus 9500 Series is the modular one in the big star family-Nexus 9000 Series Switches. (The other one is the fixed-9300 switches). The Nexus 9000 is Cisco’s new SDN master plan. The Nexus 9000 is a new series of…

Cisco Catalyst 4948E NetFlow-lite/NFLite in Detail

Posted on May 7, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

NetFlow? Netflow-Lite? Are you confused with these two? How much do you know about them? Can Cisco 4948E do the same job as Cisco 4500E? Can you tell some differences between Netflow and Netflow-Lite? Well, if you have some answers…

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Can Help Solve…

Posted on May 6, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

There was no doubt that Cisco ASR 1000 series is a critical part of the Cisco Borderless Network Architecture. What does it look like? What kind of role does it play in a network? Yeah, here we will talk about…

New Cisco NIM cards for Cisco ISR 4000 Family

Posted on April 30, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The new Cisco ISR 4000 family is the best one for the large and medium-sized enterprise offices. Also, in the previous article we talked about the benefits you get from migrating to Cisco 4000 Series ISR…Cisco 4451-X vs. Cisco 3945E…

WS-C2960X-48TD-L & WS-C2960XR-48TD-I Tested, from Miercom

Posted on April 28, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco catalyst 2960-X series and 2960-XR switches were designed as the greenest and popular switches for branch offices and campus. Cisco also described the new Cisco 2960-X Series as Simple, Smart, Scalable, Green, Highly Secure, and Cost-Effective one. How to…

Migrating to Cisco 4000 Series ISR…Benefits You Get

Posted on April 22, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

New chassis? Together with Cisco UCS E-Series server modules? WAN services with a robust management framework? Designed perfectly for medium to large branch offices? What is it? Yeah, it is the Cisco 4000 Series ISR. Why should you consider it…

Better User Workspaces with the Next Generation Cisco Compact Switch

Posted on April 21, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco new Cisco 3560-CX & 2960-CX Catalyst Switches, small and powerful. They transform the workspace to be simpler. Cisco 3560-CX & 2960-CX, Higher Secure and Easy to Manage They are deployed in Offices, in Classrooms, in Hotel Rooms, just…

ASA 5508-X and ASA 5516-X Overview

Posted on April 17, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Of course, the new ASA 5508-X and ASA 5516-X are the members of Cisco ASA 5500-X series with FirePOWER Services. In the previous articles, we introduces many topics about the new ASA 5506-X/SecurityPlus, 5506W-X & 5506H-X, especially the ASA 5506-X…

A Test Report about…Catalyst C2960S-48TS-L, C3560X-48T-S and C3750X-48T-S

Posted on April 15, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco 2960S series, Cisco 3560X and 3750X switches are so popular and commonly used by Branch, Business and Campus. If an organization decides to set up a better and more secure network, there are some key elements considered such as…

ASA 5506-X/SecurityPlus, 5506W-X & 5506H-X, Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services, What’s New Here?

Posted on April 9, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Wow, Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services is so popular. Cisco updated its ASA with FirePOWER Services, adding new ASA series such as 5506H-X, 5506W-X and 5516-X. In the former article we talked about NGFW-Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services and the…

Cisco VPN Phone Configuration

Posted on March 31, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco VPN Phone? Cisco Unified IP Phone? Are they the same or similar? How much do you know about the Cisco IP Phones? Well, in fact, the Cisco VPN Phone is a Cisco Unified IP Phone–based VPN solution that extends…

How to Convert a Cisco SAP to AIR-CAP?

Posted on March 27, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

An AIR-SAP2602-x-K9 with lightweight IOS and a CAP2602-x-K9, what’s the difference? I have 3 pieces of AIR-SAP2602-x-K9 and no WLC, and I need an AP. Shall I buy another AIR-SAP2602-x-K9 or should I wait and buy AIR-CAP after I buy…

See How to Start a Cisco ASA 5585-X Series

Posted on March 25, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

We once compared the main Cisco ASA 5585-X models, Cisco ASA 5585-X with SSP-10, ASA 5585-X SSP-20, ASA 5585-X SSP-40 and ASA 5585-X SSP-60. With two 8-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet modules and one Security Services Processor (SSP)-40 or SSP-60 module,…

NGFW-Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services

Posted on March 24, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What’s the Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services? It is a new, adaptive threat-focused, next-generation firewall that combines proven ASA firewall with Sourcefire threat and advanced malware protection in a single device. FirePOWER services can be added to existing ASA 5500-X…

To Read the Codes of Cisco 3750/3750-X Series

Posted on March 20, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The great Cisco Catalyst 3750 series contributes vastly success to Cisco in the network hardware market and have various models. And each model of Cisco 3750 series associates with unique product code by providing different features. How to choose the…

Quick Guide: How to Start a Cisco ASA 5506-X?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

It’s not a rumor that Cisco released its new Cisco ASA 5506-X. Of course, it’s one of ASA 5500-X series. Maybe it becomes the best substitute of ASA 5505. Someone is looking forward to this. If we talk about the…