Cisco® Catalyst®
2960 Series Switches with LAN Base software are a family of
fixed-configuration, standalone intelligent Ethernet devices
with Power Over Ethernet (PoE) or non-PoE configurations that
provide desktop Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity,
enabling enhanced LAN services for entry-level enterprise,
midmarket, and branch office networks (See Figure 1). The Cisco
Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series offers integrated security,
including Network Admission Control (NAC), advanced quality of
service (QoS), and resiliency to deliver intelligent services
for the network edge.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series offers:
- PoE configurations up to 48 ports
- Intelligent features at the network
edge, such as sophisticated access control lists (ACLs) and
enhanced security
- Networked Sustainability: Cisco
EnergyWise to measure, report and reduce energy usage across the
entire organization
- Dual-purpose uplinks for Gigabit
Ethernet uplink flexibility, allowing use of either a copper or
a fiber uplink; each dual-purpose uplink port has one
10/100/1000 Ethernet port and one Small Form-Factor Pluggable
(SFP)-based Gigabit Ethernet port, with one port active at a
time
- Network control and bandwidth
optimization using advanced QoS, granular rate limiting, ACLs,
and multicast services
- Network security through a wide range of
authentication methods, data encryption technologies, and NAC
based on users, ports, and MAC addresses
- Easy network configuration, upgrades,
and troubleshooting using Cisco Network Assistant software
- Autoconfiguration for specialized
applications using Auto Smartports
- Limited lifetime hardware warranty
- Software updates at no additional charge
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst
2960 Series Switches

Configurations
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series includes the
following switches (Table 1):
Table 1. Switch
Configurations of Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Switches
Feature |
Description |
Cisco Catalyst
2960PD-8TT-L |
8 Ethernet 10/100 ports
and 1 10/100/1000 PoE input port; compact size with
no fan |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-8TC-L |
8 Ethernet 10/100 ports
and 1 dual-purpose uplink port (10/100/1000 or SFP);
compact size with no fan |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-24TT-L |
24 Ethernet 10/100 ports
and 2 fixed Ethernet 10/100/1000 uplink ports |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-48TT-L |
48 Ethernet 10/100 ports
and 2 fixed Ethernet 10/100/1000 uplink ports |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-24LT-L |
24 Ethernet 10/100 ports
(PoE supported on 8 ports) and 2 fixed Ethernet
10/100/1000 uplink ports |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-24PC-L |
24 Ethernet 10/100 PoE
ports and 2 dual-purpose uplink ports |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-48PST-L |
48 Ethernet 10/100 PoE
ports with 2 fixed Ethernet 10/100/1000 uplinks and
2 SFP uplinks ports |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-24TC-L |
24 Ethernet 10/100 ports
and 2 dual-purpose uplink ports |
Cisco Catalyst
2960-48TC-L |
48 Ethernet 10/100 ports
and 2 dual-purpose uplink ports |
Cisco Catalyst
2960G-8TC-L |
8 Ethernet 10/100/1000
ports, 1 of which is dual-purpose; compact size with
no fan |
Cisco Catalyst
2960G-24TC-L |
24 Ethernet 10/100/1000
ports, 4 of which are dual-purpose |
Cisco Catalyst
2960G-48-TC-L |
48 Ethernet 10/100/1000
ports, 4 of which are dual-purpose |
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base software image is a rich
suite of intelligent services, including advanced QoS, rate
limiting, ACLs, and IPv6 management. The SFP-based Gigabit
Ethernet ports accommodate a range of SFP transceivers,
including the Cisco 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, 1000BASE-BX,
1000BASE-ZX, 100BASE-FX, 100BASE-LX, 100BASE-BX, and coarse
wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM) SFP transceivers.
Cisco EnergyWise Technology: Good for
Business, Better for Environment
Cisco EnergyWise is an innovative architecture, added to the
Cisco Catalyst 2960 switches, that enable the measurement of
power consumption in the network infrastructure and network
attached devices. EnergyWise encompasses a highly
intelligent network based approach to communicate messages
that measure and control energy between network devices and
end points. The network discovers Cisco EnergyWise
manageable devices, monitors their power consumption, and
takes action based on business rules to reduce power
consumption. EnergyWise uses a unique domain naming system
to query and summarize information from large sets of
devices making it simpler than traditional network
management capabilities. Cisco EnergyWise's management
interfaces allow facilities and network management
applications to communicate with end points and each other
using the network as a unifying fabric. The management
interface uses standard SNMP or SSL to integrate Cisco and
third party management systems.
