Cisco C6880-X-LE Switch
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Category: Catalyst 6800Subcategory: Catalyst 6800 Chassis
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Model: C6880-X-LE
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Description: Cisco Catalyst 6880-X-Chassis (Standard Tables)
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Price: 44,960.00 USDLast Update: 2019-02-24
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The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series is designed to address the rapid growth of network traffic and the increasing number of connected devices in modern business environments. As an extensible fixed aggregation switch, it provides a powerful, scalable solution for small to midsize campus backbones that require high-performance 10G services.
By integrating the proven feature set of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 series into a compact form factor, this platform ensures long-term investment protection. It offers a stable, reliable architecture that supports a wide range of advanced services, including virtualization, security, and application visibility, all while maintaining the operational consistency that network administrators expect from Cisco’s enterprise-grade hardware.
Product overview
The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X series is built for flexibility and high-density performance. The platform consists of two primary base chassis models: the C6880-X-LE, which features standard tables, and the C6880-X, which is equipped with larger tables for more demanding environments. Each base unit comes with 16 fixed 10G/1G ports and can be expanded using hot-swappable port cards. This modular approach allows organizations to scale their port density up to 80 ports per chassis in 16-port increments.
To ensure continuous uptime and operational efficiency, the series includes robust resiliency features such as N+1 redundant fans and 1+1 power supply redundancy. Furthermore, the platform supports Virtual Switching System (VSS) technology, which allows two switches to operate as a single logical unit. This not only simplifies management but also doubles the switching capacity to 4Tbps, providing a highly available and resilient foundation for critical business networks.
Features and benefits
- High Scalability: Supports up to 220Gbps of capacity per slot and a total system switching capacity of up to 2Tbps (or 4Tbps when using VSS).
- Advanced Security: Includes Cisco TrustSec (CTS) for role-based access control, IEEE 802.1AE MACsec encryption, and Control Plane Policing (CoPP) to mitigate Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
- Comprehensive Virtualization: Offers full support for L2/L3 VPNs, MPLS, VPLS, and EVN to effectively segment user groups and meet diverse security and Quality of Service (QoS) requirements.
- Application Visibility and Control (AVC): Features Flexible and Sampled NetFlow to provide deep insights into network traffic and application performance.
- Smart Operations: Simplifies deployment and management through Catalyst Instant Access, which allows remote line cards to be managed centrally, and Smart Install Director for zero-touch provisioning.
- High Availability: VSS integration eliminates the need for complex protocols like Spanning Tree (STP) and First Hop Routing Protocols (FHRP) by providing a single point of management and hitless link restoration.
- Flexible Investment: The multi-rate port design supports both 1G and 10G speeds, allowing businesses to transition from 1G to 10G connectivity without requiring a complete hardware overhaul.
- Cisco ONE Software: Provides a simplified, flexible licensing model that offers ongoing access to innovation and software-enabled investment protection.
Product Overview
Network traffic has grown exponentially over the last several years, and this trend is expected to continue into the foreseeable future. By 2016, there will be 19 billion networked devices, up from 10 billion in 2011. Business IP traffic is expected to reach 13.1 exabytes per month in 2016 Networks must be capable of scaling well beyond the needs of today to deal with the traffic of tomorrow while at the same time providing investment protection.
The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch (Figure 1) is an extensible fixed aggregation switch that delivers a best-in-class Cisco Catalyst 6500 feature set in a small form factor. This premier aggregation platform offers best‑in-class scalability and flexibility with the premier Cisco Catalyst 6500 feature sets. This platform is ideal for those who want to introduce premium 10G services in small or midsize campus backbones. This unique platform offers 10G port density, full MPLS/VPLS functionality with large table sizes (up to 2M FIB entries), and more than 15 years of best-in-class features. With a full suite of L2/L3, virtualization, security, multicast, IPV6, application visibility, smart operations, and rich media services Cisco Catalyst 6800-X delivers unprecedented capabilities on day one. This platform also runs on the same architecture as the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and therefore offers stability with a proven operating system software.
