Description
The Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms, also known as the Catalyst 8300, embody Cisco’s secure and cloud-centric Catalyst SD-WAN solution tailored for branch offices. Designed from the ground up for peak performance and seamless integration of SD-WAN services, these platforms offer unparalleled flexibility to deploy both security and networking functionalities either from the cloud or on-site. Boasting enhanced WAN port density and redundant power supply, the Catalyst 8300 Series caters to a diverse range of interface requirements, spanning from low to high module densities, while ensuring backward compatibility with various existing WAN, LAN, voice, and compute modules.
Leveraging Cisco IOS XE, a fully programmable software architecture, and robust API support, these platforms empower large-scale automation, enabling zero-touch IT operations during cloud migrations. Furthermore, the integration of Trustworthy Solutions 2.0 infrastructure fortifies the platforms against cyber threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring integrity verification and swift threat remediation.
Ideal for medium to large enterprise branch offices seeking high-performance WAN IPSec capabilities coupled with integrated Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN services, the Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms represent the pinnacle of modern networking solutions.
The Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge platform offers a wide array of benefits and features designed to optimize branch networking, enhance security, and enable greater operational flexibility. Here’s a summary of the platform’s key advantages:
Dynamic Core Allocation
-Tailored Resources: The platform enables dynamic allocation of multicore resources, allowing users to customize core allocations based on specific business requirements.
-Service-Oriented Core Allocation: Balances throughput and containerized service resources, facilitating the deployment of integrated, container-based services.
-Data Plane Heavy Core Allocation: Optimizes multicore resources for high traffic throughput, prioritizing data plane performance. Ideal when container-based services are not required.
Accelerated Services with Cisco SD-WAN
-Dynamic Traffic Routing: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN dynamically routes traffic across diverse WAN transport links based on real-time application and network conditions, ensuring superior application experiences.
-Operational Simplicity: Simplifies traditional routing deployments with Cisco SD-Routing, leveraging Catalyst SD-WAN Manager for unified management and reduced operational costs.
Application Performance Optimization
-SLA Compliance: Ensures that Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN networks meet Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) and maintain strong performance, even in the presence of network issues.
-Multi-Cloud Access: Facilitates acceleration of SaaS applications and enhances user experience through features like TCP optimization and forward error correction.
Multi-Layer Security
-Integrated Security: The platform seamlessly transitions WAN networks to a software-defined model with integrated security, safeguarding branches against major web attacks and optimizing branch workloads for cloud-hosted applications.
Unified Communications
-Voice Services Integration: Offers rich voice services in both Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN and traditional IOS-XE software feature stacks, providing native integration of analog/digital IP and supporting traditional voice use cases.
Cloud-Native Agility with Programmable Software Architecture
-Feature-Rich Routing Stack: Supports a comprehensive traditional IOS-XE routing stack, offering a fully programmable software architecture with API support and a wide variety of protocols and configurations.
LTE and 5G Wireless WAN
– Future-Ready Connectivity: Built for 5G networks, the platform supports wireless WAN connections with higher throughputs, providing flexibility for primary transports in diverse use cases.
Interface Flexibility
-Layer 2 LAN and Layer 3 WAN Ports: The platform offers a flexible single-box solution with both switching and routing, supporting a wide range of NIM-based Ethernet modules for scalable connectivity options.
Cisco UCS-E Compute
-Compute Flexibility: Supports Cisco UCS-E M3 and M6 modules for branch compute needs, offering options for different core configurations and optimal compute performance.
NEBS Compliance and Sustainability
-High Standards and Sustainability: The 2RU versions of the platform can be made NEBS compliant, while the design emphasizes sustainability through efficient power supplies, common form factors, reuse of modules, and reduced environmental impact.
Throughput Efficiency
-Optimized Performance: The platform provides significantly higher performance per watt compared to its predecessors, resulting in reduced power consumption and enhanced energy efficiency.
In conclusion, the Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge platform offers a comprehensive set of features and benefits, catering to a wide range of networking, security, and operational needs for modern branch environments.
Product highlights
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Product feature
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Benefits and description
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Multicore processors
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● 8 or 12 core CPU with 8-GB memory default (up to 32 GB memory upgrade)
● High-performance multicore processors support high-speed WAN connections.
● Dynamic core allocation architecture that can leverage data plane cores for I/O and service plane as per-user configuration.