Cisco EnergyWise extends the network as a platform for power
control plane for gathering, managing and reducing power
consumption of all devices, resulting in company-wide
optimized power delivery and reduced energy costs. Together,
Cisco EnergyWise technology and Catalyst switches enable
Greenhouse Gas (GhG) emissions reduction, increased energy
cost savings and sustainable business behavior.
Power over Ethernet
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series provide PoE to allow easy
connectivity to Ethernet-powered devices including Cisco IP
phones and wireless access points. Cisco Catalyst 2960 PoE
models comply with Cisco pre-standard PoE and IEEE 802.3af.
PoE removes the need for wall power to each PoE-enabled
device and eliminates the cost for additional electrical
cable and circuits that would otherwise be necessary in IP
phone and WLAN deployments. PoE switches also eliminate the
need for power injectors and PoE mid-spans for powering IP
devices. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L can support 48 PoE
ports with total PoE power output capacity at 370W. Taking
advantage of Cisco Catalyst Intelligent Power Management,
the Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L configuration can deliver
the necessary power to support 24 ports at 15.4W, 48 ports
at 7.7W, or any combination in between. Cisco Catalyst
2960-24PC-L can support 24 simultaneous full-powered PoE
port at 15.4W. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L has 24 10/100
ports with 8 simultaneous full-powered PoE ports at 15.4W.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TT-L has eight 10/100 ports with
one 10/100/1000 PoE input port. This switch does not need a
power supply and receives power over the uplink from an
upstream PoE device, providing deployment flexibility and
availability. It is ideal for wiring and space-constraint
applications. The power adaptor (PWR-A=) and power cord are
optional and may be ordered separately.
Gigabit Ethernet
At speeds of 1000 Mbps, Gigabit Ethernet provides the
bandwidth to meet new and evolving network demands,
alleviate bottlenecks, and boost performance while
increasing the return on existing infrastructure
investments. Today's workers are placing higher demands on
networks, running multiple concurrent applications. For
example, a worker joins a team conference call through an IP
videoconference, sends a 10-MB spreadsheet to meeting
participants, broadcasts the latest marketing video for the
team to evaluate, and queries the customer relationship
management (CRM) database for the latest real-time feedback.
Meanwhile, a multigigabyte system backup starts in the
background and the latest virus updates are delivered to the
client.
Redundant Power System
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches support the new
generation of the Cisco Redundant Power System (RPS) 2300,
which increases availability in a converged data, voice, and
video network by providing transparent power backup to two
of six attached switches at the same time.
Intelligence in the Network
Networks of today are evolving to address four new
developments at the network edge:
- Increase in desktop computing power
- Introduction of bandwidth-intensive applications
- Expansion of highly sensitive data on the network
- Presence of multiple device types, such as IP phones, WLAN access points, and IP video cameras
These new demands contend for resources with existing
mission-critical applications. As a result, IT professionals
must view the edge of the network as critical to effectively
manage the delivery of information and applications.
As companies increasingly rely on networks as their
strategic business infrastructure, it is more important than
ever to help ensure their high availability, security,
scalability, and control. By adding Cisco intelligent
functions for LAN access, you can now deploy networkwide
intelligent services that consistently address these
requirements from the desktop to the core and through the
WAN.
Cisco Catalyst Intelligent Ethernet switches help you
realize the full benefits of adding intelligent services
into your networks. Deploying capabilities that make the
network infrastructure highly available to accommodate
time-critical needs, scalable to accommodate growth, secure
enough to protect confidential information, and capable of
differentiating and controlling traffic flows is critical to
further optimizing network operations.
Enhanced Security
The wide range of security features that the Cisco Catalyst
2960 LAN Base Series offers helps you protect important
information, keep unauthorized people off the network, guard
privacy, and maintain uninterrupted operation.
The Cisco Identity-Based Networking Services (IBNS) solution
provides authentication, access control, and security policy
administration to secure network connectivity and resources.
Cisco IBNS in the Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series
prevents unauthorized access and helps ensure that users get
only their designated privileges. It provides the ability to
dynamically administer granular levels of network access.
Using the 802.1x standard and the Cisco Secure Access
Control Server (ACS), users can be assigned a VLAN upon
authentication, regardless of where they connect to the
network. This setup allows IT departments to enable strong
security policies without compromising user mobility and
with minimal administrative overhead.
To guard against denial-of-service (DoS) and other attacks,
ACLs can be used to restrict access to sensitive portions of
the network by denying packets based on source and
destination MAC addresses, IP addresses, or TCP/User
Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports. ACL lookups are done in
hardware, so forwarding performance is not compromised when
ACL-based security is implemented.
Port security can be used to limit access on an Ethernet
port based on the MAC address of the device to which it is
connected. It also can be used to limit the total number of
devices plugged into a switch port, thereby protecting the
switch from a MAC flooding attack as well as reducing the
risks of rogue wireless access points or hubs.
With Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping,
DHCP spoofing can be thwarted by allowing only DHCP requests
(but not responses) from untrusted user-facing ports.
Additionally, the DHCP Interface Tracker (Option 82) feature
helps enable granular control over IP address assignment by
augmenting a host IP address request with the switch port
ID.
The MAC Address Notification feature can be used to monitor
the network and track users by sending an alert to a
management station so that network administrators know when
and where users entered the network. Secure Shell Protocol
Version 2 (SSHv2) and Simple Network Management Protocol
Version 3 (SNMPv3) encrypt administrative and
network-management information, protecting the network from
tampering or eavesdropping. TACACS+ or RADIUS authentication
enables centralized access control of switches and restricts
unauthorized users from altering the configurations.
Alternatively, a local username and password database can be
configured on the switch itself. Fifteen levels of
authorization on the switch console and two levels on the
Web-based management interface provide the ability to give
different levels of configuration capabilities to different
administrators.
Intelligent PoE Management
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 PoE models support Cisco IP phones
and Cisco Aironet®
wireless LAN access points, as well as any IEEE
802.3af-compliant end device.
- Cisco Discovery Protocol version 2
allows the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switch to negotiate a more
granular power setting when connecting to a Cisco powered
device, such as IP phones or access points, than what is
provided by IEEE classification.
- The PoE MIB provides proactive
visibility into power usage and allows you to set different
power level thresholds.
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP and
LLDP-MED) adds support for IEEE 802.1AB link layer discovery
protocol for interoperability in multivendor networks. Switches
exchange speed, duplex, and power settings with end devices such
as IP phones.
Availability and Scalability
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series is equipped with a
large set of features that allow for network scalability and
higher availability through multicast filtering as well as a
complete suite of Spanning Tree Protocol enhancements aimed
to maximize availability in a Layer 2 network.
Voice-aware 802.1x port security disables the offending data
VLAN when a violation is detected without affecting Voice
VLAN on the same switch port. Enhancements to the standard
Spanning Tree Protocol, such as Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus
(PVST+), UplinkFast, and PortFast help maximize network
uptime. PVST+ allows for Layer 2 load sharing on redundant
links to efficiently use the extra capacity inherent in a
redundant design. UplinkFast, PortFast, and BackboneFast all
greatly reduce the standard 30- to 60-second Spanning Tree
Protocol convergence time. Flexlink provides bidirectional,
fast convergence in less than 100 milliseconds. The
Loopguard and bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) guard
enhancements provide Spanning Tree Protocol loop avoidance.
Advanced QoS
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series offers superior
multilayer QoS features to help ensure that network traffic
is classified and prioritized and that congestion is avoided
in the best possible manner. Configuration of QoS is greatly
simplified through automatic QoS (Auto QoS), a feature that
detects Cisco IP phones and automatically configures the
switch for the appropriate classification and egress
queuing. This optimizes traffic prioritization and network
availability without the challenge of a complex
configuration.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series can classify,
reclassify, police, mark, queue, and schedule incoming
packets and can queue and schedule packets at egress. Packet
classification allows the network elements to discriminate
between various traffic flows and enforce policies based on
Layer 2 and Layer 3 QoS fields.
To implement QoS, the Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series
Switch first identifies traffic flows or packet groups, then
classifies or reclassifies these groups using the
differentiated services code point (DSCP) field or the
802.1p class of service (CoS) field. Classification and
reclassification can be based on criteria as specific as the
source or destination IP address, source or destination MAC
address, or the Layer 4 TCP or UDP port. At the ingress, the
Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series also polices to
determine whether a packet is in or out of profile, marks to
change the classification label, passes through or drops out
of profile packets, and queues packets based on
classification. Control-plane and data-plane ACLs are
supported on all ports to help ensure proper treatment on a
per-packet basis.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series supports four egress
queues per port, giving network administrators more control
in assigning priorities for the various applications on the
LAN. At egress, the switch performs congestion control and
scheduling, the algorithm or process that determines the
order in which queues are processed. The Cisco Catalyst 2960
LAN Base Series Switch supports Shaped Round Robin (SRR) and
strict priority queuing. The SRR algorithm helps ensure
differential prioritization.