The Cisco Catalyst 6800-X Series chassis offers integrated resiliency by providing N+1 redundant fans, 1+1 power supply redundancy, and support for Virtual Switching System (VSS), thereby limiting network downtime, and ensures workforce productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Product Details
The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X provides flexibility to build desired port density through two versions (C6880-X-LE with standard FIB/ACL/Netflow tables and C6880-X with larger FIB/ACL/Netflow tables) of base chassis along with optional port cards (Figure 2). The base chassis comes with 16 10G/1G ports, and each port card supports 16 additional 10G/1G ports. Each system can be built up to 80 ports in 16-port increments. The port interface on the base module and the port cards supports both 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 1 Gigabit Ethernet speeds allowing customers to use their investment in 1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP and upgrade to 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ when business demands change, without having to do a comprehensive upgrade of the existing deployment. The port cards are hot swappable.
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Chassis with 4 Port Cards
16-Port Extensible Port Card
The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series offers primary features and benefits, including:
●Platform Scalability: The platform supports up to 220Gbps slot capacity per port-card. It supports up to 2Tbps of switching capacity, which doubles up to 4Tbps with VSS technology.
●Security: Support for Cisco TrustSec (CTS), to provide IEEE 802.1AE MACsec encryption and role-based ACL, CoPP to prevent DoS attacks and Cisco ISE to safeguard and manage end-to-end security for the enterprise.
●Virtualization: Comprehensive suite of Virtualization features including L2/L3 VPN, full MPLS, EVN, VRF aware applications for NAT Netflow, GRE for v4/v6, L2 extensions with VPLS etc. to segment different user groups and serve unique security/QoS policy requirements of each of these diverse user groups.
●Application Visibility and Control (AVC): Supports enhanced application monitoring such as Flexible and Sampled NetFlow for intelligent and scalable application monitoring.
●Smart Operations: The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X supports Catalyst Instant Access*, which allows an Instant Access Client to act as a remote line card of the Cisco Catalyst 6880-X, as well as Smart Install Director, which provides zero-touch deployment of access switches.
●High Availability: Two Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switches can be combined into a VSS. In addition to high-availability VSS, provides ease of operation by providing a single point of management, eliminating the need for First Hop Routing Protocol (FHRP) and removing the reliance on Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) for link failure restoration.
Product Specifications
System Specifications
Table 1 lists the system specifications for the Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch.
Table 1.Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series System Specifications
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Specification |
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Number of port card slots |
4 |
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Switching Capacity |
Up to 2Tbps |
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Performance |
The chassis is capable of supporting up to 220 Gbps per port card slot. The 16 port 10G port cards and the base module will support 80 Gbps. |
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Maximum Port Density Per Chassis |
Up to 80 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports Up to 80x 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports |
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Maximum Port Density (VSS) |
Up to 158x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports Up to 158x 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports |
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Power Supply Compatibility |
AC: 3000W, DC: 3000W |
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Module Compatibility |
All modules based on the software release in the system |
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Reliability and Availability |
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Online Insertion and Removal (OIR) |
OIR supported for redundant power supplies and port cards. |
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Physical dimensions (H x W x D) |
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Inches |
8.75x 17.35 x 23 |
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Centimeters |
22.23 X 44.07 X 58.42 |
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Rack Units (RU) |
4.85 |
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Weight |
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Chassis with 2 power supplies and fan tray |
64 lbs/29.03 kgs |
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Chassis with 2 power supplies, fan tray with four port cards |
88 lbs/39.92 kgs |
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Input Voltage |
100 to 240 VAC -48 to -60 VDC |
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Safety |
UL 60950 Second Edition CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 Second Edition EN 60950 Second Edition IEC 60950 Second Edition AS/NZS 60950 |
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EMC |
FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A VCCI Class A EN55022 Class A CISPR 22 Class A CE marking AS/NZS 3548 Class A ETS300 386 EN55024 EN61000-6-1 EN50082-1 |
