C8500-12X4QC Technical Specifications
Cisco Catalyst 8500-12X4QC 12 x Ports 1/10GBase-X + 2 x 40/100GBase-X + 2 x QSFP+ 1U Rack-mountable Edge Platform Switch
Part Number: C8500-12X4QC
Series: Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms
Type: High-Performance Aggregation and Edge Services Router
Total Ports: 16
Network Ports: 12 x 1G/10G SFP+
High-Speed Ports: 2 x 40/100G QSFP28 + 2 x 40G QSFP+
Switching/Throughput Capacity: Up to 1.2 Tbps system performance
Forwarding Rate: Hardware-accelerated, line-rate forwarding
VLAN Support: IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
Routing Protocols: IPv4/IPv6, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing
VPN Support: IPsec, FlexVPN, MPLS VPN, DMVPN
QoS: Hierarchical QoS, Traffic Shaping, DSCP, CoS
Security: TrustSec, MACsec (802.1AE), 802.1X, ACLs, Firewall, ZBFW
Management: Cisco IOS XE, CLI, SNMP, NETCONF, RESTCONF, Telemetry
Stacking Capability: Not supported (router-class platform)
Port Mirroring: Supported