Table of Contents

Product Overview
Key Features and Benefits
Specifications

Hardware

Catalyst 8510 Multiservice Switch Router
Catalyst 8540 Switch Router

Software

Ordering Information

A typical configuration for the Catalyst 8510 includes the following:
Product and Part Numbers
A typical configuration for the Catalyst 8540 includes the following:
Product and Part Numbers

Catalyst 8500 Series - Modular, Multimedia Switch/Routers

Product Overview

The Catalyst 8500 family can support multiservice ATM switching and routing or Layer 2/Layer 3 switching for Gigabit Ethernet into a single platform that also supports advanced Cisco IOS services for QoS and security. The Catalyst 8500 family delivers campus and metropolitan network solutions with scalable performance, lower cost of ownership, and the features needed by intranet-based applications to deliver increased business productivity.

Historically, enterprise network managers faced a choice of several different technologies when building or upgrading campus network backbones. Today, the choice is between Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet on one hand, which provides high performance, low cost, and familiarity (relative to Ethernet), and ATM on the other hand, with its high performance, advanced QoS capabilities, support for multiservice voice/data integration and metro/wide area extendability. The network designer must also think about the role of routing in the backbone, which is required for network scalability. This combination enables network designers to combine multiple technologies in a single network, using each to its best advantage. It also greatly simplifies future migration from one technology to the other, should the needs of the network backbone change over time.

Wire-speed performance, scalable control, and rich QoS capabilities of the Catalyst 8500 series allow network managers to smoothly integrate the Catalyst 8500 with the Catalyst 5500, the Cisco 7500/7200 series, the LightStream 1010 and IGX 8400 switch, as well as the MC 3810. Using a Cisco end-to-end solution, they can create a unique solution that truly meets the end-to-end QoS requirement for differentiated services in the enterprise. CiscoAssure Policy Networking orchestrates the provisioning and management of multiple service levels necessary to maintain consistent application-level QoS throughout the enterprise.

Key Features and Benefits

The Catalyst 8500 allows smooth integration into existing networks by incorporating: Cisco IOS-based routing protocols (IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGPv4, Hierarchical PNNI) that are proven, time tested, reliable, and fast converging in the backbone Protocols such as HSRP and SSRP that allow for smooth fail-over and redundancy at the network layer Cisco IOS-based router management and configuration tools such as Cisco Resource Manager (CRM)

• High-performance IP, IPX, IP multicast, and Layer 2 switching with wire-speed integrated routing and bridging (IRB); performance rated at 6 and 24 million pps for the Catalyst 8510 and the Catalyst 8540, respectively

• Cisco IOS routing protocols, including:

  • OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, Routing Information Protocol (RIP), RIP-2

  • RIP, EIGRP for IPX

  • PIM - sparse mode, dense mode, and DVMRP interoperability for IP multicast

• Rich QoS:

  • Per-Flow Queuing (IP precedence and TOS-based flows)

  • Differentiated delay and loss priorities using WRR scheduling and per-flow queue thresholds

  • IP source/IP destination-based flows and TCP/UDP port-based flows, RSVP-based flows (future)

  • Traffic classification, shaping, and policing (future)

• Cisco IOS security, including:

  • TACACS+, RADIUS, Kerberos encrypted passwords, Lock and Key features

  • Message Digest 5 (MD5) route authentication

• Reliability features such as:

  • HSRP for router redundancy

  • Layer 3 load balancing across multiple network paths and Fast and Gigabit EtherChannel (R) technology for multilink load sharing

  • High system availability (Catalyst 8540), redundant switching fabric, CPUs, and power supplies

• Mobility features such as DHCP relay, BOOTP relay, and local-area mobility

• Virtual LAN encapsulations such as Inter-Switch Link (ISL) and 802.1Q (via future software upgrade)

• Network management capabilities, including:

  • Cisco IOS CLI, remote Telnet access, and extensive online debugging capabilities

  • Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) for reliable topology discovery for network management purposes

  • Widely implemented MIBs and statistics collection on a per-port basis

  • CiscoWorks for Switched Internetworks (CWSI), CRM, and Netsys Service-Level Management Suite (NSLM) modeling tools

• Smooth Integration

• Investment Protection

• High Network Scalability and Availability

• Protects Mission-Critical Applications with Rich QoS Capabilities

• Enables Multimedia Networking with Scalable IP Multicasting

• Enables Network Intelligence with Cisco IOS Software

• • The Catalyst 8500 series enables intelligent network services using Cisco IOS software. Specific services that can be enabled include:

    • Mobility - Features such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay, BOOTP relay, and local-area mobility allow network administrators to enable user mobility throughout a campus network. This setup eases the adds, moves, and changes process and provides network managers a lower total cost of ownership.

