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Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms

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What is Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms?

Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms are singular devices providing enterprise, public sector, and service providers high-performance routing, security and network services. Catalyst offer ultra-fast encryption performance, greater tunneling capabilities, along with the latest in firmware defenses and public key infrastructure (PKI) management for secure connectivity to…

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What is Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms?

Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms are singular devices providing enterprise, public sector, and service providers high-performance routing, security and network services. Catalyst offer ultra-fast encryption performance, greater tunneling capabilities, along with the latest in firmware defenses and…

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What is Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms?

Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms are singular devices providing enterprise, public sector, and service providers high-performance routing, security and network services. Catalyst offer ultra-fast encryption performance, greater tunneling capabilities, along with the latest in firmware defenses and public key infrastructure (PKI) management for secure connectivity to the cloud. Catalyst 8000 offer these capabilities in a modest form factor, able to be connected for secure direct internet access (DIA) at the branch or rack-and-stacked for immense aggregation connectivity at core locations and colocations. Catalyst 8000 offer a variety of ports including such multigigabit options as 10G, 40G and 100G, as well as Power over Ethernet (PoE) for the latest in wireless integration including 5G and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity.

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Powerful Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms

Rating: 10 out of 10
January 11, 2024
YY
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms
1 year of experience
Used as a PE router on the edge and facilitated the deployment of our telemetry service across 100 sites.
  • Easy to deploy
  • Flexible on modulars
  • Looks good (being a white chassis)
Cons
  • Lack of POE module support
  • Provide a USB-c console port
  • More SFP ports
The Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms perform well in an airconed room where the temperature is well controlled, but in an industrial environment where the temperature can shoot up to 50 degrees, it would not withstand the harsh conditions. It does not support PoE switch module, where a PoE VoIP phone is required.

Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms review

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 06, 2024
IS
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms
2 years of experience
The Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms is used mainly as a branch to aggregator router interconnecting several remote sites to the core. The only restriction I faced up to now is the limited number of NIM slots. I would prefer at least one NIM more.
  • Connect as ‘Black Router” with the transmission lines
  • Connecting to the Black act as Cloud providing different networks
  • Extension of our static infrastructure
Cons
  • More NIM slots
  • Extra RP
It is a very good brunch router.

Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms Delivers Flexibility

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 12, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms
3 years of experience
Our usage of Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms routers includes both IOS-XE configurations and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN deployments. We needed routers that are reliable and flexible. With a current MPLS WAN environment coupled with aspirations for Catalyst SD-WAN integration and/or migration, we wanted a platform that we could rely on and that would handle either deployment method. The Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms series allows us to meet our immediate installation needs with a path to Catalyst SD-WAN that can utilize the same hardware. We have seen strong performance in both deployments so far.
  • Offers multiple options to right size our deployments.
  • Provides robust performance in a secure platform.
  • Delivers flexible deployment methods.
Cons
  • Have not yet had needs for anything that it could not do.
With the flexibility of sizing options, the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms has worked to deliver solutions for our various needs. Smaller systems offer strong connectivity for office developments. Mid-range options have served our larger campuses well. Our data center deployments of the larger systems have provided up to 100G connectivity and advanced routing solutions. The Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms continues to meet our needs and exceed our expectations.

Cisco Live 2024

Rating: 10 out of 10
February 05, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms
2 years of experience
Platform is very useful on edge network environment.
  • Switching capacity
  • Port capacity
Cons
  • Security addons
  • Wifi
Connecting Branch locations and aggregations also.

8000 series in education

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 07, 2023
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Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms
1 year of experience
We have currently done major upgrade from 4000 series to 8000. Reason to follow our Cisco curriculum which also uses dnac
  • In our situation provides students with up-to-date "real life" experiences
  • Gets students used to having a main control interface
Cons
  • I'm just getting used to the 8000 series as we have only had it for a term.
Simulating setting up a real life network with switches and WAN links with data centre
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