These QoS features allow network administrators to
prioritize mission-critical and bandwidth-intensive traffic,
such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), voice (IP
telephony traffic), and computer-aided design and
manufacturing (CAD/CAM), over applications such as FTP or
e-mail. For example, it would be undesirable to have a large
file download destined to one port on a switch increase
latency in voice traffic destined to another port on this
switch. This condition is avoided by making sure that voice
traffic is properly classified and prioritized throughout
the network. Other applications, such as Web browsing, can
be handled on a lower-priority basis.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series LAN Base can perform rate
limiting through its support of the Cisco committed
information rate (CIR) function. Through CIR, bandwidth can
be guaranteed in increments as small as 1 Mbps. Bandwidth
can be allocated based on several criteria, including MAC
source address, MAC destination address, IP source address,
IP destination address, and TCP or UDP port number.
Bandwidth allocation is essential when network environments
require service-level agreements or when it is necessary to
control the bandwidth given to certain users.
Management
The new Express Setup feature simplifies the initial
configuration of a switch. Now you can set up the switch
through a Web browser, eliminating the need for
terminal-emulation programs and the command-line interface
(CLI). Express Setup reduces the cost of deployment by
helping less-skilled personnel quickly and easily set up
switches.
Cisco Network Assistant is a PC-based network-management
application optimized for LANs with up to 250 users. Cisco
Network Assistant offers centralized management of Cisco
switches, routers, and WLAN access points. It supports a
wide range of Cisco Catalyst intelligent switches from Cisco
Catalyst 2960 through Cisco Catalyst 4506. Through a
user-friendly GUI, users can configure and manage a wide
array of switch functions and start the device manager of
Cisco routers and Cisco wireless access points. A few mouse
clicks enable the Cisco recommended security, availability,
and QoS features without the need to consult a detailed
design guide. The Security wizard automatically restricts
unauthorized access to servers with sensitive data.
Smartports and wizards save time for network administrators,
reduce human errors, and help ensure that the configuration
of the switch is optimized for these applications. Available
at no cost, Cisco Network Assistant can be downloaded from
the Cisco Website.
In addition to Cisco Network Assistant, Cisco Catalyst 2960
LAN Base Series Switches provide for extensive management
using SNMP network-management platforms such as the
CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS). CiscoWorks LMS is
a suite of powerful management tools that simplify the
configuration, administration, monitoring, and
troubleshooting of Cisco networks. It integrates these
capabilities into a world-class solution for improving the
accuracy and efficiency of your operations staff, while
increasing the overall availability of your network.
CiscoWorks LMS supports over 400 different device types,
providing:
- Network discovery, topology views,
end-station tracking, and VLAN management
- Real-time network fault analysis with
easy-to-deploy device-specific best-practice templates
- Hardware and software inventory
management, centralized configuration tools, and Syslog
monitoring
- Network response time and availability
monitoring and tracking
- Real-time device, link, and port traffic
management, analysis, and reporting
Table 2 gives the features and benefits of the Cisco
Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series. Table 3 gives the hardware
specifications, and Table 4 gives the power specifications.
Table 5 lists the management and standards support, and
Table 6 provides the safety and compliance information.
Table 2. Features and
Benefits of Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Switches
Feature |
Benefit |
Ease of Use and Deployment |
- Express Setup simplifies initial configuration
with a Web browser, eliminating the need for
more complex terminal emulation programs and CLI
knowledge.
- IEEE 802.3af and Cisco prestandard PoE support
comes with automatic discovery to detect a Cisco
prestandard or IEEE 802.3af endpoint and provide
the necessary power without any user
configuration.
- Auto Install for configuration and Image
update: Simplify management of large number of
switches, by automatically downloading specified
configuration and image
- DHCP autoconfiguration of multiple switches
through a boot server eases switch deployment.
- Automatic QoS (Auto QoS) simplifies QoS
configuration in voice-over-IP (VoIP) networks
by issuing interface and global switch commands
to detect Cisco IP phones, classify traffic, and
enable egress queue configuration.
- Autosensing on each 10/100 port detects the
speed of the attached device and automatically
configures the port for 10- or 100-Mbps
operation, easing switch deployment in mixed 10-
and 100-Mbps environments.
- Autonegotiating on all ports automatically
selects half- or full-duplex transmission mode
to optimize bandwidth.
- Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) helps enable
dynamic trunk configuration across all switch
ports.
- Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) automates the
creation of Cisco Fast EtherChannel®
groups or Gigabit EtherChannel groups to link to
another switch, router, or server.
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
allows the creation of Ethernet channeling with
devices that conform to IEEE 802.3ad. This
feature is similar to Cisco EtherChannel
technology and PAgP.
- DHCP Server enables a convenient deployment
option for the assignment of IP addresses in
networks that do not have without a dedicated
DHCP server.
- DHCP Relay allows a DHCP relay agent to
broadcast DHCP requests to the network DHCP
server.
