Catalyst 8500 MSR — Multiservice Switch Router

The Catalyst 8500 MSR family can support integrated multiservice ATM switching and Layer 3 switching/routing in a single platform that also supports advanced Cisco IOS services for QoS and security. With the ATM Router Module (ARM), the 8500 MSR can support the seamless transport of IP/IPX traffic between Layer 3 (Gigabit Ethernet/Fast Ethernet) and ATM (T1/E1, IMA, T3/E3, OC-3c/STM-1, OC-12c/STM-4, and OC-48c/STM-16) interfaces at wire-speed. The Catalyst 8500 MSR family delivers campus backbone and metropolitan area network (MAN)/wide area network (WAN) solutions with scalable performance, lower cost of ownership, and the features needed in New World Networks.

Catalyst 8500 CSR — Campus Switch Router

The Catalyst 8500 CSR family of Campus Switch Routers provides the next-generation switching paradigm for both switching performance and critical network services. Including support for all IP and IPX routing standards, the Catalyst 8500 CSR family of campus backbone switches offers a complete suite of sophisticated features. The Catalyst 8500 CSR family contains several key components of the new enterprise campus network architecture, providing for high-speed performance, resiliency, quality of service (QoS), and security within the network backbone. With new ATM and Packet-over-SONET uplinks, the Catalyst 8540 CSR delivers metropolitan area network (MAN)/wide area network (WAN) solutions with scalable performance, lower cost of ownership, and the features needed in New World Networks.