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NEBS/ETSI |
GR-1089-Core NEBS Level 3 ETS 300 019 Storage Class 1.1 ETS 300 019 Transportation Class 2.3 ETS 300 019 Stationary Use Class 3.1 |
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ATIS Pb free and Energy efficiency |
ATIS-0600020.2010 Pb Free circuit packs ATIS-0600015-2009 General Energy Efficiency Requirements (TEER) ATIS-0600015.03-2009 Switch and Router Energy Efficiency ATIS-0600015.01-2009 Server Energy Efficiency VZ.TPR.9205 Verizon Energy Efficiency Requirements for Telecommunication Equipment (TEEER) |
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Network Management |
ETHERLIKE-MIB (RFC 1643) IP-MIB and IP-FORWARD-MIB for IPv6 IF-MIB (RFC 1573) Bridge MIB (RFC 1493) CISCO-STACK-MIB CISCO-VTP-MIB CISCO-CDP-MIB RMON MIB (RFC 1757) CISCO-PAGP-MIB CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB CISCO-VLAN-BRIDGE-MIB CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB ENTITY-MIB (RFC 2037) HC-RMON RFC1213-MIB (MIB-II) SMON-MIB |
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Operating Environment |
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Operating Temperature |
32°F to 104°F (0 to 40°C) |
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Storage Temperature |
-4 to 149°F (-20 to 65°C) |
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Thermal Transition |
0.5°C per minute (hot to cold) 0.33°C per minute (cold to hot) |
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Relative Humidity |
Ambient (noncondensing) operating: 5% to 90% Ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 5% to 95% |
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Operating Altitude |
Certified for operation: 0 to 6500 ft (0 to 2000 m) Designed and tested for operation: -200 to 10,000 ft (-60 to 3000 m) |
Table 2 provides base system scalability information.
Table 2.Base System Scalability
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Attribute |
C6880-X-LE |
C6880-X |
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MAC entries |
128K |
128K |
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Routes |
256K (IPv4) 128K (IPv6) |
2048K (IPv4) 1024K (IPv6) |
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ACL entries |
64K shared for QoS/Security |
256K shared for QoS/Security |
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NetFlow entries |
512K (per module slot) Up to 2.5M per system |
1024K (per module slot) Up to 5M per system |
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Multicast routes |
128K (IPv4) 128K (IPv6) |
128K (IPv4) 128K (IPv6) |
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IPv4 routing |
In hardware Up to 300 Mpps** |
In hardware Up to 300 Mpps** |
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IPv6 routing |
In hardware Up to 150 Mpps** |
In hardware Up to 150 Mpps** |
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L2 bridging |
In hardware Up to 300 Mpps** |
In hardware Up to 300 Mpps** |
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Jumbo frame support |
Up to 9216 bytes (For bridged and routed pkts.) |
Up to 9216 bytes (For bridged and routed pkts.) |
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VLAN |
4K |
4K |
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Bridge domains |
16K |
16K |
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MPLS |
In hardware (up to 8192 VRFs at 300 Mpps**) |
In hardware (up to 8192 VRFs at 300 Mpps**) |
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Logical interfaces |
128K |
128K |
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EtherChannel hash |
8 bits |
8 bits |
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VPLS |
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**) |
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**) |
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GRE |
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**) |
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**) |
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NAT |
Hardware assisted |
Hardware assisted |
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Onboard memory |
2GB*** |
4GB |
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Ingress buffers |
1.25MB per 10G port in 2:1 mode 2.5MB per 10G port in 1:1 mode (10MB per Port ASIC) |
1.25MB per 10G port in 2:1 mode 2.5MB per 10G port in 1:1 mode (10MB per Port ASIC) |
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Egress buffers |
24MB per 10G port in 2:1 mode 48MB per 10G port in 1:1 mode (192MB per MUX FPGA) |
24MB per 10G port in 2:1 mode 48MB per 10G port in 1:1 mode (192MB per MUX FPGA) |
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Oversubsription |
16P 10G at 2:1 in oversubscription mode (default) for base module and port cards 8P 10G at 1:1 in performance mode (configurable) for base module and port cards |
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Table 3 provides port card scalability information.
Table 3.Port Card Scalability
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Attribute |
C6880-X-LE-16P10G |
C6880-X-16P10G |
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Routes |
256K (IPv4) 128K (IPv6) |
2048K (IPv4) 1024K (IPv6) |
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ACL entries |
64K shared for QoS/Security |
256K shared for QoS/Security |
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NetFlow entries |
512K (per module slot) Up to 2.5M per system |
1024K (per module slot) Up to 5M per system |
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Multicast routes |
128K (IPv4) 128K (IPv6) |
128K (IPv4) 128K (IPv6) |
Table 4 provides information about QoS features and scalability.
