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The Catalyst 8500 CSR family of Campus Switch Routers provides the next-generation switching paradigm for both switching performance and critical network services. Including support for all IP and IPX routing standards, the Catalyst 8500 CSR family of campus backbone switches offers a complete suite of sophisticated features. The Catalyst 8500 CSR family contains several key components of the new enterprise campus network architecture, providing for high-speed performance, resiliency, quality of service (QoS), and security within the network backbone. With new ATM and Packet-over-SONET uplinks, the Catalyst 8540 CSR delivers metropolitan area network (MAN)/wide area network (WAN) solutions with scalable performance, lower cost of ownership, and the features needed in New World Networks.

The Cisco Catalyst 8500 is a Layer 3-enhanced ATM switch that seamlessly integrates wire-speed Layer 3 switching and ATM switching, eliminating the need to make a technology choice. The Catalyst 8500 family delivers campus and metropolitan network solutions with scalable performance, lower cost of ownership, and intranet-based application features to deliver increased business productivity.

Unlike old first- or second-generation ATM switches that force customers to have a costly, inefficient, multi-system solution, the Catalyst 8500 switch provides an integrated ATM and Gigabit Ethernet solution in a single chassis.