Product Overview

Cisco^® Catalyst^® 2960-X Series Switches are fixed-configuration, stackable Gigabit Ethernet switches that provide enterprise-class access for campus and branch applications (Figure 1). Designed for operational simplicity to lower total cost of ownership, they enable scalable, secure and energy-efficient business operations with intelligent services and a range of advanced Cisco IOS^® Software features.

Product Highlights

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X switches feature:

●   24 or 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports with line-rate forwarding performance

●   Gigabit Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) or 10G SFP+ uplinks

●   FlexStack Plus for stacking of up to 8 switches with 80 Gbps of stack throughput (optional)

●   Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) support with up to 740W of PoE budget

●   24-port PoE fanless switch for deployment outside the wiring closet

●   Reduced power consumption and advanced energy management features

●   USB and Ethernet management interfaces for simplified operations

●   Application visibility and capacity planning with integrated NetFlow-Lite

●   LAN Base or LAN Lite Cisco IOS software features

●   Enhanced limited lifetime warranty (E-LLW) offering next-business-day hardware replacement

Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR models also offer:

●   Power resiliency with optional dual field-replaceable power supplies

●   IP Lite Cisco IOS software with dynamic routing and Layer 3 features