Catalyst 8000 Edge Series:

• 8300
• 8200
• 8200L

The Cisco Catalyst 8000 Gigabit Ethernet WAN Modules bring high-density Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+ and SFP) and copper (RJ-45) connectivity supporting 100 Mbps 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps Ethernet to the Catalyst 8300 and 8200 Series Edge Platforms.

These modules replace the Network Interface Module (NIM) and Single-Wide Enhanced Service Module (SM-X) Ethernet WAN modules supported on the Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers. Providing maximum flexibility the modules accelerate applications such as Ethernet WAN access Cisco SD-WAN and other high-speed connectivity options to the LAN top-of-rack data center switches and servers. Support for SD-WAN and vManage is available from day 1 on all these modules.

The ports on these modules work as routed Layer 3 ports. All the features supported on the router's embedded WAN ports are also available with these WAN modules.

Layer 2 switching between local ports on the module or between ports on the module and other ports within the router system is not supported. The ports on these modules terminate Layer 2 trunks from externally connected switches. As such Layer 2 trunk and VLAN information is not carried over onto other ports in the system. The host router routes all traffic entering these modules.

Power over Ethernet (PoE IEEE 802.3 af/at/bt) is supported on the C-NIM-1M module.

This data sheet also covers the SM-NIM Carrier Adapter for the Catalyst 8300 Series. This carrier card enables all combinations of voice WAN and LAN modules to be hot-swappable and functioning in a Service Module (SM) slot. Up to 2 NIMs are supported per carrier card without any performance or functionality limitations.