Cisco Catalyst Multigigabit

Cisco Catalyst Multigigabit is the technology providing expansion of wireless bandwidth.

The Cisco Catalyst Multigigabit technology allows the enterprises to prepare the networks for fivefold expansion of wireless bandwidth upon transition from 11ac Wave 1 to Wave 2, at the same time solves the most widespread problems connected with transfer of networks on technology 802.11ac Wave 2.

• Economy of means of the customers passing to access points of Wave 2. The most part of access switches is connected to AP by the Cat 5e cable whose maximum speed — 1 Gbps. Reaching the switch, traffic from wireless AP gets to "bottleneck" at once. The technology based on the NBASE-T specifications provides 1, 2.5, 5 and 10 Gbps in the available Cat 5e/6 cables of speed. An opportunity to save the available cable economy gives huge economy. According to industry experts, it can make from $200 to $1 thousand for one port (such is, depending on the country, complexity of a configuration, regulatory requirements and other factors, the estimated value of cable laying).

• Flexible power supply of network ports. A power supply of PoE, PoE + and Cisco UPOE is brought to termination points with Multigigabit ports. It became possible to bring a power supply to access points of Wave 2 without change of a cable configuration and without laying of a new electrical wiring in walls.

• Protection of investments. The Cisco Catalyst Multigigabit technology is mutually compatible to the available access switches Catalyst. Catalyst 3850 Multigigabit switches can be installed in one stack with the available Fiber models 1G Copper and 1G. The line card Multigigabit for Catalyst 4500E will work with the Supervisor Engine 8-E, 7-E and 7-LE models.

• Performance improvement on all network. Not to turn upgrade into simple movement of "bottleneck" of bandwidth from the access level on the trunk, density of ports 10G on the trunk Catalyst 6800 and 6500-E switches using line cards of the increased density is doubled. Payments support the maximum capacity of network services which always distinguished these switches, and can be installed in hundreds of thousands of Catalyst chassis

The listed innovations for access switches and trunk switches will help the enterprises to improve service of the connected users and, in the long term, to expand possibilities of investments into wireless infrastructure.

2015

the Multigigabit technology for corporate devices Is ready

On February 18, 2015 the Cisco company provided Cisco Catalyst Multigigabit technology for switches of a corporate class of Catalyst 4500E, 3850 and 3560-CX.

The chart of dynamics of development from 802.11 to 802.11ac Wave 2, 2014