THE CATALYST® 6000 FAMILY—CONSISTING OF THE CATALYST 6500 SERIES AND THE CATALYST 6000
SERIES—DELIVERS A NEW FAMILY OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE, MULTILAYER SWITCHING SOLUTIONS FOR BOTH
ENTERPRISE AND SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS. DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE INCREASED REQUIREMENTS FOR
GIGABIT DENSITY, DATA AND VOICE INTEGRATION, SCALABILITY, HIGH AVAILABILITY, AND INTELLIGENT
MULTILAYER SWITCHING IN BACKBONE/DISTRIBUTION AND SERVER-AGGREGATION ENVIRONMENTS, THE
CATALYST 6000 FAMILY COMPLEMENTS THE CATALYST 4000 AND 5000 FAMILIES AND CISCO 8500 SERIES
SWITCHES, WHICH CONTINUE TO PROVIDE PREMIER WIRING CLOSET AND NETWORK-CORE SOLUTIONS,
RESPECTIVELY. TOGETHER, THE CATALYST FAMILY DELIVERS A WIDE RANGE OF INTELLIGENT SWITCHING
SOLUTIONS, ENABLING BOTH CORPORATE INTRANETS AND THE INTERNET FOR MULTIMEDIA,
MISSION-CRITICAL DATA, AND VOICE APPLICATIONS.