The Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms are best-of-breed, 5G-ready, cloud edge platforms designed for accelerated services, multi-layer security, cloud-native agility, and edge intelligence to accelerate your journey to cloud.
Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms (Catalyst 8300) with Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software deliver Cisco’s secure, cloud-scale SD-WAN solution for the branch. The Catalyst 8300 Series is purpose-built for high performance and integrated SD-WAN Services along with flexibility to deliver security and networking services together from the cloud or on premises. It provides higher WAN port density and a redundant power supply capability.
The Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms have a wide variety of interface options to choose from—ranging from lower and higher module density with backward compatibility to a variety of existing WAN, LAN, voice, and compute modules. Powered by Cisco IOS XE, fully programmable software architecture, and API support, these platforms can facilitate automation at scale to achieve zero-touch IT capability while migrating workloads to the cloud.
Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms Specifications
Model | Description | 10G port density | 1G port density | Slots | Memory (DRAM) default | Storage (M.2 SSD) default |
C8300-2N2S-4T2X | C8300 2RU w/ 10G WAN (2 SM and 2 NIM slots, and | 2 | 4 | 2 SM 2 NIM 1 PIM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
C8300-2N2S-6T | C8300 2RU w/ 1G WAN (2 SM and 2 NIM slots, and | – | 6 | 2 SM 2 NIM 1 PIM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
C8300-1N1S-4T2X | C8300 1RU w/ 10G WAN (1 SM slot and 1 NIM slot, and | 2 | 4 | 1 SM 1 NIM 1 PIM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
C8300-1N1S-6T | C8300 1RU w/ 1G WAN (1 SM slot and 1 NIM slot, and | – | 6 | 1 SM 1 NIM 1 PIM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms Ordering Information
Product ID | Description |
C8300-2N2S-4T2X | Cisco Catalyst 8300 Edge platform with 2 SM, 2 NIM, and 1 Pluggable Interface Module (PIM) slots 2x10GigE SFP+, 4x1GigE RJ45, 8GB DRAM, and 16 GB M.2 SSD storage (C8300 2RU with 10G WAN) |
C8300-2N2S-6T | Cisco Catalyst 8300 Edge platform with 2 SM, 2 NIM, and 1 PIM slots 2x1GigE SFP, 4x1GigE RJ45, 8 GB DRAM, and 16 GB M.2 SSD storage (C8300 2RU with 1G WAN) |
C8300-1N1S-4T2X | Cisco Catalyst 8300 Edge platform with 1 SM, 1 NIM, and 1 PIM slots 2x10GigE SFP+, 4x1GigE RJ45, 8 GB DRAM, and 16 GB M.2 SSD storage (C8300 1RU with 10G WAN) |
C8300-1N1S-6T | Cisco Catalyst 8300 Edge platform with 1 SM, 1 NIM, and 1 PIM slots 2x1GigE SFP, 4x1GigE RJ45, 8 GB DRAM, and 16 GB M.2 SSD storage (C8300 1RU with 1G WAN) |
