Cisco Catalyst 6500

January 15, 2020

NETWORKING

The End of an Era: Cisco Catalyst 6500 and its impact

Before we march forward with 5G and Wi-Fi6, it’s good to pause and look back at how we got here. The Catalyst 6500 Series of campus switches, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary, will soon be coming to its end of life after 1 million chassis and hundreds of millions of ports shipped.  It was,…

May 14, 2019

NETWORKING

Down to the Core: A Deeper Look into the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series

Wired for wireless The next transition is upon us. 5G and W-Fi 6 will be game changers. Unplugged and uninterrupted will be the new norm.  Never has the network been more important. When you take a holistic view of the network, you quickly realize that more bandwidth through the access edge also mea…

January 28, 2016

NETWORKING

A Less Stressful College Experience – All Thanks to Cisco

Norway’s Bergen University College’s problem was that it was spread too thin. Before the school’s recent move to a new campus, the college was dispersed over five buildings. Bergen University College is now down to two buildings. Included with the move was a request for a better Wi-Fi network and th…

November 10, 2015

NETWORKING

Cisco Wireless Networks Connects a Generation

Your mom and dad are on Facebook, your Grandma has a cell phone and your Uncle Oscar reads the morning paper on his tablet. If you haven’t noticed yet, it’s not just young people who are connected to their devices anymore. Erickson Living—one of the United State’s largest operators of continuing-car…

November 4, 2015

NETWORKING

California Schools Utilizes Cisco Access Points and Switches for Better Learning

It’s no secret that public schools have needs that often go unfunded. So when a school district gets the opportunity to earmark funds for technology enhancements, they need to make sure they get the best.   After years of school budgets cuts, the Manteca Unified School District (MUSD) received…

May 7, 2015

PERSPECTIVES

To flow or not to flow?

NetApp’s newest storage operating system, clustered Data ONTAP (cDOT), leverages a backend of Cisco Nexus switches for it’s cluster interconnect network. When configuring the switch/cluster ports for use with cDOT, the best practice is to turn flow control off as per TR-4182. In fact, th…

November 12, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep 40. Catalyst (6k) VSS Quad Sup SSO

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re talking with Cisco Technical Marketing Engineer Shawn Wargo about the Catalyst 6k and VSS. Lauren Friedman (@Lauren) moderates and Chris Nickl and Denise Fishburne are this week’s Cisco Champion guest hosts. Li…

August 28, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep 26 MDS for Small to Cloud-Scale Data Centers

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re talking with Cisco Product Marketing Manager Prashant Jain, about MDS for Small to Cloud-Scale Data Centers. Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) moderates and Patrick Swackhammer is this week’s Cisco Champion g…

January 15, 2013

GOVERNMENT

Catalyst 6500 with Sup2T achieves IPv6 Certifications!

The Global Certification Team is proud to announce that the Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switch with Sup2T has earned USGv6 and ReadyLogo Phase two certifications on IOS release 15.0(1)SY1 and later.  The details of the USGv6 certification can be found here.  LIkewise, the ReadyLogo information can be…