LAN Access Switches
Make the most of your network to innovate your business
Adapt your network to meet evolving business requirements and optimize new application deployments with Cisco access switches. Cisco Catalyst access switches bring wired and wireless together to more easily deploy mobility, strengthen security, and simplify your network. They'll help you increase scale, improve reliability, and create greater efficiency.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and XR Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches enable reliable and secure business operations with lower TCO through a range of innovative features, including Cisco FlexStack-Plus, application visibility and control, and Smart Operations. Catalyst 2960-XR models offer all the features of the Catalyst 2960-X, plus power redundancy and Layer 3 routing functionality.
- Scalable fixed access switches with high resiliency for growth
- Smart, with intelligent networking and application-aware services for visibility and control
- Highly secure for users and applications with flexible authentication, Cisco TrustSec, and IPv6 first hop security
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series
The Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series is the next generation of enterprise-class stackable Ethernet and Multigigabit Ethernet access and aggregation layer switches that provide full convergence between wired and wireless on a single platform.
- Feature-rich access platform with 480 Gbps stacking for gigabit desktop and 802.11ac wireless
- Converged wired and wireless access by extending wired features, resiliency, granular QoS, and scalability to wireless
- Distributed services across wired and wireless for security, policy, application visibility and control, and more
LAN Access Switch |
Catalyst 2960-X and XR |
Catalyst 3650 |
Catalyst 3850 |
| Gigabit Ethernet switch | Stackable, Layer 2/3 | Stackable, Layer 2/3 | Modular, Layer 2/3 |
| Multi-Gigabit technology | – | – | Yes |
| Power over Ethernet | PoE, PoE+ | PoE, PoE+ | PoE, PoE+, StackPower, UPoE |
| Switching Capacity | 80 Gbps | 160 Gbps | 928 Gbps |
| Access points supported | – | 50 | 100 |
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