    • Security - TACACS+ and Remote Access Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) enable network administrators to secure the Catalyst 8500 series switches;these tools can be managed in a common fashion with other Cisco routers and switches.

Specifications

Hardware

Catalyst 8510 Multiservice Switch Router

• Five-slot chassis and fan tray

• Optional redundant AC or DC, autosensing, load-sharing power supplies, each with its own power cord

• C8510-SRP module running Layer 3 Cisco IOS software or C8515-MSRP module running ATM and in the future ATM and L3 Cisco IOS software

• 10-Gbps shared memory, nonblocking fabric

• 8 MB of Flash memory standard, internally expandable up to 16 MB, plus up to 20 MB through PC Flash cards

• 64 MB DRAM system memory

• Ethernet port for out-of-band management

• Dual EIA/TIA-232 serial ports (console, auxiliary port)

Indicators

• Ethernet ports: RX and TX LEDs, link state, 10/100 indicator

• ATM ports: RX and TX LEDs, link state

• Route Processor: Status LED, fan and power supply operational LEDs PC card slot 0/1 LEDs, Ethernet RX and TX LEDs, link state

Chassis Specifications

• Chassis H x W x D: 10.5 x 17.2 x 18.14 in. (26.7 x 43.7 x 46.1 cm); standard 19-inch rack mount

• Empty weight: 43 lb. (19.5 kg)

• Fully loaded weight: depends upon loading; approximately 85 lb. (39 kg)

• ATM switch processor and CAM H x W x D: 1.2 x 14.4 x 16.0 in. (3.0 x 36.6 x 40.6 cm)

• PAM H x W x D: 1.2 x 6.5 x 10 in. (3.0 x 16.5 x 25.4 cm)

• Maximum power budget: 9.8A @ 115 VAC, 60 Hz 4.9A @ 230 VAC, 50 Hz

• Autosensing limits: 100-127/200-240 VAC, 8/4A, 847-63 Hz

• Maximum power budget: 14.0A maximum @ -48V

Catalyst 8540 Switch Router

• Thirteen-slot chassis and fan tray

• Optional redundant AC or DC, autosensing, load-sharing power supplies, each with its own power cord

• C8541-RP and C8542-SP modules running Layer 3 Cisco IOS software or C8545-MRP and C8546-MSP modules running ATM and in the future ATM and L3 Cisco IOS software

• 40-Gbps shared memory, nonblocking fabric

• 8 MB of Flash memory standard, internally expandable up to 16 MB, plus up to 20 MB through PC Flash cards

• 256 MB DRAM system memory

• Ethernet port for out-of-band management

• Dual EIA/TIA-232 serial ports (console, auxiliary port)

Indicators

• Ethernet ports: RX and TX LEDs, link state, 10/100 indicator

• ATM ports: RX and TX LEDs, link state

• Route Processor: Status LED, fan and power supply operational LEDs PC card slot 0/1 LEDs, Ethernet RX and TX LEDs, link state

Chassis Specifications

• Chassis: H x W x D: 25.25 x 17.3 x 18.25 in. (64.14 x 43.9 x 46.36 cm)

• Empty weight: 70 lb. (31.7 kg)

• Fully loaded weight: 160 lb. (72.5 kg)

• Route and switch processors: H x W x D: 1.2 x 14.4 x 16.0 in. (3.0 x 36.6 x 40.6 cm)

• Line modules: H x W x D: 1.2 x 13.0 x 10.0 in. (3.0 x 37.0 x 25.4 cm)

• Maximum power budget: 17.6A @ 100 VAC, 60 Hz, 14.6A @ 115 VAC, 60 Hz; 7A @ 230 VAC, 50 Hz with chassis fully configured

• Autosensing limits: 100-127/200-240 VAC, 8/4A, 47-63 Hz

Safety Certifications

• UL 1950

• EN 60950

• CSA-C22.2 No. 950-93Electromagnetic Emissions

• IEC 950

Electromagnetic Emissions Certificate

• FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

• EN 55022 Class A with UTP and Class B with FTP

• CISPR 22 Class A with UTP and Class B with FTP

• VCCI Class A with UTP and Class B with FTP

• AS/NZS 3548 Class A with UTP and Class B with FTP

Network Clock Module

• Two T1/E1 BITS interfaces

• DB-9 alarm connector

• Output clock at 19.44 MHz

• Local clock with Stratum-3 quality

• Free-run accuracy of +-4.6 * 10-6

• Holdover stability +-0.37 ppm in 24 hours

• Bellcore GR1244 and GR253 compliant

Operating Conditions

• Altitude: -500 to 10,000 ft (-52 to 304 m)

• Temperature: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)

• Storage temperature: -40° to 167°F (-40° to 75°C)

• Relative humidity: 10 to 90 percent noncondensing