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These are modular and innovative switches that are very much flexible in adjusting to the growth needs of the clients. Thus, as demands grow there remains no lack of growth in connectivity solutions and so, upgradation and reconfiguration does not seem at all a problem.

With the 6500 series of Catalyst switches, new modules can be added, existing modules be replaced and thus systems can be effectively redeployed with no problems whatsoever.

Suitable for most data centers, Ethernet networks etc. there are a lot of features that speak highly of this series:

• 80 Gbps switching capacity is achieved through 2 Tbps fabric. The Cisco catalyst VSS helps achieve up to 4 Tbps system capacity. 
• A maximum of 360 10 G ports and 1068 1 G ports per VSS are supported by the 40 G capable system. 
• Up to 720 mpps of IPv4 and 390 mpps of IPv6 are supported by supervisor 2 T engine. All bandwidths are activated across redundant Catalyst 6500 systems and there is no form of asymmetric routing. 
• There is provision for deterministic subsecond recovery and also interchassis stateful failover support. 
• Management is just single point. 
• No requirement for First Hop Resiliency Protocol and topologies are simply loop free. 
• Segmentation, privacy, limited fate sharing, path isolation and address space separation technologies help to offer infrastructure consolidation. 
• Using IP/MPLS technologies end to end virtualization is delivered. 
• Cisco TrustSec has the power to identify, tag, encrypt and enforce and thus maintain a high level of security for the system. 
• It also has the ability to support endpoint admission control as well as network device admission control.
• Ingress/egress TrustSec reflector provides investment protection. 
• The main thrust is on simplification and providing economic benefits for the network with the presence of integrated services modules. 
• An innovative modular design in one chassis helps fit in multiple generations of components. 
• Switched Port Analyzer and Remote Switched Port Analyzer helps monitor switches across a network. Encapsulated Remote SPAN connects analyzers to any port on the network in virtual mode. 
• Application is provided through CPU preserving network export. 
• Connectivity Management Processor helps in image recovery and console logging. 
• Mini Port analyzer helps in delivering onboard packet capture. 

This series has set very high standards for network communications and applications delivery. Built with intelligence, this provides secure services for enterprise and service providers. The USP of this series is the savings in costs that this brings. Two products in this series that are highly effective are the Cisco 6724 and the WS-X6582-2PA.