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The Cisco Catalyst 8500L-8S4X is a 1U rack-mountable
edge platform with 12 ports: eight 1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports and four 1
Gigabit/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports, plus an x86-based data plane. It
features 16 GB of default DRAM (upgradable to 64 GB), 32 GB of internal boot
flash storage, a management Ethernet port, a micro-USB console port, two USB
3.0 ports, and an optional M.2 SSD for additional storage. It provides
high-capacity SD-WAN IPsec throughput and supports a wide range of routing protocols
and management methods like SSH, SNMP, and NETCONF.
Key Specifications
- Form
Factor: 1U rack-mountable
- Ports:
12 total
- 8 x
1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports
- 4 x
1 Gigabit/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports
- Data
Plane: x86 system-on-chip (SoC) architecture with dedicated data plane
cores
- Memory:
16 GB default DRAM, upgradeable to 32 GB or 64 GB
- Storage:
32 GB internal boot flash storage, with an optional M.2 SSD upgrade for
additional storage
- Console
Ports: RJ-45 console port and micro-USB console port
- USB
Ports: Two USB 3.0 ports
- Management:
Dedicated 1 Gigabit Ethernet management port
Performance & Capacity
- SD-WAN
IPsec Throughput: Up to 8.6 Gbps (IMIX, clear text)
- IPv4
Forwarding Throughput: Up to 20 Gbps (1400-byte packet size)
- SD-WAN
Overlay Tunnels: Up to 8,000
- NAT
Sessions: Up to 2,000,000
- Firewall
Sessions: Up to 2,000,000
Key Features
- Integrated
Security: Supports Hardware-Anchored Secure Boot and Secure Unique
Device Identification (SUDI)
- Redundancy:
Supports dual Cisco IOS XE redundancy for software redundancy and features
optional high-efficiency dual power supplies
- Network
Services: Includes features like Access Control List (ACL) support,
Quality of Service (QoS), Flexible NetFlow (FNF), and VPN support
- Routing
Protocols: Supports a wide range of protocols, including OSPF, BGP,
EIGRP, IS-IS, and MPLS
- Remote
Management: Supports protocols such as SSH, SNMP, NETCONF, RADIUS, and
CLI for management
Compatible Transceivers
The Cisco Catalyst 8500L-8S4X Edge Platform
supports SFP and SFP+ transceivers for its fiber ports. The device
comes with four dual-rate ports for flexible 1 Gigabit (GE) or 10 Gigabit (GE)
speeds, and eight fixed 1GE ports.
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