Table 4.QoS Features and Scalability
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Feature |
C6880-X-LE |
C6880-X |
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Layer-3 classification and marking Access Control Entries (ACEs) |
64K shared for QoS/Security |
256K shared for QoS/Security |
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Aggregate traffic rate-limiting policers |
16,348 |
16,348 |
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Flow-based rate-limiting method; number of rates |
Per source address, destination address, or full flow; 64 rates |
Per source address, destination address, or full flow; 64 rates |
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Layer 2 rate limiters |
20 ingress/6 egress |
20 ingress/6 egress |
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MAC ACLs featuring per-port/per VLAN granularity |
Yes |
Yes |
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Distributed policers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Shared uFlow policers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Egress uFlow policers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Packet or byte policers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Per port per VLAN |
Yes |
Yes |
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COS and DSCP based Queue mapping |
Yes |
Yes |
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Deficit Weighted Round Robin Scheduler (DWRR) and Weighted Random Early Detection Scheduler (WRED) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Receive and Transmit Queues |
Default: 1p7q4t Configurable: 2p6q4t |
Default: 1p7q4t Configurable: 2p6q4t |
Table 5 provides information about security features and scalability.
Table 5.Security Features and Scalability
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Feature |
C6880-X-LE |
C6880-X |
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Port security |
Yes |
Yes |
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IEEE 802.1x and 802.1x extensions |
Yes |
Yes |
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VLAN and router ACLs and port ACLs |
Yes |
Yes |
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1:1 mask ratio to ACE values |
Yes |
Yes |
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Security ACL entries |
64K shared for QoS/Security |
256K shared for QoS/Security |
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CPU rate limiters (DoS protection) |
57 |
57 |
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uRPF check (IPv4/IPv6) |
Up to 16 |
Up to 16 |
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Number of interfaces with unique ACL |
16k |
16k |
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RPF interfaces |
16 |
16 |
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Private VLANs |
Yes |
Yes |
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MAC ACLs on IP |
Yes |
Yes |
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Layer 2 and Layer 3 Cisco TrustSec (Security Group Tagging & Security Group Access Control List) |
Yes |
Yes |
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IEEE 802.1ae (MACsec) Layer 2 encryption in hardware |
Yes |
Yes |
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CPU HW rate limiters by PPS or BPS |
Yes |
Yes |
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CoPP for multicast |
L2 and L3 support |
L2 and L3 support |
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CoPP for exceptions (MTU, TTL) |
Yes |
Yes |
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CoPP exceptions NetFlow support |
Yes |
Yes |
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ACL labels |
16K |
16K |
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Port ACL |
8K |
8K |
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ACL dry run |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hitless ACL changes |
Yes |
Yes |
Table 6 provides information about MPLS and virtualization features.
Table 6.MPLS and Virtualization Features
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Feature |
C6880-X-LE |
C6880-X |
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VSS* |
Yes |
Yes |
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Label imposition/disposition (MPLS-PE), swapping (MPLS‑P) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) |
Yes |
Yes |
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MPLS VPN |
Yes |
Yes |
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VRF Lite |
Yes |
Yes |
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EVN |
Yes |
Yes |
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QoS mechanisms using experimental (EXP) bits |
Yes |
Yes |
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MPLS-RSVP-TE |
Yes |
Yes |
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MPLS differentiated services (diffserv)-aware traffic engineering (MPLS-DS-TE) |
Yes |
Yes |
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MPLS traceroute |
Yes |
Yes |
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EoMPLS |
Yes |
Yes |
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EoMPLS tunnels |
16k |
16k |
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IPv4 and IPv6 in IPv6 tunneling |
Yes |
Yes |
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IPv6 in IPv4 tunnelling (Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol [ISATAP], 6to4, GRE |
Yes |
Yes |
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QoS support for uniform, short pipe and pipe mode tunnel |
Yes |
Yes |
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Native VPLS in HW |
Yes |
Yes |
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Native L2 over multipoint GRE |
Yes |
Yes |
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VRF-aware operational contexts |
Yes |
Yes |
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VPN NetFlow support |
Yes |
Yes |
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VPN aware NAT |
Yes |
Yes |
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VRF-lite scalability |
VLAN reuse per subinterface |
VLAN reuse per subinterface |
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Per VPN interface statistics |
Yes |
Yes |
Table 7 provides information about Netflow and Multicast Features.
