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 20161. 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 40G/100G-ready 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.
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Chassis with 4 Port Cards
Figure 2. 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.
* Support of Catalyst Instant Access is available on 15.1(2)SY2 and later releases.
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
Item
Specification
Number of port card slots
4
Switching Capacity
Up to 2Tbps
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.
Maximum Port Density Per Chassis
Up to 80 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Up to 80x 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Up to 20x 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Maximum Port Density (VSS)
Up to 158x 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Up to 158x 1 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Up to 38x 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports
Power Supply Compatibility
AC: 3000W, DC: 3000W
Module Compatibility
All modules based on the software release in the system
Reliability and Availability
Online Insertion and Removal (OIR)
OIR supported for redundant power supplies and port cards.
Physical dimensions (H x W x D)
Inches
8.5x 17.36 x 23
Centimeters
21.6 X 44.1 X 58.4
Rack units (RU)
4.85
Weight
Chassis with 2 power supplies and fan tray
64 lbs/29.03 kgs
Chassis with 2 power supplies, fan tray with four port cards
88 lbs/39.92 kgs
Input Voltage
100 to 240 VAC
-48 to -60 VDC
Safety
UL 60950 Second Edition
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950 Second Edition
EN 60950 Second Edition
IEC 60950 Second Edition
AS/NZS 60950
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
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
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)
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
Operating Environment
Operating Temperature
32°F to 104°F (0 to 40°C)
Storage Temperature
-4 to 149°F (-20 to 65°C)
Thermal Transition
0.5°C per minute (hot to cold)
0.33°C per minute (cold to hot)
Relative Humidity
Ambient (noncondensing) operating: 5% to 90%
Ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 5% to 95%
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
Attribute
C6880-X-LE
C6880-X
MAC entries
128K
128K
Routes
256K (IPv4)
128K (IPv6)
2048K (IPv4)
1024K (IPv6)
ACL entries
64K shared for QoS/Security
256K shared for QoS/Security
NetFlow entries
512K (per module slot)
Up to 2.5M per system
1024K (per module slot)
Up to 5M per system
Multicast routes
128K (IPv4)
128K (IPv6)
128K (IPv4)
128K (IPv6)
IPv4 routing
In hardware
Up to 300 Mpps**
In hardware
Up to 300 Mpps**
IPv6 routing
In hardware
Up to 150 Mpps**
In hardware
Up to 150 Mpps**
L2 bridging
In hardware
Up to 300 Mpps**
In hardware
Up to 300 Mpps**
Jumbo frame support
Up to 9216 bytes
(For bridged and routed pkts.)
Up to 9216 bytes
(For bridged and routed pkts.)
VLAN
4K
4K
Bridge domains
16K
16K
MPLS
In hardware (up to 8192 VRFs at 300 Mpps**)
In hardware (up to 8192 VRFs at 300 Mpps**)
Logical interfaces
128k
128k
EtherChannel hash
8 bits
8 bits
VPLS
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**)
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**)
GRE
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**)
In hardware (up to 150 Mpps**)
NAT
Hardware assisted
Hardware assisted
Onboard memory
2GB
4GB
Ingress buffers
1.25MB per port (10MB per Port ASIC)
1.25MB per port (10MB per Port ASIC)
Egress buffers
24MB per port (192MB per MUX FPGA)
24MB per port (192MB per MUX FPGA)
Oversubsription
2:1 in oversubscription mode(default) for base module and port cards
1:1 in performance mode for base module and port cards
* 1K=1024.
** Requires fully populated system.
Table 3 provides port card scalability information.
Table 3. Port Card Scalability
Attribute
C6880-X-LE-16P10G
C6880-X-16P10G
Routes
256K (IPv4)
128K (IPv6)
2048K (IPv4)
1024K (IPv6)
ACL entries
64K shared for QoS/Security
256K shared for QoS/Security
NetFlow entries
512K (per module slot)
Up to 2.5M per system
1024K (per module slot)
Up to 5M per system
Multicast routes
128K (IPv4)
128K (IPv6)
128K (IPv4)
128K (IPv6)
* 1K=1024.
