Greetings all,
Over the past couple of weeks, many of you have been reaching to your Cisco account CSEs/SEs and asking questions on what Cisco's view on how you should be Designing your customer's Campus Core.
Many of these questions were based on rumors / opinions on what Cisco's strategy when looking both short term and long term for our campus core portfolio and I'm happy to share with you, an updated view from our Business Unit on our Core Campus Positioning below.
Catalyst 6500/6800 Lifecycle Update:
There are NO End-Of-Sale Plans for the Catalyst 6500/6800 platform for at least the next 2 years. Additionally, these platforms will not go End-Of-Support before 2024.
Leading with Cat6807-XL
- Optimized for high density 1G/10G
- 8x40G module orderable in May 2017
- Proven Catalyst 6K Class of feature set
- IOS: OS consistency in campus
- Campus optimized mechanicals
- 18” deep
- Side to side airflow
- Front accessible fan, power supply, modules
Leading with Nexus 7700
- High-density 10/40/100-Gbps connectivity
- Closest to 6K in features, buffers, table sizes
In order for our Business Unit to gain clearer insight into what you are positioning in the field today, if you would take 5 minutes and fill out the survey below on Campus Design, the team would be very appreciative.
Thank you all in advance and we hope to see you in San Jose April 3rd - 6th our EN PVT!!!