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Embedded IPsec VPN hardware acceleration
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● Up to 9.3 Gbps of IPSec Internet Mix (IMIX) traffic
● Increases scalability for IPSec throughput needs for medium- and large-sized branches
● SSL and crypto hardware acceleration
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Integrated Gigabit Ethernet ports
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● Provides 6 built-in Layer 3 Ethernet ports for WAN or LAN with port speeds ranging from 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1Gbps and up to 10Gbps, depending on platform model
● All platforms have at least 2 Ethernet ports that can support Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP or SFP+) based connectivity in addition to 4 RJ-45 connections, enabling fiber or copper connectivity.
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DRAM
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● All Catalyst 8300 platforms have 8GB default DRAM and can be upgraded to 16GB and 32GB for higher scale and performance.
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Flash memory support
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● All Catalyst 8300 platforms have an integrated on-board 8GB flash and it is not upgradeable. M.2 storage provides upgrade options for additional storage.
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M.2 storage
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● All the Catalyst 8300 models ship with default 16GB M.2 USB for SD-WAN logging and additional storage on the platform. It can be upgraded to 32GB M.2 USB and to 600GB or 2TB M.2 Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)
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Default dual power supplies
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● All Catalyst 8300 platforms ship with dual power supplies for redundancy.
● AC Power over Ethernet (PoE), DC and Reversed-airflow DC (NEBS) options are available on all models.
● Enabling PoE ports on Network Interface Modules (NIM) or on Service Modules (SM) requires at least one PoE supporting PSU to be installed
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Modularity and form factor
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● 1RU and 2RU form factor
● Supports SM, NIM, and Pluggable Interface Module (PIM) slots
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Integrated security
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● Hardware-anchored Secure Boot and Secure Unique Device Identification (SUDI) support for Plug and Play to verify the identity of the hardware and software
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Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series specifications
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Model
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Description
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10G port density
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1G port density
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Slots
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Memory (DRAM) default
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Storage (M.2 SSD) default
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C8300-2N2S-4T2X
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C8300 2RU w/ 10G WAN
(2 SM and 2 NIM slots, and 2 x 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 4 x 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports)
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2
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4
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2 SM
2 NIM
1 PIM
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8 GB
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16 GB
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C8300-2N2S-6T
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C8300 2RU w/ 1G WAN
(2 SM and 2 NIM slots, and 6 x 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports)
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–
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6
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2 SM
2 NIM
1 PIM
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8 GB
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16 GB
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C8300-1N1S-4T2X
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C8300 1RU w/ 10G WAN
(1 SM slot and 1 NIM slot, and 2 x 10-Gigabit Ethernet and 4 x 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports)
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2
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4
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1 SM
1 NIM
1 PIM
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8 GB
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16 GB
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C8300-1N1S-6T
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C8300 1RU w/ 1G WAN
(1 SM slot and 1 NIM slot, and 6 x 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports)
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–
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6
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1 SM
1 NIM
1 PIM
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8 GB
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16 GB
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Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Catalyst SD-WAN performance
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Feature
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C8300-2N2S-4T2X (2RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-4T2X (1RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-2N2S-6T (2RU w/ 1G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-6T (1RU w/ 1G WAN)
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SD-WAN IPsec Throughput (1400Bytes)
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Up to 18.8Gbps
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Up to 17Gbps
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Up to 2Gbps
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Up to 2Gbps
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SD-WAN IPsec Throughput with IQDF** (1400Bytes)
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Up to 18.8Gbps
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Up to 17Gbps
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Up to 2Gbps
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Up to 2Gbps
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SD-WAN IPsec Throughput (IMIX*)
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7.6Gbps
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6.3Gbps
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1.8Gbps
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1.8Gbps
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SD-WAN IPsec Throughput with IQDF** (IMIX*)
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5.6Gbps
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5.5Gbps
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1.7Gbps
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1.7Gbps
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SD-WAN Overlay Tunnels scale
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6000
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6000
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6000
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6000
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* IMIX is average packet size of 352 Bytes packet size
** IQDF traffic pattern: IPSec + Quality of Service (QoS) + Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) + Flexible Netflow (FNF)
Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Catalyst SD-WAN, Multi-layer security performance use cases*
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Feature
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C8300-2N2S-4T2X (2RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-4T2X (1RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-2N2S-6T (2RU w/ 1G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-6T (1RU w/ 1G WAN)
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50% IQDF* + 50% (DIA w. NAT + NGFW + IPS + URLF + AMP)
