Cisco Networks

Pro Network carries the entire line of Cisco’s complete portfolio of switching solutions for enterprise networks, data centers, and smaller businesses. Our solutions cater to a wide range of industries and applications. We can customize a Cisco solution to meet your needs for every part of the network including the access layer, core and distribution for the LAN, and/or the data center.

Technical Specifications

Campus Access Layer switches for the LAN
Cisco Catalyst 9400, 9300, 4500, 3850, 3750, 3650, 2960-L, 2960-Plus and 2960-X Series Switches

Features include (Chassis Dependent):

• Modular, Layer 2 and 3, up to 9 Tbps
• Multi-gigabit technology, SFP/SFP+
• PoE, PoE+, Cisco StackPower, UPOE
• Stackable, Layer 2 and 3, 480 Gbps
• 1/2.5/5/10-G multi-gigabit; multi-gigabit/25/40-G uplinks
• Stackable, Layer 2 and 3, 80 Gbp

Campus Core and Distribution for the LAN
Cisco Catalyst 9500, 6800, 6500, 4900, 4500, 4500-X, 3850 Series Switches

Features include (Chassis Dependent):

• Stackable, Layer 2 and 3, 6.4 Tbps
• Multi-gigabit technology
• Up to 32 x 100/40 G and 48 x 25/10 G ports or Up to 40 x 1 G/10 G ports
• 12 and 24 Gigabit SFP port models
• Switching capacity up to 11.4 Tb
• Higher slot capacity up to 880 Gb
• Integrated service modules to support wireless, network analysis, and security
• 80 Gbps-per-slot capacity, 180 Gbps-per-slot capable
• Platform for low-density 1 GB distribution deployments
• PoE, PoE+, StackPower, UPOE
• Stackable, Layer 2 and 3, 480 Gbps
• Multi-gigabit technology
• PoE, PoE+, StackPower, UPoE
• 100 access points supported

Campus Compact LAN Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX, 2960-C, 2960-CX, 2960-L Series Switches
Features Include (Chassis Dependent):

• 8 or 12 GE ports with line-rate forwarding performance
• 6 GE plus 2 multi-gigabit Ethernet ports with line-rate forwarding performance
• PoE+ support with up to 240W of PoE budget
• 8 GE ports with line-rate forwarding performance
• GE copper and SFP uplinks
• LAN Lite
• Data or PoE+
• 2 SFP uplinks

Data Center Switches
Cisco Nexus 9000, 7000, 6000, 5000, 4000, 3000 Series Switches and 2000 series fabric extenders

Features Include (Chassis Dependent):

• High-performance, density, low latency, and exceptional power efficiency in a range of form factors.
• High-density 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet with application awareness, high programmability, and performance analytics.
• High-density top-of-rack (ToR) Layer 2 and Layer 3, 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet with unified ports in compact one-, two-, and four-rack-unit form factors.
• Support VXLAN and Layer 2 and 3 features for scaling data center networking.
• Fabric extenders deliver 100 MB and 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with 10/40 GE uplinks.

The Cisco Catalyst, and a campus LAN switches provide a broad range of deployment options—traditional, or in full fabric-control mode—as well as features, scale, port speeds, and interface types. The fixed and modular, core, distribution, and access LAN switches have been designed for a new era of intent-based networking.

Improve productivity with industry-leading enterprise switches offering 100G, 40G, 25G, 10G, 5G, 2.5G, 1G, and Fast Ethernet port speeds.

Cisco switches are highly resilient and relatively static when it comes to technology. If current-generation switches are too expensive, look to previous generations like N-1, N-2, or N-3 as these may be a great fit for your network. They may even keep your network standardized without the need to upgrade.

Technical Specifications

Campus Switches

• Highly scalable
• Optimized for secure 1, 10 and 40 Gbps services
• High-performance CPU for Layer 3 protocol convergence and stability
• New 8x 40 Gbps line cards
• Scalable IP routing and MPLS functions accelerated in hardware, without performance impact
• Leading IP routing with hardware-enabled IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, and high performance integrated in a single platform

Enterprise-Class

• Highly available modular and stackable design
• Integrated wireless controller
• High-performance CPU for Layer 3 protocol convergence and stability
• Scalable IP routing and MPLS functions accelerated in hardware, without performance impact
• Layer 2/Layer 3 access
• Cisco StackWise 80Gbps/160 Gbps/480 Gbps
• 10-Gbps/40-Gbps SFP+ uplinks
• Multi-gigabit technology
• Network as a sensor/enforcer support
• LAN Base, IP Base, IP Services

