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Cisco Confidential © 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 2 Abstract Campus FEX brings the equivalent feature functionality of Data Center FEX to the Campus Catalyst Ethernet switching line. Campus FEX reduces the number of devices needing to be managed by extending the distribution layer to the Access. The Catalyst 6500 is the FEX-Controller for Campus FEX. The FEX boxes are new FEX Switches (FCS Summer 2013). This session will discuss why Cisco is doing Campus FEX, and describe the customer benefits. The majority of the session is a technical overview of how FEX works in the Catalyst family, including how it differs from DataCenter FEX on Nexus.

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Cisco Confidential 4 Internet VSS S4 S5 S6 S1 S2 S3 S16 S17 S18 S20 S19 … … S1S2S20 VSS S4 S5 S6 S1 S2 S3 S16 S17 S18 S20 S19 … … S1S2S20 VSS 1000 Port POD Total Managed Nodes = 85 Cat 6k VSS

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 5 Internet 1000 Port POD Total Managed Nodes = 5 Cat 6k VSS

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 6 Catalyst 6500 E Series Virtual Switching System (VSS) 10Gig fabric link New FEX Switch

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7 New Catalyst Switch Available Summer 2013 New FEX Hardware Licensing Stacking, POE… More detail next SEVT

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 8 Wiring Closet Scale 48 ports / IDF 96 ports / IDF 240 ports / IDF Number of IDFs12104 # Stacks0104 # per Stack025 # Standalone1200 Total FEX IDs12105 Total FEX Switches 1220 FEX Ports Campus FEX ScaleMetric Max stack size5 Max FEX ports per stack240 Max FEX IDs12 Max standalone12 Max FEX Stacks10 Max FEX switches21 Max FEX ports1008 Campus FEX Scale Wiring Closet Scale with Campus FEX

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9 POE & Borderless Network features Campus and DC need different features VSS (L3 & L2) instead L2 only (VPC) Both Options: FEX Mode, Non FEX mode Reduced Opex – Simplify Network Operations Single Configuration Single IP Address Single Touch point Agile Infrastructure Zero Touch new Access Switch (Smart Install) Zero Touch RMA Consistency Cat6500 Features in Access Consistent CLI on FEX-Parent Swtich Similar CLI with DC-FEX

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Cisco Confidential © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 11 Unified Access Campus FEX Entry Level Campus Services and Features Cisco Prime Support * Hardware Ready LEAD CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE Catalyst 6K Catalyst 3K/4K SINGLE POINT OF MANAGEMENT C6K FEATURES ACROSS DISTIBUTION & ACCESS Catalyst 6K BASE FEATURES New FEX Switch Catalyst 2K Catalyst 3K/4K/6K Backbone Access Identity Services Engine 10G Uplink OnlyFlexible Uplink options 1/10/40G* Uniform Access-Agg Features Any Scale WiSM2 Wireless Services Next Gen Wireless Differentiators Complete Medianet Services 1000 ports, $4000 licensing

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© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 13 VSS with dual Sup2T EtherChannel links between FEX and controller up to 8 physical links into single EtherChannel Cross Stack Etherchannels supported Campus FEX switch stacking FlexStack technology borrowed from C2960S Automatic master FEX switchover to secondary on No Reconvergence Protocols (eg: STP, OSPF) on member failure … F101 F102 F112 VSS

Cisco Confidential © 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 14 Multiple buildings connected to -Extend L2 across the campus VSS L3 L2 VLAN 100 Vlan across Campus FEX No Configuration at access switches No Trunks across buildings/switches F112 F101 F102 F103 F104

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 15 EVN, VRF-Lite, MPLS (VRF) Access 802.1x IPv6 FHS, RA Medianet Netflow EEM More… VSS F102 F101 … F112 FEX VRF x IPv6 FHS

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 16 Hybrid (FEX and Non FEX model supported More than 1000 Access ports VSS F102 F101 … F112 Non FEX ( >1000 Ports) FEX (1000 ports)

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© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 18 FEX for Campus and Data Center will have a common look and feel Both use term “FEX” Will need to differentiate between Campus FEX and DC FEX in messaging Features needed in Campus are different than Data Center PoE, wireless, Medianet, TrustsecSecurity (802.1x), stacking Campus standardized on VSS (L3+L2) and Data Center on VPC (L2 only). ReUse existing wiring closet cable infrastructure

© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 19 FeaturesCisco Catalyst 6500Cisco Nexus 7000/5000 ManageabilityVSS (L2 + L3 mode)VPC (L2 only) Port Scale1008 (Phase 1), 2000 Phase 2 Sup1 – 1536, Sup2 – 1536, Sup2E StackingYesNo POEYesNo 802.1xYes Auto Smart PortsYes (Phase 2)No MedianetYes (Phase 2)No Satellite Scale (L2 Mode)21 Satellites (w/ Stacking) 12 without stacking N5K - 24 Sup1 – 32 Satellites (no stacking) Sup2 – 32 Satellites (no stacking) Sup2E - 48 Satellites (no stacking) Satellite Scale (L3 Mode)21 Satellites (w/ Stacking) 12 without stacking N7K 48 N5k – 12 satellites (no stacking) Nexus Reference

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© 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 21 Simplified Management; Campus FEX is the next Step in reducing Network Device Touchpoints Customers with 6500 in Distribution Layer today have a roadmap to protect the investment Numerous Customer benefits including Fewer touch points Plug-n-play access layer switching devices: fresh install & RMA Feature consistency across platforms Simplified L2 deployment by collapsing Access and Distribution Cat6500 Features in Access Layer