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5.9Gbps
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3.3Gbps
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2.8Gbps
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2.6Gbps
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DIA w. NAT + NGFW + IPS + URLF + AMP
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4.9Gbps
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2.9Gbps
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2.3Gbps
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2.1Gbps
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* Tested with IOS XE release 17.12.2. All NGFW + UTD tests with Firewall EMIX traffic profile
Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series autonomous mode (non SD-WAN) performance specifications
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Feature
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C8300-2N2S-4T2X (2RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-4T2X (1RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-2N2S-6T (2RU w/ 1G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-6T (1RU w/ 1G WAN)
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IPv4 Forwarding Throughput (1400Bytes)
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Up to 19.7Gbps
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Up to 19.7Gbps
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Up to 19.7Gbps
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Up to 19.7Gbps
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IPsec Throughput (1400Bytes)
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Up to 18.9Gbps
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Up to 16.9Gbps
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Up to 1.9Gbps
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Up to 1.9Gbps
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IPsec Throughput (IMIX*)
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9.3Gbps
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6.6Gbps
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1.9Gbps
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1.9Gbps
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* IMIX is average packet size of 352 Bytes packet size
Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series autonomous mode (non SD-WAN) system scalability
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Feature
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C8300-2N2S-4T2X (2RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-4T2X (1RU w/ 10G WAN)
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C8300-2N2S-6T (2RU w/ 1G WAN)
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C8300-1N1S-6T (1RU w/ 1G WAN)
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Number of IPsec SVTI Tunnels
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4000
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4000
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4000
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4000
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Number of ACLs per system
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4000
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4000
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4000
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4000
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Number of IPv4 ACEs per system
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72K
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72K
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72K
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72K
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Number of IPv4 Routes
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1.6M w/ default
8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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1.6M w/ default 8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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1.6M w/ default 8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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1.6M w/ default 8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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Number of IPv6 Routes
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1.5M w/ default
8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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1.5M w/ default 8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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1.5M w/ default 8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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1.5M w/ default 8GB, up to 4M w/ 32GB
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Number of Queues
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8K
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8K
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8K
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8K
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Number of NAT Sessions
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1.2M w/ default
8GB, up to 2M w/ 32GB
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1.2M w/ default 8GB, up to 2M w/ 32GB
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1.2M w/ default 8GB, up to 2M w/ 32GB
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1.2M w/ default 8GB, up to 2M w/ 32GB
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Number of Firewall Sessions
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512K
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512K
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512K
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512K
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Number of VRFs
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4000
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4000
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4000
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4000
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Modules supported on Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms
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Product number
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Description
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Ethernet Layer 3 modules
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C-NIM-1X
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1-port 10Gbps SFP/SFP+ NIM with WAN MACSec
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C-NIM-1M
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1-port 2.5/1Gbps RJ-45 WAN, 90W Poe 802.3 af/at/bt NIM
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C-NIM-2T
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2-port 100Mbps/1Gbps dual-mode RJ45/SFP, NIM with WAN MACSec
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LAN modules
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C-NIM-4X
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4-port 1/10Gbps SFP/SFP+ switch NIM, LAN/WAN MACSec & Optional L3
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C-NIM-8T
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8-port 100Mbps/1Gbps switch NIM, LAN/WAN MACSec & Optional L3
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C-NIM-8M*
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8-port 100M/1/2.5Gbps switch NIM, UPoE, LAN/WAN MACSec & Optional L3
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NIM-ES2-4
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Cisco 4-port Gigabit Ethernet switch NIM
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NIM-ES2-8
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Cisco 8-port Gigabit Ethernet switch NIM
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NIM-ES2-8-P
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Cisco 8-port Gigabit Ethernet switch NIM with PoE support
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C-SM-16P4M2X
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Cisco 22-port Catalyst L2 switch module with UADP ASIC
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C-SM-40P8M2X
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Cisco 50-port Catalyst L2 switch module with UADP ASIC