Branch

• Stackable fixed-configuration Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) switches offering network connectivity for enterprise, mid-market, and branch locations
• 8 and 12 Gbps
• 6 Gigabit Ethernet plus 2 Multi-gigabit Ethernet
• PoE+, 240W total
• IP Base, LAN Base
• Fanless design and silent operation

Cisco Industrial Ethernet (IE) switches are the foundation of your networking infrastructure, applicable in processes such as factory automation, intelligent transportation systems, substation automation, mining enterprises, fuel refining and delivery systems, and surveillance and remote-monitoring functions.

Technical Specifications

• Ethernet interfaces include GE fiber uplinks options and multiple PoE/PoE+ ports.
• Up to 16 10/100Base-T, or Fast Ethernet, interfaces, and two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
• Multilayer switching modular platform includes a main module and expansion modules to scale the configuration up to 26 Ethernet interfaces.
• A series of 19-inch, one-rack unit fixed-configuration switches designed for electrical utility applications.
• Offers high bandwidth and low latency. Available in various models with up to 20 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
  19-inch, one-rack unit switches with 28 GE interfaces and up to 24 PoE/PoE+ enabled ports.
• A 19-inch one-rack unit multi-10 Gbps aggregation switch equipped with 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports plus 4 10-Gigabit or 4 1-Gigabit ports, making it ideal for the aggregation and/or backbones in large-scale industrial networks.

Cisco MDS 9000 multilayer SAN switches help lower the cost of your storage environment while building highly available, scalable storage networks with unified management and exceptional security. They provide a robust, flexible hardware architecture with multiple layers of network and storage management intelligence.

Technical Specifications

Cisco MDS 9000 family of storage networking solutions provides a platform for IT departments to achieve:

• Flexible architecture (FCoE, FC, FICON, FCIP, iSCSI)
• Data center virtualization
• Disaster recovery and business continuity
• Reliable, scalable, and agile SAN
• Deployment of private and public cloud technologies

These solutions also provide enterprise-class security and efficient management for your network. The Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches are adaptable, ready to accommodate future physical, virtual, and cloud environments. They have fully redundant components, fault-tolerant design, state-of-the-art multi-protocol, and multi-service convergence. In addition, you can take advantage of a high-performance SAN extension.

With industry-leading features and advanced capabilities, Cisco MDS 9000 Series switches continue to be a superior platform for hosting intelligent multilayer services that fill business needs, including:

• SAN consolidation
• Storage encryption
• Disaster recovery
• Data mobility
• SAN security
• Replication
• Data center colocation
• VM-aware SANs
• Mainframe acceleration

The Cisco Nexus Series switches are modular and fixed port network switches designed for the data center. The first chassis in the Nexus 7000 family is a 10-slot chassis with two supervisor engine slots and eight I/O module slots at the front, as well as five crossbar switch fabric modules at the rear. Beside the Nexus 7000, there is also Nexus 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000 and 900.

All switches in the Nexus range run the modular NX-OS firmware/operating system on the fabric. NX-OS has some high-availability features compared to the well-known Cisco IOS. This platform is optimized for high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Technical Specifications

Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders integrate into existing network infrastructures as well as Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI). Extenders provide a flexible solution to add access port connectivity to your data center network.

Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
The 3000 Series offers low-latency, highly programmable, high-density switches. These compact fixed switches are excellent for general-purpose deployments, high-performance computing (HPC), high-frequency trading (HFT), massively scalable data center (MSDC), and cloud networks.

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches are designed to deliver high-density top-of-rack (ToR) Layer 2 and Layer 3, 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet with unified ports in compact one-, two-, and four-rack-unit form factors. The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series includes the Cisco Nexus 5500 and 5600 platforms as part of the Cisco Unified Fabric portfolio.

The comprehensive Cisco NX-OS feature set and 10/40 Gigabit Ethernet scalability of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series deliver high performance, operational efficiency, and design flexibility.

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
The modular Cisco Nexus 7000 and 7700 switches deliver a comprehensive Cisco NX-OS feature set and open-source programmable tools for software-defined networking (SDN) deployments. They offer high-density 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet with application awareness and performance analytics.

