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C8500L-8S4X Overview
Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms (Catalyst 8500 and Catalyst 8500L) with Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software deliver Ciscos 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 Specs
Table 1 shows the Quick Specs.
| 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 |
Product Details
Figure 1 shows the appearance of the C8500L-8S4X.
Overall Platform Benefits
Accelerated services with Cisco Software-Defined WAN
Cisco SD-WAN is a set of intelligent software services that allow you to connect users, devices, and branch office locations reliably and securely across a diverse set of WAN transport links. Cisco Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platforms can dynamically route traffic across the best link based on up-to-the-minute application and network conditions for great application experiences. You get tight control over application performance, bandwidth usage, data privacy, and availability of your WAN linkscontrol you need as your branches conduct greater volumes of mission-critical business with both on-premises and cloud controllers.
Application optimization
Ensure that SD-WAN networks meet Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) and maintain strong performance, even if network problems occur. With multi-cloud access, you can accelerate your SaaS applications with a simple template push from the SD-WAN controller.
Multi-layer security
You can now move your traditional and complex WAN networks to a more agile software-defined WAN with integrated security. The Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms feature on-premises and cloud-based security options.
Cloud-native agility with programmable software architecture
Cisco continues to offer a feature-rich traditional IOS XE routing stack on the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platforms. IP Routing, IPSec, Quality of Service (QoS), firewall, Network Address Translation (NAT), Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR), Flexible NetFlow (FNF), and many other features are part of Cisco IOS XE, a fully programmable software architecture with API support and a wide variety of protocols and configurations. With an integrated software image and a single binary file, you can now choose between Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN and Cisco IOS XE. And easily move from one to the other when you choose to do so.
5G-ready
The Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms are built for future 5G networks. These platforms support external cellular gateway modules with LTE/5G capability for improved throughputs and latency.
Compare to Similar Items
Table 2 shows the comparison.
| Product Code |
C8500-12X |
C8500-12X4QC |
C8500L-8S4X |
| Product Description | Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series 12-port SFP+ | Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series 12-port SFP+, 2-port QSFP+, 2-port QSPF28 | Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series 12-port SFP+, 8x1GE,4x10GE |
| Port density | 12-port 1/10GE | 12-port 1/10GE, 2-port 40/100GE, 2-port 40GE | 4-port 1/10GE, 8-port 1GE |
| Max 10GE ports | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| SD-WAN IPsec Throughput (1400Bytes, clear text) | Up to 51Gbps | UP to 68Gbps | Up to 19Gbps |
| SD-WAN IPsec Throughput (IMIX*, clear text**) | Up to 22.6Gbps | Up to 31.9Gbps | Up to 8.6Gbps |
| SD-WAN Overlay Tunnels scale | 8000 | 8000 | 8000 |
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