- 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX/LH, 1000BASE-ZX,
1000BASE-BX, 100BASE-FX, 100BASE-LX, 100BASE-BX,
and coarse wavelength-division multiplexing
(CWDM) physical interface support through a
field-replaceable SFP module provides
unprecedented flexibility in switch deployment.
- The default configuration stored in flash
memory ensures that the switch can be quickly
connected to the network and can pass traffic
with minimal user intervention.
- Automatic medium-dependent interface crossover
(Auto-MDIX) automatically adjusts transmit and
receive pairs if an incorrect cable type
(crossover or straight-through) is installed on
a copper port.
- Time-domain reflectometer (TDR) to diagnose
and resolve cabling problems on copper ports.
- Configuration Rollback provides the capability
to replace the current running configuration
with any saved Cisco IOS®
Software configuration file. This functionality
can be used to revert to a previous
configuration state, effectively rolling back
any configuration changes that were made since
that configuration file was saved.
- DHCP Auto Install (Boot Host DHCP) and Auto
Image Update allows the switch to automatically
download a configuration file and IOS image
(future).
|
Manageability |
Superior Manageability |
- Cisco IOS Software CLI support provides a
common user interface and command set with all
Cisco routers and Cisco Catalyst desktop
switches.
- IP Service Level Agreement (responder only)
uses active monitoring to generate traffic in a
continuous, reliable, and predictable manner,
thus enabling the measurement of network
performance and health.
- Switching Database Manager templates for
security and QoS allow administrators to easily
adjust memory allocation to the desired features
based on deployment-specific requirements.
- VLAN trunks can be created from any port using
standards-based 802.1q tagging.
- Up to 255 VLANs per switch and up to 128
spanning-tree instances per switch are
supported.
- Four thousand VLAN IDs are supported.
- Voice VLAN simplifies telephony installations
by keeping voice traffic on a separate VLAN for
easier administration and troubleshooting.
- Cisco VTP supports dynamic VLANs and dynamic
trunk configuration across all switches.
- IGMPv3 snooping for IPv4 and MLD v1 and v2
Snooping for IPv6 provide fast client joins and
leaves of multicast streams and limits
bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the
requestors.
- Remote SPAN (RSPAN) allows administrators to
remotely monitor ports in a Layer 2 switch
network from any other switch in the same
network.
- For enhanced traffic management, monitoring,
and analysis, the Embedded Remote Monitoring
(RMON) software agent supports four RMON groups
(history, statistics, alarms, and events).
- Layer 2 trace route eases troubleshooting by
identifying the physical path that a packet
takes from source to destination.
- All RMON groups are supported through a SPAN
port, which permits traffic monitoring of a
single port, or a group of ports, from a single
network analyzer or RMON probe.
- Domain Name System (DNS) provides IP address
resolution with user-defined device names.
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) reduces
the cost of administering software upgrades by
downloading from a centralized location.
- Network Timing Protocol (NTP) provides an
accurate and consistent timestamp to all
intranet switches.
- Multifunction LEDs per port for port status;
half-duplex and full-duplex mode; and 10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T indication as well as
switch-level status LEDs for system, and
redundant power supply provide a comprehensive
and convenient visual management system.
- Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2 help
enable automatic switch discovery for network
management tools and communicate Voice VLAN
information with Cisco IP phones.
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP
Media Extensions (LLDP-MED) including client
location information. Switches exchange link and
device information in multivendor networks.
- IPv6 Host provides basic IPv6 management such
as IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, unicast address types,
ICMPv6, AAAA DNS lookup over IPv4, Secure Shell
(SSH) for v6, IPv6 neighbor discovery, CDP,
Telnet, TFTP, SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS , Traceroute,
syslog for v6.
|
Cisco Network Assistant
Software |
- Cisco Network Assistant is a no-charge,
Windows-based application that simplifies the
administration of networks of up to 250 users.
It supports a wide range of Cisco Catalyst
intelligent switches. With Cisco Network
Assistant, users can manage Cisco Catalyst
switches and launch the device managers of Cisco
integrated services routers and Cisco Aironet®
WLAN access points.
- The easy-to-use graphical interface provides
both a topology map and front-panel view of the
cluster and stacks.
- Configuration wizards need just a few user
inputs to automatically configure the switch to
optimally handle different types of traffic:
voice, video, multicast, and high-priority data.
- A security wizard is provided to restrict
unauthorized access to applications, servers,
and networks.
- Upgrading the Cisco IOS Software on Cisco
Catalyst switches is a simple matter of pointing
and clicking, with one-click upgrades.
- Cisco Network Assistant supports multilayer
feature configurations such as routing
protocols, ACLs, and QoS parameters.
- Multidevice and multiport configuration
capabilities allow administrators to save time
by configuring features across multiple switches
and ports simultaneously.