Table 4 provides information about QoS features and scalability.
Table 4. QoS Features and Scalability
Feature
C6880-X-LE
C6880-X
Layer-3 classification and marking access control entries (ACEs)
64K shared for QoS/Security
256K shared for QoS/Security
Aggregate traffic rate-limiting policers
16,348
16,348
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
Layer 2 rate limiters
20 ingress/6 egress
20 ingress/6 egress
MAC ACLs featuring per-port/per VLAN granularity
Yes
Yes
Distributed policers
Yes
Yes
Shared uFlow policers
Yes
Yes
Egress uFlow policers
Yes
Yes
Packet or byte policers
Yes
Yes
Per port per VLAN
Yes
Yes
COS and DSCP based Queue mapping
Yes
Yes
Deficit Weighted Round Robin Scheduler (DWRR) and Weighted Random Early Detection Scheduler (WRED)
Yes
Yes
Receive and Transmit Queues
1p7q4t
1p7q4t
Table 5 provides information about security features and scalability.
Table 5. Security Features and Scalability
Feature
C6880-X-LE
C6880-X
Port security
Yes
Yes
IEEE 802.1x and 802.1x extensions
Yes
Yes
VLAN and router ACLs and port ACLs
Yes
Yes
1:1 mask ratio to ACE values
Yes
Yes
Security ACL entries
64K shared for QoS/Security
256K shared for QoS/Security
CPU rate limiters (DoS protection)
57
57
uRPF check (IPv4/IPv6)
Up to 16
Up to 16
Number of interfaces with unique ACL
16k
16k
RPF interfaces
16
16
Private VLANs
Yes
Yes
MAC ACLs on IP
Yes
Yes
Layer 2 and Layer 3 Cisco TrustSec
(Security Group Tagging & Security Group Access Control List)
Yes
Yes
IEEE 802.1ae (MACsec) Layer 2 encryption in hardware
Yes
Yes
CPU HW rate limiters by PPS or BPS
Yes
Yes
CoPP for multicast
L2 and L3 support
L2 and L3 support
CoPP for exceptions (MTU, TTL)
Yes
Yes
CoPP exceptions NetFlow support
Yes
Yes
ACL labels
16K
16K
Port ACL
8K
8K
ACL dry run
Yes
Yes
Hitless ACL changes
Yes
Yes
Table 6 provides information about MPLS and virtualization features.
IPv6 in IPv4 tunnelling (Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol [ISATAP], 6to4, GRE
Yes
Yes
QoS support for uniform, short pipe and pipe mode tunnel
Yes
Yes
Native VPLS in HW
Yes
Yes
Native L2 over multipoint GRE
Yes
Yes
VRF-aware operational contexts
Yes
Yes
VPN NetFlow support
Yes
Yes
VPN aware NAT
Yes
Yes
VRF-lite scalability
VLAN reuse per subinterface
VLAN reuse per subinterface
Per VPN interface statistics
Yes
Yes
Table 7 provides information about Netflow and Multicast Features.