Table 7.Netflow and Multicast Features
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Feature |
C6880-X-LE |
C6880-X |
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Netflow support in hardware |
Yes |
Yes |
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Flexible Netflow |
Yes |
Yes |
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Sampled Netflow |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ingress/Egress Netflow |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ingress and Egress replication in hardware |
Yes |
Yes |
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IGMPv3 snooping in hardware |
Yes |
Yes |
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IPv6 MLDv2 snooping in hardware |
Yes |
Yes |
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PIM registers in hardware |
Yes |
Yes |
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Label Switched Multicast (LSM) |
Yes |
Yes |
Table 8 provides information about supported optics for Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Base System and Port Cards.
Table 8.Pluggable Optics for Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Base System and Port Cards
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Category |
Optics |
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10G SFP+ Modules |
SFP-10G-SR |
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SFP-10G-LRM |
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SFP-10G-LR |
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SFP-10G-ER |
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SFP-10G-ZR* |
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DWDM-SFP10G (all 40 wavelengths) |
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10G SFP+ Twinax Copper Cables |
SFP-H10GB-CU1M*** |
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SFP-H10GB-CU3M*** |
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SFP-H10GB-CU5M*** |
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SFP-H10GB-ACU7M |
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SFP-H10GB-ACU10M |
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1G SFP Modules |
GLC-SX-MM |
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GLC-SX-MMD |
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GLC-LH-SM |
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GLC-LH-SMD |
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GLC-EX-SMD |
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GLC-ZX-SM |
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GLC-ZX-SMD |
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GLC-BX-D |
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GLC-BX-U |
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1000BASE-T SFP Module |
GLC-T (Support 10/100/1000Mbps) |
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100BASE-FX SFP Module |
GLC-GE-100FX** |
Table 9 provides information about software packaging.
Table 9.Software Packaging
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Item |
C6880-X-LE |
C6880-X |
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Software License |
●IP Services
●Advanced Enterprise Services
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●IP Services
●Advanced Enterprise Services
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Software compatibility |
15.1(2)SY1 and later releases* |
15.1(2)SY1 and later releases* |
Cisco ONE Software
Cisco ONE Software for Access Switchingis available for the Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch.
Cisco ONE Software is a new way for customers to purchase and use our infrastructure software. It offers a simplified consumption model, centered on common customer scenarios in the data center, WANs, and LANs.
Cisco ONE Software and services provide customers with four primary benefits:
●Software suites that address typical customer use scenarios at an attractive price
●Investment protection of their software purchase through software services-enabled license portability
●Access to ongoing innovation and new technology with Cisco Software Support Service (SWSS)
●Flexible licensing models to smoothly distribute customer's software spend over time
For ordering information for Cisco ONE Software for the Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch, go to https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/software/one-access/switching-part-numbers.html.
Ordering Information
Table 10.Ordering Information
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Product Description |
Part Number |
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Cisco Catalyst 6880-X-Chassis (Standard Tables) |
C6880-X-LE |
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Cisco Catalyst 6880-X-Chassis (XL Tables) |
C6880-X |
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Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Multi Rate Port Card (Standard Tables) |
C6880-X-LE-16P10G |
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Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Multi Rate Port Card (XL Tables) |
C6880-X-16P10G |
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Cisco Catalyst 6880-X 3KW AC Power Supply |
C6880-X-3KW-AC |
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Cisco Catalyst 6880-X 3KW DC Power Supply |
C6880-X-3KW-DC |
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Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Fan Tray |
C6880-X-FAN |
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Mandatory Air Dam set for 6880-X to meet thermal requirement |
C6880-X-NEBS-PAK |
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch, visit:
| Model | C6880-X-LE |
| Category | Catalyst 6800 |
| Subcategory | Catalyst 6800 Chassis |
| Description | Cisco Catalyst 6880-X-Chassis (Standard Tables) |
| Price | 44,960.00 USD |
| Last Update | 2019-02-24 |