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Compute modules
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UCS-E160S-M3/K9
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UCS-E, single-wide, Intel Broadwell 6-core CPU; up to 64 GB RAM, 1-2 HDD
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UCS-E180D-M3/K9
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UCS-E, double-wide, Intel Broadwell 8-core CPU; up to 128 GB RAM, 1-4 HDD
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UCS-E1120D-M3/K9
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UCS-E, double-wide, Intel Broadwell 12-core CPU; up to 128 GB RAM, 1-4 HDD
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UCS-E1100D-M6/K9
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UCS-E, double-wide, Intel Icelake 10-core CPU; up to 128 GB RAM, 1-4 SSD
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Voice modules
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NIM-2FXO
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2-port FXO NIM
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NIM-4FXO
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4-port FXO NIM
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NIM-2FXSP
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2-port FXS NIM
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NIM-4FXSP
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4-port FXS NIM
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NIM-2FXSP/4FXOP
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2-port FXS and 4-port FXO NIM
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NIM-4E/M
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4-port E/M NIM
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NIM-2BRI-NT/TE
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2-port BRI (NT and TE) NIM
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NIM-4BRI-NT/TE
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4-port BRI (NT and TE) NIM
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SM-X-8FXS/12FXO
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8-port FXS and 12-port FXO single-wide service module
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SM-X-16FXS/2FXO
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16-port FXS and 2-port FXO single-wide service module
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SM-X-24FXS/4FXO
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24-port FXS and 4-port FXO single-wide service module
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SM-X-72FXS
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72-port FXS double-wide service module
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NIM-PVDM-32
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32-channel Voice DSP NIM Module
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NIM-PVDM-64
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64-channel Voice DSP NIM Module
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NIM-PVDM-128
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128-channel Voice DSP NIM Module
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NIM-PVDM-256
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256-channel Voice DSP NIM Module
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SM-X-PVDM-3000
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3080-channel high-density voice DSP module
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SM-X-PVDM-2000
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2048-channel high-density voice DSP module
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SM-X-PVDM-1000
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1024-channel high-density voice DSP module
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SM-X-PVDM-500
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768-channel high-density voice DSP module
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NIM-1MFT-T1/E1
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1-port multiflex trunk voice/clear-channel data T1/E1 module
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NIM-2MFT-T1/E1
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2-port multiflex trunk voice/clear-channel data T1/E1 module
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NIM-4MFT-T1/E1
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4-port multiflex trunk voice/clear-channel data T1/E1 module
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NIM-8MFT-T1/E1
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8-port multiflex trunk voice/clear-channel data T1/E1 module
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DSL/broadband
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NIM-VAB-A
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Multi-mode VDSL2/ADSL/2/2+ NIM Annex A
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NIM-VA-B
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Multi-mode VDSL2/ADSL/2/2+ NIM Annex B
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NIM-VAB-M
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Multi-mode VDSL2/ADSL/2/2+ NIM Annex M
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NIM-4SHDSL-EA
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Multi-mode G.SHDSL NIM
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ISDN BRI for Data
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NIM-2BRI-S/T
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2-port ISDN BRI WAN interface card for data
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NIM-4BRI-S/T
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4-port ISDN BRI WAN interface card for data
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Channelized T1/E1 and ISDN PRI
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NIM-1CE1T1-PRI
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1-port Multiflex trunk voice/channelized data T1/E1 module
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NIM-2CE1T1-PRI
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2-port Multiflex trunk voice/channelized data T1/E1 module
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NIM-8CE1T1-PRI
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8-port Multiflex trunk voice/channelized data T1/E1 module
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Serial WAN interface
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SM-X-1T3/E3
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1-port clear-channel T3/E3 service module
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NIM-1T
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1-port serial high-speed WAN interface card
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NIM-2T
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2-port serial high-speed WAN interface card
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NIM-4T
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4-port serial high-speed WAN interface card
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Async WAN interface
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NIM-16A
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16-port Asynchronous Module
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NIM-24A
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24-port Asynchronous Module
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Wireless WAN (LTE)
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P-5GS6-R16SA-GL*
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5G Sub-6 GHz Pluggable – 5G SA Global
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P-5GS6-GL
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5G Sub-6 GHz Pluggable – Global
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P-LTEAP18-GL
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CAT18 LTE Advanced Pro Pluggable – Global
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P-LTEA7-NA*
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CAT7 LTE Advanced Pluggable – North America
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P-LTEA7-EAL*
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CAT7 LTE Advanced Pluggable – EMEA, APAC, and LATAM
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P-LTEA7-JP*
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CAT7 LTE Advanced Pluggable – Japan
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P-LTEA-EA
