Additional Specifications and Features:

Cisco Catalyst Instant Access is a solution to dramatically simplify the campus network operations, a game changer for business transformation creating opportunities for innovation in the campus. It simplifies operation through a single point of operation and management for campus access and backbone. The Cisco Catalyst 6800ia access switches are connected to the Cisco Catalyst 6500 or 6800, and the entire configuration works as a single extended switch with a single management domain. This allows Catalyst 6500/6800 features to be extended to network access e.g. MPLS/EVN in access. This solution is optimized for wired devices with centralized wireless. The access switches can support Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), and the access switches can be stacked together for higher port density and resiliency. IT has flexibility to deploy the Cisco Catalyst Instant Access solution on all or a subset of the campus network. IT can reuse existing network cabling infrastructure to deploy this solution.

All the Cisco Catalyst 6800 series switches (6807-XL, 6880-X, 6840-X) supports the 6800ia switches.
The Cisco Catalyst 6800ia switch inherits the features and capabilities of its parent in an Instant Access solution. Consider the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 2T as an Instant Access parent switch. In this case the Cisco Catalyst 6800ia client switch will inherit all the features of the Supervisor Engine 2T, which includes Security Group Tags (SGT), Security Group Access Control List (SGACL), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), IPv6, mediatrace, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and so on:

● 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports
● Integrated FlexStack-Plus capability, which provides up to 80 Gbps stack bandwidth
● Support of up to five members in a stack
● Two 10G Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) uplinks
● External RPS power redundancy for Cisco Catalyst 6800ia
● Mini USB and Ethernet ports for versatile console management
● All ports in Cisco Catalyst 6800ia series are MACsec hardware ready
● IEEE 802.3at-compliant PoE+ for up to 30W of power per port
● Up to 740W of combined PoE/PoE+ budget
● IEEE 802.3az Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) enables dynamic power savings on all switch ports
● Dynamic power mapping to scale up to 740W PoE+ power
● Removable redundant power supply available with C6800IA-48FPDR

Cisco FlexStack-Plus
Cisco FlexStack-Plus provides stacking of up to five Cisco Catalyst 6800ia switches through an integrated module. The Cisco Catalyst 6800ia switches only stack with other Cisco Catalyst 6800ia switches.
Cisco FlexStack-Plus and Cisco IOS Software provide true stacking, with all switches in a stack acting as a single switch unit. FlexStack-Plus provides a unified data plane for all Ethernet traffic for all members of the stack.

Power over Ethernet Plus
Cisco Catalyst 6800ia switches support both IEEE 802.3af PoE and IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (up to 30W per port) to deliver lower total cost of ownership for deployments that incorporate Cisco IP phones, Cisco Aironet wireless access points, or other standards-compliant PoE/PoE+ end devices. PoE removes the need to supply wall power to PoE-enabled devices and eliminates the cost of adding electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be necessary in IP phone and WLAN deployments.
● Maximum Number of PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at) Ports - 24 ports up to 30W
● Maximum Number of PoE (IEEE 802.3af) Ports - 48 ports up to 15.4W
● Available PoE Power (Single PS Source) - 740W

Power Management
IEEE 802.3az EEE is implemented in all Cisco Catalyst 6800ia Series Switches. The EEE enables all the Ethernet ports to dynamically sense idle periods between traffic bursts and quickly switch the interfaces into “low power idle” mode, reducing port power consumption. It automatically brings back full power to the port with resumption of the traffic. The EEE technology maintains the link health using “link refresh” during the “idle” periods, making sure that there is no link-status change.

Technical Specifications
● Flash memory - 128 MB
● DRAM - 512 MB
● CPU - APM86392 600MHz dual core
● Console ports - USB (Type-B), Ethernet (RJ-45)
● Network management interface - 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (RJ-45)
● Egress Buffers - 4 MB