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Cisco N9500 R-Series line cards for modular switching Cisco N9500 R-Series line cards and fabric modules extend the Cisco N9500 modular switching platform with interfaces from 1 Gigabit Ethernet through 400 Gigabit Ethernet. The platform uses 4-slot and 8-slot chassis, with a maximum of 9.6 Tbps per slot and up to 76.8 Tbps in the […]

Cisco Desk Camera 4K delivers 4K desktop collaboration Cisco Desk Camera 4K is a USB-connected collaboration camera built around a 13MP image sensor, 4K Ultra HD video, intelligent framing, face-detection autofocus, dual microphones, and a physical privacy shutter. It is intended for individual workspaces that need high-resolution video across Cisco applications and third-party meeting platforms. […]

Cisco N9300-GX Series Switches are fixed-form-factor data center platforms for Cisco ACI spine, ACI leaf, and Cisco NX-OS deployments. The family combines 100-, 400-, and 40-Gbps interfaces, 12-Tbps or 12.8-Tbps switching capacity, more than 4.3 billion packets per second on selected models, and 1+1 power-supply redundancy. The principal selection decision is port architecture: N9K-C9316D-GX concentrates […]

Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Router in one decision The Cisco IOS XRv 9000 Router is a virtualized routing platform for service-provider environments that need Cisco IOS XR networking functions without placing a physical Cisco ASR 9000 Series device at every location. The source datasheet identifies three primary deployment roles: virtual provider edge, virtual Broadband Network […]

Cisco 800M Series ISR: the hardware decision in one view The Cisco 800M Series Integrated Services Router is a modular branch and industrial-edge routing platform built around two primary chassis choices: C841M-4X and C841M-8X. Both models provide two onboard Gigabit Ethernet WAN ports, two WAN Interface Module slots, Cisco IOS Software, 2 GB internal flash, […]

The Cisco 1000 Series Integrated Services Routers are small-form-factor branch routers for small and midsize businesses, enterprise branches, and managed-services customer premises deployments. The platform combines Gigabit Ethernet packet forwarding, multicore processing, integrated security, optional wireless and cellular connectivity, Cisco IOS XE on supported models, and zero-touch deployment through Plug and Play. Product role and […]

Cisco Catalyst 9166 Series: the hardware decision in one view Cisco Catalyst 9166 Series access points are enterprise Wi-Fi 6E platforms built around three 4×4 radios, a 5-Gigabit multigigabit Ethernet uplink, integrated environmental sensing, BLE 5.1, IoT application hosting, and a choice between on-premises Catalyst management and cloud-based Meraki management. The procurement decision is primarily […]

Cisco Catalyst 9120AX: the hardware decision in one view The Cisco Catalyst 9120AX Series is a Wi-Fi 6 enterprise access-point family built around four spatial streams, flexible radio operation, multigigabit Ethernet, and Cisco management options. The practical purchase decision is determined by three hardware questions: whether the installation needs internal or external antennas, whether a […]

What Is Cisco Security Cloud Control? Cisco Security Cloud Control (formerly known as Cisco Defense Orchestrator or CDO) is a cloud-delivered security management platform for centralized policy, configuration, logging, and operational management across supported Cisco firewalls and cloud security controls. This guide explains supported platforms, management capabilities, licensing structure, logging options, version requirements, and key […]

Smart Licensing Using Policy (SLUP) is the licensing framework for Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers and Cisco Embedded Wireless Controllers (EWC-AP) on Catalyst 9100 Access Points. Instead of enforcing licenses via authorization codes before use, SLUP operates on a compliance reporting model. It records consumption locally and requires periodic reporting to the Cisco Smart […]

The Cisco Meraki MR84 is a four-radio, cloud-managed 4×4 MU-MIMO 802.11ac Wave 2 access point for demanding indoor and outdoor wireless deployments. It combines two client-access radios, a dedicated dual-band wireless security and RF analytics radio, and a dedicated Bluetooth Low Energy radio. The unit supports a maximum aggregate dual-radio frame rate of up to […]

The Cisco Meraki MR53 is a cloud-managed 4×4:4 802.11ac Wave 2 access point with concurrent 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz client radios, 80 MHz channel support, MU-MIMO, a dedicated wireless security and RF analytics radio, and an integrated Bluetooth Low Energy radio. It is designed for enterprise WLAN deployments in offices, schools, hospitals, retail locations, […]