- Preface
- Read Me First
- Overview
- Software Packaging and Architecture
- Deploy IOS-XE and SDWAN
- Using Cisco IOS XE Software
- Bay Configuration
- Available licenses
- Consolidated Package Management
- Software Upgrade Processes
- Factory Reset
- Support for Security-Enhanced Linux
- High Availability Overview
- Using the Management Ethernet Interface
- Configuring Bridge Domain Interfaces
- Packet Trace
- Packet Drops
- EVPN VPWS over SR-TE Preferred Path
- Configuring SFP
- Cisco Thousand Eyes Enterprise Agent Application Hosting
Overview
Cisco Catalyst 8500 and 8500L Series Edge platforms significantly increases services performance, router throughput, and router scale at lower costs.
This document covers configuration details for the following models:
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Catalyst 8500 Platforms (C8500-12X4QC, C8500-12X and C8500-20X6C)
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Catalyst 8500L Platform (C8500L-8S4X)
|
Features |
C8500-12X4QC |
C8500-12X |
C8500-20X6C |
C8500L-8S4X |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Support for In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Not supported |
|
Data plane processing |
QFP 3.0 |
QFP 3.0 |
QFP 3.0 |
Software-based |
|
Support for Unified Threat Defense(UTD) |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Not Supported |
Support exists |
|
Support for Fast Reroute(FRR) |
Not supported |
Not supported |
Support exists |
Not supported |
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