Cisco CATALYST 5509 CHASSIS Specification Guide

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** Information on end-of-sale product part numbers WS-X5030, Catalyst 5000 Copper Token Ring Switching Module (16 port) and WS-X5031, Catalyst 5000

Fiber Token Ring Switching Module (16 port) is available on end-of-sale Product Bulletin 1642:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps679/prod_eol_notice09186a008032d472.html

The recommended Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches offer many benefits, including:

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Unparalleled services integration

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Advanced wire-rate quality of service (QoS) and access control list (ACL) policy management

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Layer 3-7 switching capabilities, including the industry's highest-performance server load-balancing solution

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Integrated services module support, including intrusion detection, firewall, VPN, SSL and network analysis modules

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IP telephony support including high-density voice gateway (PSTN/PBX) and traditional FXS (phone/fax machine) options

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Comprehensive network security with integrated multi-gigabit security modules

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Investment protection and long product life cycle

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Scalable high-performance switching with a 256-Gbps switching fabric currently delivering up to 210 Mpps

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Port densities from 48 to 576 10/100 and 194 Gigabit Ethernet ports

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Flexible uplink options from T1/E1 to OC-48 optical services modules

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Shared WAN module support using Cisco 7000 Series WAN port adapters

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Operational consistency

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Complete Catalyst Operating System (CatOS) support across all supervisors for ease of migration using the CatOS command-line interface

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Complete Cisco IOS

Software support across all supervisors for end-to-end Cisco router and switch operation

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3-, 6-, 9-, and 13-slot chassis configurations sharing a common set of modules, software, and network management tools

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One platform can be deployed anywhere in the network.

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Maximum network uptime with the highest level of availability, including 2- to 3-second stateful failover of redundant supervisors and service

modules

For more information about the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series multilayer modular switches, go to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps708/index.html

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches offer many benefits, including:

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High switching capacity

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High-density 10/100/1000

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High-density 100BASE-FX and 1000BASE-LX

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Layer 2-4 switching

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Inline power option

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System resiliency with redundant supervisors and power supplies

For more information about the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series multilayer switches, go to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/index.html

For more information about the Cisco Refurbished Equipment program from Cisco System Capital, visit:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/csc/refurb_equipment/