Cisco Catalyst Switching Solutions

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series switches deliver best-in-class networking that is designed to meet the needs of growing businesses with up to 250 employees. These Layer 2-managed Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switches offer wire-speed performance and security while being optimized for data, wireless, and IP Communications. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 offers options for Power over Ethernet (PoE) to help reduce the cost and complexity of IP Communications and enable new uses for the Ethernet network and is attractively priced. Also available for these Catalyst Express 500 Series switches is the Cisco Network Assistant (CNA) a GUI, centralized management application that simplifies the administration task of Cisco switches, routers, and wireless access points. It is free of charge and provides configuration wizards that greatly simplify implementing converged networks and intelligent network services.
A Cisco GUI based configuation management tool can help some of your customers with deploying and maintaining their network. For switch software, Cisco Network Assistant can help. Cisco Network Assistant is a PC-based network management application optimized for wired and wireless LANs for growing businesses that have 40 or fewer switches and routers. Using Cisco Smartports technology, Cisco Network Assistant simplifies configuration, management, troubleshooting, and ongoing optimization of Cisco networks. The application provides a centralized network view through a user-friendly GUI. The program allows network administrators to easily apply common services, generate inventory reports, synchronize passwords, and employ features across Cisco switches, routers, and access points. As trusted advisor, point out CNA if you have reason to believe your customer will face the challenges of time consuming, and costly configurations and management or has a lack of IT expertise or staff bandwidth. Note: CNA is the only configuration and management tool for the Catalyst Express 500 switch.
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The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Intelligent Ethernet switches are 1-Rack Unit (RU) fixed-configuration multilayer (L2–L4) standalone switches that provide desktop Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for entry-level enterprise, mid-market, and branch office networks, helping enable enhanced LAN services. The Catalyst 2960 Series offers integrated security, including network admission control (NAC), and bandwidth optimization using advanced QoS, granular rate limiting, ACLs, and multicast services. The switches have port speeds of 24 to 48 Ethernet 10/100 or 24 Ethernet 10/100/1000 with 10/100/1000-TX uplinks or 4 dual-purpose uplinks (each dual-purpose uplink port has one 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and one Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)-based Gigabit Ethernet port, one port active). The 2960 Series can provide 6.5 to 35.7 Mpps depending on which model is chosen. The 2960 Series is typically used in a small or medium wiring closet, or a branch office.

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The Catalyst 3560 offers services through a robust Layer 2 and Layer 3 fixed and stackable switch. The 3560 Series is an enterprise-class switch that includes IEEE 802.3af and Cisco pre-standard Power over Ethernet (PoE), and PoE and IEEE 802.3af power standard support functionality in Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet configurations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 is ideal for small enterprise LAN access or branch-office environments and combines 10/100 and 10/100/1000 for 24 or 48 ports and PoE configurations. The 3560 enables the deployment of new applications such as IP telephony, wireless access, video surveillance, building management systems, and remote video kiosks. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 offers superior multilayer, granular QoS features to help ensure that network traffic is classified and prioritized. Configuration of QoS is greatly simplified through AutoQoS. Customers can deploy networkwide intelligent services such as advanced QoS, rate limiting, Access Control Lists (ACLs), multicast management, and high-performance IP routing while maintaining the simplicity of traditional LAN switching. The 3560 Series has a forwarding rate of 38.7 Mpps and is a 1-RU fixed-configuration multilayer switch that is typically used in a small campus core, in a medium wiring closet, or in a branch office.
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The Catalyst 3750 Series Switch featuring Cisco StackWise technology is an innovative product for mid-size organizations and enterprise branch offices. With Cisco StackWise technology, customers can create a single, 32-Gbps switching unit with up to nine Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches. The 3750 Series is available with either the IP Base Image or the IP Services Image. The IP Base Image feature set includes advanced QoS, rate limiting, ACLs, and basic static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing capability. The IP Services Image provides a richer set of enterprise-class features including advanced hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing. The 3750 Series increases availability for stackable switches by allowing each switch in the stack to serve as a master, creating a 1:N availability scheme for network control, and a forwarding processor. In the unlikely event of a single unit failure, all other units continue to forward traffic and maintain operation. The 3750 Series supports jumbo frames on the 10/100/1000 configurations for advanced data and video applications requiring very large frames, and various models have 24 to 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports and IEEE 802.3af PoE capabilities, as well as 12 SFP-based Gigabit ports. The 3750 series also has 4 x 1 G uplinks or 1 x 10 G uplinks available and 10/100 and 10/100/1000 configurations for 24 or 48 ports, as well as being a fixed-configuration stackable switch. The 3750 has 1 to 1.5 RUs, depending on which model is chosen; has a forwarding rate up to 38.7 Mpps; and is typically used in a small campus core, in a medium wiring closet, or in a branch office.
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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switches are designed for enterprise LAN access, branch offices, Layer 3 distribution points, small and medium-sized businesses, and metropolitan (metro) Ethernet deployments. The 4500 Series provides power to devices attached to PoE-enabled Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series switch ports. Devices include IP phones, access points, video cameras, and other Cisco or IEEE 802.3af-compliant appliances. Advanced QoS-Integrated QoS and traffic-management capabilities based on Layers 2-4 classify and prioritize mission-critical and time-sensitive traffic. The 4500 Series comprises a series of modular chassis options ranging from 3 to 10 slots and a set of supervisor engines delivering up to 136 Gbps of Layer 2-4 switching. Advanced security-Enabling security features such as 802.1X, ACLs, Secure Shell Protocol, port security, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard, and private virtual LANs on the 4500 Series enhance control and flexibility in the network. The 4500 Series supports up to 102 Mpps forwarding and has 7 to 14 RUs depending on the model. The 4500 Series is capable of up to 336 ports of 10/100 or 10/100/1000 Ethernet. The 4500 Series is typically used in a small or medium campus core, or in a wiring closet for an enterprise or small or medium campus.The Cisco Catalyst 4500 switches support AC or DC power, and integrated PoE-capable line cards. They are designed for enterprise LAN access, branch offices, L3 distribution points, small- and medium-sized businesses, and metro Ethernet deployments.
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The Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series offers exceptional performance and reliability for Layer 2 and Layer 3 network edge deployments through two fixed-configuration models. The Catalyst 4900 Series offers a variety of wire-speed ports and uplinks to provide the greatest possible switching capability in a 1-RU form factor. The 4900 Series delivers wire-speed throughput with low latency for data-intensive applications. The 4900 offers superior per-port QoS features to help ensure that network traffic is classified, prioritized, and scheduled. The 4900 Series offers exceptional performance and reliability for low-density, multilayer aggregation of high-performance servers and workstations. The switch can isolate different Layer 2 community traffic simultaneously, while conserving IP address space. The 4900 Series is capable of up to 102 Mpps forwarding rate and is typically used in a small or medium campus core, or in a large wiring closet for an enterprise or small or medium campus.
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The industry-standard Cisco Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) is a hot-swappable input/output device that plugs into a Gigabit Ethernet port or slot, linking the port with the network. Cisco GBICs can be interchanged on a wide variety of Cisco products and can be intermixed in combinations of 1000BASE-T, 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX/LH, 1000BASE-ZX, or 1000BASE-CWDM interfaces on a port-by-port basis.
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