Table 7. Netflow and Multicast Features
Feature
C6880-X-LE
C6880-X
Netflow support in hardware
Yes
Yes
Flexible Netflow
Yes
Yes
Sampled Netflow
Yes
Yes
Ingress/Egress Netflow
Yes
Yes
Ingress and Egress replication in hardware
Yes
Yes
IGMPv3 snooping in hardware
Yes
Yes
IPv6 MLDv2 snooping in hardware
Yes
Yes
PIM registers in hardware
Yes
Yes
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
Category
Optics
10G SFP+ Modules
SFP-10G-SR
SFP-10G-LRM
SFP-10G-LR
SFP-10G-ER
SFP-10G-ZR*
DWDM-SFP10G (all 40 wavelengths)
10G SFP+ Twinax Copper Cables
SFP-H10GB-CU1M
SFP-H10GB-CU3M
SFP-H10GB-CU5M
SFP-H10GB-CU7M
SFP-H10GB-CU10M
1G SFP Modules
GLC-SX-MM
GLC-SX-MMD
GLC-LH-SM
GLC-LH-SMD
GLC-EX-SMD
GLC-ZX-SM
GLC-ZX-SMD
GLC-BX-D
GLC-BX-U
1000BASE-T SFP Module
GLC-T
100BASE-FX SFP Module
GLC-GE-100FX**
* The base system or individual port card supports up to 8 SFP-10G-ZR modules in a 2x8 SFP cage. To meet the thermal requirement the SFP-10G-ZR modules should be deployed on port 1 to 4, or port 13 to 16 (the outer two columns) on the base system or individual port card. A fully populated Catalyst 6880-X system can support 40 SFP-10G-ZR modules.
** Support of GLC-GE-100FX is available on 15.1(2)SY2 and later releases.
Table 9 provides information about software packaging.
Table 9. Software Packaging
Item
C6880-X-LE
C6880-X
Software License
· IP Services
· Advanced Enterprise Services
· IP Services
· Advanced Enterprise Services
Software compatibility
15.1(2)SY1 and later releases*
15.1(2)SY1 and later releases*
* Support of port card is available on 15.1(2)SY2 and later releases.
Ordering Information
Table 8 lists the ordering information for the Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series chassis. To place an order, visit the Cisco ordering homepage.
Table 10. Ordering Information
Product Description
Part Number
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X-Chassis (Standard Tables)
C6880-X-LE
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X-Chassis (XL Tables)
C6880-X
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Multi Rate Port Card (Standard Tables)
C6880-X-LE-16P10G
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Multi Rate Port Card (XL Tables)
C6880-X-16P10G
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X 3KW AC Power Supply
C6880-X-3KW-AC
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X 3KW DC Power Supply
C6880-X-3KW-DC
Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Fan Tray
C6880-X-FAN
Mandatory Air Dam set for 6880-X to meet thermal requirement
C6880-X-NEBS-PAK
Warranty Coverage and Technical Service Options
The Cisco Catalyst 6880-X System comes with a Cisco 90-day hardware warranty. Adding a contract for a technical service offering such as Cisco SMARTnet® Service to your device coverage provides access to the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and can provide a variety of hardware replacement options to meet critical business needs, updates for licensed OS software, and registered access to the extensive Cisco.com knowledge base and support tools.
Table 11. Cisco Technical Services for Cisco Catalyst 6880-X Series Switch
Technical Services
Cisco SMARTnet Service
• Around-the-clock, global access to the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
• Unrestricted access to the extensive Cisco.com resources, communities, and tools
• Next-business-day, 8x5x4, 24x7x4, and 24x7x2 advance hardware replacement3 and onsite parts replacement and installation available
• Ongoing operating system software updates within the licensed feature set4
• Proactive diagnostics and real-time alerts on Smart Call Home enabled devices
Cisco Focused Technical Support Services
Three levels of premium, high-touch services are available:
• Cisco High-Touch Operations Management Service
• Cisco High-Touch Technical Support Service
• Cisco High-Touch Engineering Service
Valid Cisco SMARTnet or SP Base contracts on all network equipment are required.
3. Advance hardware replacement is available in various service-level combinations. For example, 8x5xNBD indicates that shipment will be initiated during the standard 8-hour business day, 5 days a week (the generally accepted business days within the relevant region), with next business day (NBD) delivery. Where NBD is not available, same day ship is provided. Restrictions apply; review the appropriate service descriptions for details.
4. Cisco operating system updates include the following: maintenance releases, minor updates, and major updates within the licensed feature set.