The 7200, UBR7200, and 7600 series routers support a wide range of use cases with superior scalability and performance. This universal services aggregation router is for enterprise and service provider edge applications.

Technical Specifications

Cisco 7200 Series
The 7200 series is the industry’s most widely deployed universal services router, offering:

• NPE-G2 Network Processing Engine aggregates services at up to 2 Mpps
• A range of connectivity options and features, including manageability and serviceability
• Increased VPN performance with the VPN Services Adapter
• Increased scalability and flexibility with the Port Adapter Jacket Card

Benefits

• WAN edge: Award-winning quality of service (QoS) feature performance
• Broadband aggregation: Up to 16,000 PPP sessions per chassis
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS): Leading choice for provider-edge deployment
• IP Security (IPsec) VPN: Scalable to 5000 tunnels per chassis
• High-end customer premises equipment (CPE)
• IP-to-IP gateway support: Provides a network-to-network interface point for signaling interworking (H.323, SIP), media interworking, address and port translations (privacy and topology hiding), billing and CDR normalization, and bandwidth management (QoS marking using TOS)
• Voice, video, and data integration: TDM-enabled VXR chassis and voice port adapters
• Modular design: 3RU footprint with broad range of flexible, modular interfaces (from DS0 to OC-3)
• Flexibility: Support for Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Packet over SONET and moreCisco 7600 Series Routers
• Deploy high-performance IP/MPLS features as well as scalable personalized IP services at the network edge, improve operational efficiency, and maximize return on network investments with the Cisco 7600 Series Router.
• High-performance with up to 720 Gbps in a single chassis, or 40 Gbps capacity per slot. A choice of form factors purpose-built for high availability
• Cisco I-Flex design: A portfolio of shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs) that controls voice, video, and data experiences
• Scalable and extensible suite of hardware and software capabilities to enable intelligent Carrier Ethernet services
• Integrated Video Call Admission Control with innovative visual quality of experience for both broadcast and video on demand (VoD)
• Intelligent Services Gateway, providing scalable subscriber and application awareness with multidimensional identity capabilities and policy controls
• Integrated Session Border Control with quality of experience in both Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) and non-SIP applications

Cisco 7600 Series
The Cisco 7600 Series is one the first carrier-class edge routers in the industry to offer ultra high-density and integrated Ethernet switching, 10-Gbps interfaces, and carrier-class IP/MPLS routing. This router is an advantage to enterprises, enabling service providers to deliver business and consumer services in a single converged Carrier Ethernet network.

Important Features

• High performance, with up to 720 Gbps in a single chassis, or 40 Gbps capacity per slot
• A choice of form factors purpose-built for high availability
• A portfolio of shared port adapters (SPAs) and SPA interface processors (SIPs) that controls voice, video, and data experiences
• Intelligent Services Gateway, providing scalable subscriber and application awareness with multidimensional identity capabilities and policy controls
• Integrated Session Border Control with quality of experience in both Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) and non-SIP applications
  3, 4, 6, 9 and 13 Slot Chassis
• Redundant supervisors and power supplies

Applications

• Carrier Ethernet: Aggregation of consumer and business service
• Ethernet services edge: Personalized IP services
• Wireless mesh networking and mobility service convergence
• IP/MPLS provider edge routing
• Enterprise WAN aggregation
• Headquarters core routing

Cisco uBR7200 Series Universal Broadband Routers
The Cisco uBR7246VXR supports dual current-sharing power supplies and online insertion and removal (OIR) so that interfaces can be added, removed, or replaced without service interruption. A PC flash memory card enhances reliability by storing backup software images and configuration files. Environmental monitors have levels of escalation so operators can take corrective action prior to any system shutdown. All components are replaceable in the field.

Each Cisco uBR7246VXR supports up to four Cisco cable line cards, each with one or two downstream and six or eight upstream cable interfaces, which brings it to a total of up to eight downstream and 32 upstream interfaces in a chassis.