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CAT6 LTE Advanced Pluggable – North America and EMEA
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P-LTEA-LA
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CAT6 LTE Advanced Pluggable – APAC, ANZ, and LATAM
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NIM-LTEA-EA
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CAT6 LTE Advanced – North America and EMEA
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NIM-LTEA-LA
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CAT6 LTE Advanced – APAC, ANZ, and LATAM
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NIM Carrier Adapter Card
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C-SM-NIM-ADPT
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Single-wide 2x NIM carrier module in SM-X form factor
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Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series memory, storage, and accessory options
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Product number
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Description
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MEM-C8300-8GB
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Cisco C8300 Edge Platform – 8 GB Memory
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MEM-C8300-16GB
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Cisco C8300 Edge Platform – 16GB Memory
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MEM-C8300-32GB
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Cisco C8300 Edge Platform – 32GB Memory
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M2USB-16G
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Cisco C8000 Edge Platform – 16G M.2 USB SSD Storage
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M2USB-32G
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Cisco C8000 Edge Platform – 32G M.2 USB SSD Storage
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SSD-M2SED-600G
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Cisco C8000 Edge Platform – 600GB M.2 NVMe Self-Encrypted Drive (SED) Storage
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SSD-M2NVME-2T
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Cisco C8000 Edge Platform – 2TB M.2 NVMe Self-Encrypted Drive (SED) Storage
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C8300-RM-19-1R
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Cisco C8300 1RU Edge Platform – Rack Mount kit – 19″
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C8300-RM-23-1R
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Cisco C8300 1RU Edge Platform – Rack Mount kit – 23″
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C8300-RM-19-2R
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Cisco C8300 2RU Edge Platform – Rack Mount kit – 19″
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C8300-RM-23-2R
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Cisco C8300 2RU Edge Platform – Rack Mount kit – 23″
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C8300-RM-4PT-1R
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Cisco C8300 1RU Edge Platform – 4-post Rack Mount kit – 19″
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C8300-RM-4PT-2R
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Cisco C8300 2RU Edge Platform – 4-post Rack Mount kit – 19″
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C8300-FAN-1R
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Cisco C8300 1RU Edge Platform – Fan Tray Assembly
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C8300-FAN-2R
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Cisco C8300 2RU Edge Platform Fan Tray Assembly
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C8300-FAN-2R-R
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Cisco C8300 2RU Edge Platform Reverse Airflow Fan Tray Assembly for NEBS
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C-RFID-1R
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Cisco C8300 1RU Edge Platform – RFID
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C-RFID-2R
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Cisco C8300 2RU Edge Platform – RFID
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C8300-SM-BLANK
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Cisco C8300 SM Blank
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C8300-NIM-BLANK
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Cisco C8300 NIM Blank
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C8300-PIM-BLANK
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Cisco C8300 PIM Blank
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The fan tray is shipped default with the Cisco Catalyst 8300 Edge Series Platforms.
Cisco Catalyst 8300 1RU edge platform power supply specifications
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Power supply feature
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PWR-CC1-250WAC
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PWR-CC1-400WAC*
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PWR-CC1-500WAC
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PWR-CC1-400WDC
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PWR-CC1-400WHV
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Power maximum rating
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250W
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250W
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500W
PoE (Yes)
PoE Budget: 250W
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400W
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400W
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Input-voltage range and frequency
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100 to 240 VAC
50 – 60 Hz
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100 to 240 VAC
50 – 60 Hz
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100 to 240 VAC
50 – 60 Hz
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DC: -40 to -72V
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DC: 240 – 380V
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Power supply efficiency
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80 Plus Silver
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80 Plus Silver
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80 Plus Silver
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85 %
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80 Plus Platinum
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Input current
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3A – 1.25A
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6A – 3A
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6 A – 2.5A
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13 A – 7.25 A
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1.75 A – 1.1 A
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Output ratings
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12V 21A
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12V 33A
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12V 21A
54 V – 4.5 A
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12 V 33.5 A
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12V 54A
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Output holdup time
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20ms
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20ms
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20ms
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2 ms
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20ms
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Power supply input receptacles
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IEC 320 C14
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IEC 320 C14
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IEC 320 C14
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Terminal block
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Saf-D-Grid
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Power cord rating
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5A
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10A
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10A
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15 A # 14 wire
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5A
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