We recently tried to upgrade our Cisco 6509 switch from a Sup1A to a Sup 2 supervisor engine. We would have liked to moved up to a newer Supervisor engine but a used Sup2 was all that we could afford.

The Catalyst 4006 Supervisor Engine III, announced at Comnet here Tuesday, allows enterprise and metro Ethernet service provider customers with Catalyst 4006 switches to roll out converged networks ...

Cisco Systems has made several improvements to its Ethernet switches to protect businesses from security threats and help them run Internet Protocol telephony more reliably. On Tuesday, the company ...

Cisco Systems on Tuesday beefed up its switching portfolio with several new and upgraded switches and systems designed to make 10GigE more affordable, increase availability, boost security, and add ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

The Catalyst 4006 Supervisor Engine III, introduced at ComNet here, enables enterprise customers with Catalyst 4006 switches to roll out converged networks without replacing their network ...

Gigabit Ethernet to the desktop isn’t for every infrastructure, but it’s become a popular push both by switching vendors and network admins. And no wonder: Servers are generally using bonded gigabit ...

The first question on people’s lips when Cisco introduced the Nexus 7000 data center switch was, how long until the plug is pulled on the Catalyst 6500? Well, the plug might be pulled on it sooner in ...

Joe Ammirato, Cisco's senior marketing director, said the new supervisor engine offers IPv6 and IPv4 support and a centralised 320 Gbps switching fabric with 250 million packets per second. Kerravala ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Cisco ...