- The user-personalized interface allows
modification of polling intervals, table views,
and other settings.
- Alarm notification provides automated e-mail
notification of network errors and alarm
thresholds.
|
Cisco Express Setup |
- Express Setup simplifies initial configuration
of a switch through a Web browser, eliminating
the need for terminal emulation programs and CLI
knowledge.
- The Web interface helps less-skilled personnel
quickly and simply set up switches, thereby
reducing the cost of deployment.
|
CiscoWorks Support |
- CiscoWorks network-management software
provides management capabilities on a per-port
and per-switch basis, providing a common
management interface for Cisco routers,
switches, and hubs.
- SNMPv1, v2c, and v3 and Telnet interface
support delivers comprehensive in-band
management, and a CLI-based management console
provides detailed out-of-band management.
- The CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution
supports the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series.
|
Availability and
Scalability |
Superior Redundancy for
Fault Backup |
- IEEE 802.1x Voice-aware security disables the
offending data VLAN when a violation is detected
without affecting Voice VLAN on the same switch
port
- IEEE 802.1x readiness check determines
readiness of connected end hosts, before
configuring 802.1x on the switch.
- Cisco UplinkFast and BackboneFast technologies
help ensure quick failover recovery, enhancing
overall network stability and reliability.
- IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
provides rapid spanning-tree convergence
independent of spanning-tree timers and the
benefit of distributed processing.
- Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+)
allows rapid spanning-tree reconvergence on a
per-VLAN spanning-tree basis, without requiring
the implementation of spanning-tree instances.
- Command-switch redundancy enabled in Cisco
Network Assistant software allows designation of
a backup command switch that takes over if the
primary command switch fails.
- Unidirectional Link Detection Protocol (UDLD)
and Aggressive UDLD allow unidirectional links
to be detected and disabled to avoid problems
such as spanning-tree loops.
- Switch port autorecovery (errdisable)
automatically attempts to re-enable a link that
is disabled because of a network error.
- Cisco Redundant Power System 2300 (RPS 2300)
support provides superior internal power-source
redundancy for up to six Cisco networking
devices, resulting in improved fault tolerance
and network uptime.
- Bandwidth aggregation up to 8 Gbps through
Cisco Gigabit EtherChannel technology and up to
800 Mbps through Cisco Fast EtherChannel
technology enhances fault tolerance and offers
higher-speed aggregated bandwidth between
switches and to routers and individual servers.
- Flex Links provides link redundancy with
convergence time 100ms without requiring
Spanning Tree Protocol.
- VLAN Flex Links load balancing improves
network throughput by utilizing both links for
traffic distribution for different VLANs.
- Link State Tracking provides Layer 2
redundancy in the network when used in
conjunction with server or programmable logic
controller (PLC) network interface card (NIC)
adapter teaming.
|
Integrated Cisco IOS
Software Features for Bandwidth Optimization |
- Per-port broadcast, multicast, and unicast
storm control prevents faulty end stations from
degrading overall systems performance.
- IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol support for
redundant backbone connections and loop-free
networks simplifies network configuration and
improves fault tolerance.
- PVST+ allows for Layer 2 load sharing on
redundant links to efficiently use the extra
capacity inherent in a redundant design.
- IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
allows a spanning-tree instance per VLAN,
enabling Layer 2 load sharing on redundant
links.
- Egress committed rate (ECR) guarantee provides
load balancing and redundancy.
- Local Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
works in conjunction with Private VLAN Edge to
minimize broadcasts and maximize available
bandwidth.
- VLAN1 minimization allows VLAN1 to be disabled
on any individual VLAN trunk link.
- VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) pruning limits
bandwidth consumption on VTP trunks by flooding
broadcast traffic only on trunk links required
to reach the destination devices.
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
version 3 snooping provides fast client joins
and leaves of multicast streams and limits
bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the
requestors.
- IGMP filtering provides multicast
authentication by filtering out no subscribers
and limits the number of concurrent multicast
streams available per port.
- Multicast VLAN registration (MVR) continuously
sends multicast streams in a multicast VLAN
while isolating e streams from subscriber VLANs
for bandwidth and security reasons.
|
QoS and Control |
Advanced QoS |
- Standard 802.1p CoS and DSCP field
classification are provided, using marking and
reclassification on a per-packet basis by source
and destination IP address, source and
destination MAC address, or Layer 4 TCP or UDP
port number.
- Cisco control-plane and data-plane QoS ACLs on
all ports help ensure proper marking on a
per-packet basis.
- Four egress queues per port enable
differentiated management of up to four traffic
types.
