Cisco C8500L-8S4X Catalyst 8500 Series 4x SFP+ and 8x SFP, 4x10GE, 8x1GE

C8500L-8S4X-   Overview

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.

Quick spec of C8500L-8S4X

• Part number : C8500L-8S4X
• Description : Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series 12-port SFP+, 8x1GE,4x10GE
• IPsec : Double the IPsec throughput compared to ASR1001-X (11Gbps vs 4.5Gbps for IMIX performance)
• High Performance Control Plane : Intel x86 CPU with multiple cores allocated to control plane with 16 GB memory default (up to 64 GB memory) for high-speed control plane processes
• Interface flexibility : Includes 1GE and 10GE ports
• DRAM : 16 GB default DRAM and can be upgraded to 32 GB and 64 GB for higher scale
• Flash storage : Default 32-GB eUSB for storage for additional storage on the platform
• Form factor : Compact 1RU form factor