Cisco C8500-12X4QC Cisco Router
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Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms (Catalyst 8500 and Catalyst 8500L) with Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software deliver Cisco’s secure, cloud-scale SD-WAN solution for aggregation sites. The Catalyst 8500 Edge Platforms feature the all-new third-generation Cisco Quantum Flow Processor (QFP), the Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms are built for services from the ground up. The Catalyst 8500L Edge Platform features an x86 based platform architecture that is purpose built to continue delivering the same experience as an ASR1000 platform. The Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms are compact 1RU devices with flexible interface options, including 1GE, 10GE, 40GE, and 100GE ports. Powered by Cisco IOS XE, fully programmable software architecture, and API support, these platforms can facilitate automation at scale to achieve zero-touch IT capability while migrating workloads to the cloud
Accelerated services with Cisco Software-Defined WAN Cisco SD-WAN is a set of intelligent software services that allow you to connect users, devices, and branch office locations reliably and securely across a diverse set of WAN transport links. Cisco Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platforms can dynamically route traffic across the “best” link based on up-to-the-minute application and network conditions for great application experiences. You get tight control over application performance, bandwidth usage, data privacy, and availability of your WAN links—control you need as your branches conduct greater volumes of mission-critical business with both on-premises and cloud controllers.
Application performance optimization Ensure that SD-WAN networks meet Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) and maintain strong performance, even if network problems occur. With branch multi-cloud access, you can accelerate your SaaS applications with a simple template push from the SD-WAN controller. Features like Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) optimization, forward error correction, and packet duplication help application performance for a better user experience
Application visibility Applications and users are more distributed than ever, and the internet has effectively become the new enterprise WAN. As organizations continue to embrace internet, cloud, and SaaS, network and IT teams are challenged to deliver consistent and reliable connectivity and application performance over networks and services they don’t own or directly control. The Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms are integrated with Cisco ThousandEyes internet and cloud intelligence. IT managers now have expanded visibility, including hop-by-hop analytics, into network underlay, proactive monitoring of SD-WAN overlay, and performance measurement of SaaS applications. This granular visibility ultimately lowers the Mean Time to Identification of Issues (MTTI) and accelerates resolution time
Multi-layer security You can now move your traditional and complex WAN networks to a more agile software-defined WAN with integrated security. The Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge platforms connect branch offices to the Internet and cloud, with industry-leading protection against major web attacks. Secure Direct Internet Access (DIA) to the branches helps optimize branch workloads for improved performance, specifically for cloud-hosted applications. At the same time, DIA ensures your branch is protected from external threats.
Unified communications The Cisco Catalyst 8300 Edge platforms offer rich voice services in both SD-WAN and traditional IOS-XE software feature stacks. Cisco is the only SDWAN vendor to natively integrate analog/digital IP directly into single CPE reducing Capex and Opex costs. In SD-WAN mode, the Catalyst 8300 Series also prevent internal and external outages using SRST enabling Branch router to assume role of call control PBX for Telephony survivability. They also continue to support the long list of traditional IOS-XE voice use cases like Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE) Session Border Controller (SBC), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CUCME), Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST), ISDN and Voice over IP
Cloud-native agility with a programmable software architecture Cisco continues to offer a feature-rich traditional IOS-XE routing stack on the Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms. IP Routing, IPSec, Quality of Service (QoS), firewall, Network Address Translation (NAT), NetworkBased Application Recognition (NBAR), Flexible NetFlow (FNF), and many other features are part of Cisco IOSXE, a fully programmable software architecture with API support and a wide variety of protocols and configurations. With an integrated software image and a single binary file, you can now choose between Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN and IOS XE. And easily move from one to the other when you choose to do so.
LTE and 5G Wireless WAN The Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms are built 5G networks. With the higher throughputs provided by CAT18 LTE and 5G, wireless WAN connections become feasible as primary transports for different use cases. These platforms support both integrated pluggable modules as well as external cellular gateways with LTE or 5G capability for improved throughputs that address all of those use cases. Based on a specific branch’s direct line of sight and cellular coverage, this solution provides the flexibility of either using integrated PIM module or an external gateway. The integrated module can work in tandem with a cellular gateway for Active-Active
C8500-12X4QC Specification | |
Description | Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series 12-port SFP+, 2-port QSFP+, 2-port QSPF28 |
Port density | 12-port 1/10GE, 2-port 40/100GE, 2-port 40GE |
Max 1GE ports | 12 |
Max 10GE ports | 12 |
Max 40GE ports | 4 |
Max 100GE ports | 2 |
SD-WAN IPsec Throughput (1400Bytes, clear text) | Up to 68Gbps |
SD-WAN IPsec Throughput (IMIX*, clear text**) | Up to 31.9Gbps |
SD-WAN Overlay Tunnels scale | 8000 |
IPv4 Forwarding Throughput (1400Bytes) | Up to 197Gbps |
IPsec Throughput (1400Bytes, clear text**) | Up to 135Gbps |
Number of IPsec SVTI Tunnels | 4000 |
Number of ACLs per system | 4000 |
Number of IPv4 ACEs per system | 380K |
Number of IPv4 Routes | 4M w/ default 16GB |
Number of IPv6 Routes | 4M w/ default 16GB |
Number of Queues | 256K |
Number of NAT Sessions | 16M |
Number of Firewall Sessions | 6M |
Number of VRFs | 8000 |
Mechanical specifications | |
Dimensions (H x W x D) | 1.73 in. x 17.50 in. x 18.46 in. |
Rack Units (RU) | 1RU |
Input voltage | AC: 85 to 264 VAC DC: -40 to 72V; 48V nominal |
Operating temperature | 32 to 104°F (0 to 40°C) |
Storage temperature | -40 to 150°F (-40 to 70°C) |