- SRR scheduling ensures differential
prioritization of packet flows by intelligently
servicing the ingress and egress queues.
- Weighted tail drop (WTD) provides congestion
avoidance at the ingress and egress queues
before a disruption occurs.
- Strict priority queuing guarantees that the
highest-priority packets are serviced ahead of
all other traffic.
- There is no performance penalty for highly
granular QoS functions.
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Granular Rate Limiting |
- The Cisco CIR function guarantees bandwidth in
increments as small as 1 Mbps.
- Rate limiting is provided based on source and
destination IP address, source and destination
MAC address, Layer 4 TCP and UDP information, or
any combination of these fields, using QoS ACLs
(IP ACLs or MAC ACLs), class maps, and policy
maps.
- Asynchronous data flows upstream and
downstream from the end station or on the uplink
are easily managed using ingress policing and
egress shaping.
- Up to 64 aggregate or individual polices are
available per Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet
port.
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Security |
Networkwide Security
Features |
- IEEE 802.1x allows dynamic, port-based
security, providing user authentication.
- IEEE 802.1x with VLAN assignment allows a
dynamic VLAN assignment for a specific user
regardless of where the user is connected.
- IEEE 802.1x with voice VLAN permits an IP
phone to access the voice VLAN irrespective of
the authorized or unauthorized state of the
port.
- IEEE 802.1x and port security are provided to
authenticate the port and manage network access
for all MAC addresses, including those of the
client.
- IEEE 802.1x with Guest VLAN allows guests
without 802.1x clients to have limited network
access on the guest VLAN.
- Web authentication for non-802.1x clients
allows non-802.1x clients to use an SSL-based
browser for authentication.
- MAC Auth Bypass (MAB) for voice allows
third-party IP phones without an 802.1x
supplicant to get authenticated using their MAC
address.
- Port-based ACLs for Layer 2 interfaces allow
application of security policies on individual
switch ports.
- Unicast MAC filtering prevents the forwarding
of any type of packet with a matching MAC
address.
- Unknown unicast and multicast port blocking
allows tight control by filtering packets that
the switch has not already learned how to
forward.
- SSHv2 and SNMPv3 provide network security by
encrypting administrator traffic during Telnet
and SNMP sessions. SSHv2 and the cryptographic
version of SNMPv3 require a special
cryptographic software image because of U.S.
export restrictions.
- Bidirectional data support on the Switched
Port Analyzer (SPAN) port allows the Cisco
Secure intrusion detection system (IDS) to take
action when an intruder is detected.
- TACACS+ and RADIUS authentication enable
centralized control of the switch and restrict
unauthorized users from altering the
configuration.
- MAC address notification allows administrators
to be notified of users added to or removed from
the network.
- DHCP snooping allows administrators to ensure
consistent mapping of IP to MAC addresses. This
can be used to prevent attacks that attempt to
poison the DHCP binding database, and to
rate-limit the amount of DHCP traffic that
enters a switch port.
- DHCP Interface Tracker (Option 82) feature
augments a host IP address request with the
switch port ID.
- Port security secures the access to an access
or trunk port based on MAC address.
- After a specific timeframe, the aging feature
removes the MAC address from the switch to allow
another device to connect to the same port.
- Trusted Boundary provides the ability to trust
the QoS priority settings if an IP phone is
present and to disable the trust setting if the
IP phone is removed, thereby preventing a
malicious user from overriding prioritization
policies in the network.
- Multilevel security on console access prevents
unauthorized users from altering the switch
configuration.
- The user-selectable address-learning mode
simplifies configuration and enhances security.
- BPDU Guard shuts down Spanning Tree Protocol
PortFast-enabled interfaces when BPDUs are
received to avoid accidental topology loops.
- Spanning-Tree Root Guard (STRG) prevents edge
devices not in the network administrator's
control from becoming Spanning Tree Protocol
root nodes.
- Voice VLAN aware port security and BPDU Guard
allow Voice VLAN traffic to not be disrupted
when security violations occur.
- IGMP filtering provides multicast
authentication by filtering out no subscribers
and limits the number of concurrent multicast
streams available per port.
- Dynamic VLAN assignment is supported through
implementation of VLAN Membership Policy Server
(VMPS) client functions to provide flexibility
in assigning ports to VLANs. Dynamic VLAN helps
enable the fast assignment of IP addresses.
- Cisco Network Assistant software security
wizards ease the deployment of security features
for restricting user access to a server as well
as to a portion of or the entire network.
- Up to 512 (Aces) are supported, with two
profiles: Security (384 Security ACL entries and
128 QoS policies), and QoS (128 Security ACL
entries and 384 QoS policies).