• Additional revenues with advanced IP services
• Increased customer satisfaction with field-proven high availability
• Reduced operational expenses with DPT backhaul resiliency
• Enhanced revenues with Layer 3 features designed specifically to support voice and commercial services
• Reduced operational expenses with industry-leading network management tools

Modular scalability

• Highest density per seven-foot rack, with forward-compatible cable line cards and a wide variety of network interfaces
• Only platform with family of field-installable processor upgrades
• Highest reliability
• Demonstrated mean time between failure (MTBF) beyond Packet Cable requirements
• Field-proven reliability with more than 275,000 upstream ports deployed worldwide
• Proven investment protection
• Qualified to PacketCable 1.1 and 1.0, DOCSIS 1.1 and 1.0 qualified, as well as Euro-DOCSIS 2.0, 1.1, and 1.0. Full DOCSIS3.0 and Euro-DOCSIS3.0 compliant
• Most versatile standards support – IETF, ITU, Euro-DOCSIS, PacketCable, PCMM, MPLS, Dynamic Packet Transport/Resilient Packet Ring (DPT/RPR)
• DSG support, enabling cable operators to migrate from proprietary to open set-top technology and benefit from technical advantages and continued innovation of DOCSIS

Cisco ASR Routers use a processor built for edge-based service delivery. They can be deployed to provide secure WAN aggregation services, integrated threat and defense services at the WAN or Internet edge, data center interconnect (DCI) router, managed customer premises-equipment (CPE) services, or to deliver complex services from the provider edge.

This scalable, carrier-class distributed forwarding router is designed for redundancy, aggregating triple play and Ethernet service traffic from Gigabit Ethernet devices to 10 Gigabit Ethernet IP, MPLS edge, or core.

Technical Specifications

• Full range of industry-leading Cisco IOS XE Software features and services
• Optional redundant-processor and dual Cisco IOS XE Software support for single-route-processor solutions to improve network resiliency
• Hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD) for code storage, boot, configuration, logs, and so on
• USB ports for 1-GB compact flash memory support
• Built-in embedded flash memory (eUSB or eMMC) support:

~ up to 8 GB on the built-in router processor partitioned: 1 GB for bootflash; 7 GB for mass storage

~ Field-replaceable and hot-swappable capabilities with modular router processors for minimal service disruption
~ Stratum-3 clock circuitry, building integrated timing supply (BITS) input and output
~ Memory scalability up to 64 GB DRAM

Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR) revolutionize WAN communications in the enterprise branch. With built-in intelligent network capabilities and convergence, the routers address the growing need for application-aware networking in distributed enterprise sites. The Cisco 4000 Series contains six platforms: 4451, 4431, 4351, 4331, 4321, and 4221 ISR.

Previous-generation Cisco 1900 to 3900 Series Cisco Integrated Services Routers provide fast, scalable delivery of mission-critical business applications.

Technical Specifications

Features of current and previous-generation Integrated Services Routers included.

4000 Series Integrated Services Routers

• Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN)
• Virtualization-ready
• Network automation and services
• Branch threat defense

1900 to 3900 Series Integrated Services Routers (Gen 2)

• Up to 5x performance increase over previous-generation routers
• Secure collaboration and video networks: Advanced VPN and Cisco IOS Firewall features deliver secure, high-quality voice and video and protect against call eavesdropping, toll fraud, and denial of service (DoS)
• Secure mobility with 802.11n wireless integration

1000 Series Integrated Services Routers

• Next-generation connectivity with SD-WAN
• Open and programmable IOS XE
• Comprehensive integrated security

800 Series Integrated Services Routers

• Integrated switching and routing
• WAN redundancy with 3G, 4G, and LTE
• Hardened and non-hardened form factors

Cisco’s Unified Wireless Network is composed of five interconnected elements that work together to deliver a unified enterprise-class wireless solution. The five interconnected elements are client devices, access points, network unification, world-class network management, and mobility services. Beginning with client devices, each element adds capabilities as network needs evolve and grow, interconnecting with the elements above and below it to create a comprehensive, secure WLAN solution.

Technical Specifications

Mobility Services – Unified built-in support of leading-edge applications is not an afterthought. Products include: Cisco Wireless Appliance, Cisco WCS, Cisco Self-Defending Network, NAC and Wi-Fi Phone.

World-Class Network Management – World-class network management system that visualizes and helps secure you air space via Cisco WCS.

Network Unification – Network Infrastructure that functions smoothly across a range of platforms: Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Wireless Services Module (WISM), Cisco wireless LAAN Controller Module (WLCM) for Integrated Services Routers, Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Integrated Wireless LAN controller, Cisco 4400 Series and 2000 Series wireless LAN controllers, and 20000 Series wireless LAN Controllers.

