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Cisco Catalyst Switches for Campus Networks & Nexus Switches for Data Centers

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

We talked about Cisco switches and related technical topics a lot before. It’s not easy to select the very Cisco switches for all sizes of networks, such as the complicated campus networks and data center. You know that switches are…

How to Establish Communications between VLANs?

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

In this article we will discuss how to establish communications between VLANs, as well as how to configure the networks. Notes: More about the virtual LANs, Physical LANs and briefly reviewed VLAN configuration options you can read the articles shared…

Cisco 550X Series Stackable Managed Switches Offer…

Posted on November 18, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco 550X Series Stackable Managed Switches, as its name said: the Stackable Managed Switches, they’re built with true stacking capability to support up to eight units and 384 ports in a single stack. To get the fast data speeds, nonstop…

Cisco 4510E or Catalyst 6800ia Switch

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

There is a typical question asked by Cisco users, which is about the choosing Cisco 4500E or Catalyst 6800 Series. The detailed question you can read as follows: The Cisco switch users have the Cisco 6509-E chassis with WS-X6548-GE-TX POE line cards…

Cisco IoT Part-Cisco Industrial Ethernet 4000 Switches, Designed for Harsh Conditions

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

We talked about the Cisco IoT and Industrial Products a lot before, such as the latest industrial routers IR 809, IR829, IR819, etc. They are reliable for industrial and harsh environments. They also have different features. What are the Cisco…

Catalyst 6800ia Switches, the Relationship with Catalyst 6500/6800

Posted on October 16, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In the last article, we introduced the Cisco Catalyst Instant Access Solution, including the main features, architecture, components, advantages, etc. You also can see that the Cisco Catalyst 6800ia series is the main component in the Cisco Catalyst Instant Access…

Qs Help You Know Cisco Catalyst Instant Access a Lot

Posted on October 16, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What is the exact solution of Catalyst Instant Access? What advantages ode it over the standalone, VSS (the VSS Campus with Stacking)? Cisco Catalyst Instant Access brings fabric extension technology (similar to Data Center FEX) with operational simplicity to the…

The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series, What’s New in 2015?

Posted on October 8, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

We introduced the Cisco Catalyst 6880-X switches before (Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Review). This platform runs on the same architecture as the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and therefore offers stability with a proven operating system software. So the…

Cisco Nexus 7000/7700 Series Compare Models

Posted on September 8, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Are you familiar the Cisco Nexus core switch platform- the 7000 series and the newer 7700 series? What’s the relationship between them? What’s the difference between them? What are the main features of them? In this article, we will compare…

The Newer Cisco Nexus 7700 Switches

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

What’s the Cisco Nexus 7700 Series? As the Cisco Catalyst 6800 has the DNA of Catalyst 6500,the newer Cisco Nexus 7700 switch is the latest extension to the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series modular switches. It is a family of data…

The New Catalyst 6840-X Series Switch, Let You Get More for Less

Posted on September 2, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

A new Cisco catalyst series switch of the Catalyst 6800 family has been announced recently by Cisco. It is the Cisco Catalyst 6840-X backbone switch to address new network backbone needs, especially in space constrained deployments. The Cisco 6840-X is…

How to Upgrade the License from IP Base to IP Services on 3750-X Stack?

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

It’s a common problem that how to upgrade the License from IP Base to IP Services on 3750-X Stack? Many Cisco 3750 Series users had the problems that are related to Upgrading the License from IP Base to IP Services…

What’s New on Cisco Catalyst 4500 VSS?

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

We discussed the VSS on Cisco Catalyst 4500 and 6500 several times before. And with the software update, there are some new points that happened on Cisco Catalyst 4500 VSS. What’s new here? Let’s read some simple questions that cam…

All about Cisco’s Stacking Switches

Posted on July 3, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Access switches-an integral part of any network, no matter of small office with 10 employees or large corporation with thousands of employees. The switches play the key role for communicating between users and their equipments in corporate network. Stacking technology…

EoS and EoL Announcement for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960-SF Series

Posted on July 1, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series and 2960-SF Series Switches, once as popular network switches for branch and midsized campus access applications, were announced be the end-of-sale and end-of-life ones by Cisco in 2015. The last day to order the affected product(s)…

Cisco Switch Stacking Using a Couple of Cisco Catalyst 3650

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

Speaking of Stacking switches, we have to pay more attention to Cisco’s switches that support stacking. Cisco has a big and powerful family of stacking switches, such as the Cisco 2960X, 3560X, the 3750-X, Cisco 3650, 3850 switches, etc. In…

GE Switch Models-Cisco 3750-X/3560-X vs. Huawei S5700 Series

Posted on June 19, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco and Huawei, as the world’s largest communications equipment makers, have their own network hardware lines and IT solutions for different network demands. They have different backgrounds, policies, services and info systems, etc. so it’s not easy to compare the…

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”,…

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…

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…

How to Use nProbe as NetFlow-Lite Aggregator/Collector?

Posted on May 8, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In the last previous article, we shared the Cisco Catalyst 4948E NetFlow-lite/NFLite in Detail, but do you know the deep relationship between NetFlow-Lite and nProbe, and how to use nProbe as NetFlow-Lite Collector? So in this article we will continue…