The Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms are high-performance cloud edge platforms designed for accelerated services, multi-layer security, cloud-native agility, and edge intelligence to accelerate your journey to cloud. Foundation for Software-Defined WAN Cisco® Catalyst® 8500 Series Edge Platforms (Catalyst 8500 and Catalyst 8500L) with Cisco IOS® XE SD-WAN Software deliver Cisco’s secure, cloud-scale SD-WAN solution for aggregation sites. The Catalyst 8500 Edge Platforms feature the all-new third-generation Cisco Quantum Flow Processor (QFP), the Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms are built for services from the ground up. The Catalyst 8500L Edge Platform features an x86 based platform architecture that is purpose built to continue delivering the same experience as an ASR1000 platform. The Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms are compact 1RU devices with flexible interface options, including 1GE, 10GE, 40GE, and 100GE ports. Powered by Cisco IOS XE, fully programmable software architecture, and API support, these platforms can facilitate automation at scale to achieve zero-touch IT capability while migrating workloads to the cloud.
Products specifications
| Attribute name | Attribute value |
|---|
| Throughput | 51000 Mpps |
| Access Control List (ACL) rules | 4000 |
| Access Control List (ACL) IPv4 entries | 380000 |
| Width | 17.5" |
| Depth | 18.5" |
| Height | 1.73" |
| Switch Type | Managed |
| Installed SFP+ modules quantity | 12 |
| Port mirroring | Y |
| DHCP features | DHCP client, DHCP relay, DHCP server |
| Access Control List (ACL) | Y |
| IP routing | Y |
| LED indicators | Y |
| Form factor | 1U |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 40 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 70 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 10 - 85 % |
| Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 5 - 95 % |
| Operating altitude | 5984.3 - 120000" |
| Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type | None |
| Networking standards | IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ag, IEEE 802.3ah |
| Console port | RJ-45 |
| Multicast support | Y |
| 10G support | Y |
| Quality of Service (QoS) support | Y |
| Security algorithms | 128-bit AES, 256-bit AES, IPSec, MD5, RSA, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 |
| Power over Ethernet (PoE) | N |
| Web-based management | Y |
| Switch layer | L2/L3 |
| Product color | Gray |
| AC input voltage | 85 - 264 V |
| DC input voltage | 40 - 72 V |
| Rack mounting | Y |