Access Points – Access points are dynamically configured and managed through LWAPP or autonomous operation. Cisco Aironet access points: 1500, 1300, 1240G, 1230Aft, 1130AG, and 1000. Bridges: 1400 and 1300.

Client Devices – The Cisco Unified Wireless Network is an industry-leading comprehensive solution that encompasses client devices, access points, controllers, switches and routers, world-class management, and mobility services with enterprise-class support. It provides solid investment protection via a robust product portfolio, unified architecture, smooth migration path to future enhancements, and extensive technology migration programs. It supports real-time business-critical applications and creates a secure, mobile, interactive workplace for organizations deploying WLANs.

Wireless devices (AKA access points) offer an easy-to-use, inexpensive, and secure wireless LAN solution that combines flexibility and mobility with the enterprise-class features required by network engineers. When configured as an access point (AP), the device serves as the connection point between wireless and wired networks or as the center point of a stand-alone wireless network. In large installations, wireless users within radio range of an access point can roam throughout a facility while maintaining seamless, uninterrupted access to the network.

The access points target a broad range of deployments, including small (1600 series), midsized (2600 series) and large enterprises (3600 series), and warehouse or manufacturing environments.

Technical Specifications

The wireless devices are Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, 802.11a-compliant, 802.11b-compliant, 802.11g-compliant, and 802.11n-compliant wireless LAN transceivers.

• Attractive, high-quality design
• Internal dual-band integrated antennas
• Rugged metal enclosure
• External dual-band antennas
• Extended operating temperature
• Dual-band 802.11 a/g/h controller-based access point
• CleanAir technology
• ClientLink 2.0
• 4 external dual-band antennas
• Video stream
• Up to 1.3Gbps (with 802.11 ac module)

Cisco’s Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) supports a network that functions smoothly across a range of platforms, bringing reliability, security, scalability, ease of deployment, and LAN management. It provides a solid migration path into all major Cisco switching and routing platforms via Cisco wireless LAN controllers.

Technical Specifications

Cisco has a variety of WLCs with different form factors and features.

1. Cisco WISM for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 provides unparalleled mobility, security, and redundancy for business-critical wireless LANs. Clustering capabilities of up to 3600 lightweight access points (APs) per roaming domain. Scales up to 300 lightweight APs per module with support for 10,000+ wireless client devices.
2. The Cisco Catalyst 3750G Integrated Wireless LAN Controller adds wireless LAN controller functions to the stackable and highly resilient Cisco Catalyst 3750G Series switch.
3. The WLC for Integrated Services Routers allows small to medium-sized businesses and enterprises to cost-effectively deploy and manage secure wireless LANs at branch offices. It manages up to six Cisco Aironet lightweight APs and is supported on Cisco 2800/3800 Series Integrated Services Routers and Cisco 3700 Series Integrated Services Routers.
4. Cisco 4400 and 2000 Series stand-alone wireless LAN controllers fully integrate with the network infrastructure to deliver enhanced security features, enforce QoS polices, and deliver other mobility services. The capacity of these controllers ranges from six APs with the 2000 Series to 100 APs with the 4400 Series. These controllers can be clustered together to support up to 2400 APs per roaming domain. All WLCs provide wireless LAN functions, such as integrated IPS, real-time RF management, zero-touch deployment, and N+1 redundancy. These controllers work with lightweight APs and a management device to deliver.

We provide a variety of Cisco VoIP and video phones to meet a range of different business needs, including employee communication styles and work spaces. The Cisco IP phone portfolio includes user-friendly, full-featured IP phones to meet the needs of your entire organization from the lobby to the executive suite, from the start-up to the well-established enterprise for every deployment model including on-premises, cloud, or a hybrid configuration of the two.

Technical Specifications

The Cisco portfolio includes the 3900, 8800, 7800, 6900, 7900 and 8900 series—all with different features and capabilities:

• Affordable, occasional-use and specialty VoIP communications
• Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3900 Series and Cisco Unified IP Phones 6900 Series
• General business VoIP communications
• Cisco IP Phone 7800 Series and Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900 Series
• Advanced HD video, VoIP and mobile communications
• Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series
• Multiplatform phones for third-party UC-as-a-Service partners
• Multimedia applications for Cisco IP Phones
• Analog telephone adaptors and accessories