The Cisco Catalyst 8200, 8300, 8400, 8500 Series Edge Routers are purpose-built, routing platforms that includes VPN functionality and MACsec encryption provided by the hardware and the Cisco IOS-XE software version 17.18.
The Cisco Catalyst 8000 Series Edge Platforms are 5G-ready cloud edge platforms designed for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), multilayer security, and cloud-native agility to accelerate your journey to cloud.
The Cisco® Catalyst® 8000 Series Edge Platforms with Cisco IOS® XE SD-WAN software deliver Cisco’s secure, cloud-scale SD-WAN and SD-Routing solutions to the small branch. The platforms are purpose-built for performance and integrated SD-WAN services along with flexibility to deliver security and networking services together from the cloud or on premises. They have a wide variety of interface options to choose from, with backward compatibility to existing WAN, LAN, and voice modules. Powered by Cisco IOS XE, a fully programmable software architecture, and API support, the Catalyst 8200 Series can facilitate automation at scale in both SD-WAN and SD-Routing deployments to achieve zero-touch IT capability while migrating workloads to the cloud. The platforms also come with a trustworthy solutions 2.0 infrastructure that secures them against threats and vulnerabilities through advanced integrity verification and remediation of threats.
Cisco Catalyst 8200, 8300, 8500 Series Edge Routers (Cat8K) running IOS-XE version 17.18
Hardware Models certified:
Cat8200 hardware models included in this evaluation:
- C8235-E-G2
- C8231-E-G2
- C-NIM-4X
- C-NIM-8T
- C-NIM-8M
- C-NIM-WAN-2X
- C-NIM-WAN-4S
Cat8300 hardware models included in this evaluation:
- C8355-G2
- C8375-E-G2
- C-NIM-4X
- C-NIM-8T
- C-NIM-8M
- C-NIM-WAN-2X
- C-NIM-WAN-4S
Cat8400 hardware models included in this evaluation:
Cat8500 hardware models included in this evaluation:
Product sheets are available https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/routers/category.html