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Table 3. Cisco Catalyst 2960
LAN Base Switch Hardware
Description |
Specification |
Performance |
- 16 Gbps switching fabric (Catalyst
2960PD-8TT-L , Catalyst 2960-8TC-L, Catalyst
2960-24TT-L, Catalyst 2960-24TC-L, Catalyst
2960-24LT-L, Catalyst 2960-24PC-L, Catalyst
2960-48PST-L, Catalyst 2960-48TT-L, Catalyst
2960-48TC-L)
- 32 Gbps switching fabric (Catalyst
2960G-8TC-L, Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L, Catalyst
2960G-48TC-L)
- Forwarding rate based on 64-byte packets:
- Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L: 2.7 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-8TC-L: 2.7 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-24TT-L: 6.5 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-24TC-L: 6.5 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-24LT-L: 6.5 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-24PC-L : 6.5 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-48TT-L: 10.1 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-48TC-L: 10.1 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960-48PST-L : 13.3 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L: 11.9 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L: 35.7 Mpps
- Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L: 39.0 Mpps
- 64 MB DRAM
- 32 MB flash memory
- Configurable up to 8000 MAC addresses
- Configurable up to 255 IGMP groups
- Configurable maximum transmission unit (MTU)
of up to 9000 bytes, with a maximum Ethernet
frame size of 9018 bytes (Jumbo frames) for
bridging on Gigabit Ethernet ports, and up to
1998 bytes for bridging of Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) tagged frames on both 10/100
and 10/100/1000 ports
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Connectors
and Cabling |
- 10BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair
Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair
(UTP) cabling
- 100BASE-TX ports: RJ-45 connectors, 2-pair
Category 5 UTP cabling
- 1000BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair
Category 5 UTP cabling
- 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports: RJ-45 connectors,
4-pair Category 5 UTP cabling
- 1000BASE-SX, -LX/LH, -ZX, -BX and CWDM
SFP-based ports: LC fiber connectors
(single/multimode fiber)
- 100BASE-LX, -BX, -FX: LC fiber connectors
(single/multimode fiber).
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Power Connectors |
- Customers can provide power to a switch by
using either the internal power supply or the
Cisco RPS 675. The connectors are located at the
back of the switch.
Note: The Catalyst
2960-8TC-L and Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L do not have RPS
ports.
- Internal-Power-Supply Connector
- The internal power supply is an autoranging
unit.
- The internal power supply supports input
voltages between 100 and 240VAC.
- Use the supplied AC power cord to connect the
AC power connector to an AC power outlet.
- Cisco RPS Connector
- The connector offers connection for an
optional Cisco RPS 2300 that uses AC input and
supplies DC output to the switch.
- The connector offers a 2300W redundant power
system that supports up to six external network
devices and provides power to two failed devices
at a time.
- The connector automatically senses when the
internal power supply of a connected device
fails and provides power to the failed device,
preventing loss of network traffic.
- Only the Cisco RPS 2300 (model PWR-RPS2300)
should be attached to the redundant-power-system
receptacle.
|
Indicators |
- Per-port status: Link integrity, disabled,
activity, speed, full-duplex
- System status: System, RPS, link status, link
duplex, link speed
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Dimensions (H x W x D)
|
- Cisco Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L : 4.4 x 27 x 15.7 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-L: 4.4 x 27 x 16.3 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L: 4.4 x 44.5 x 23.6 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-L: 4.4 x 44.5 x 23.6 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L: 4.4 x 44.5 x 23.6 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L: 4.4 x 44.5 x 33.2 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L : 4.4 x 44.5 x 33.2 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L : 4.4 x 44.5 x 33.2 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-L: 4.4 x 44.5 x 23.6 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L: 4.4 x 27 x 20.5 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L: 4.4 x 44.5 x 32.8 cm
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L: 4.4 x 44.5 x 32.8 cm
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Weight
|
- Cisco Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L: 1.4 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-L: 1.4 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L: 3.6 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-L: 3.6 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L: 3.6 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L : 4.5 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L : 5.4 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L : 5.4 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-L: 3.6 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L: 1.4 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L: 4.5 kg
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L: 5.4 kg
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Environmental Ranges
|
Normal Operating
Conditions:
- -5ºC to +45ºC, up to 1500 m
- -5ºC to +40ºC, up to 3000 m
- -5ºC to +35ºC, up to 4000 m
Short-Term* Exceptional
Operating Conditions:
- -5ºC to +55ºC, at sea level
- -5ºC to +50ºC, up to 1500 m
- -5ºC to +45ºC, up to 3000 m
- -5'C to +40'C, up to 4000 m
* Not more than following
in one year period: 96 consecutive hours, or 360
hours total, or 15 occurrences
* For Catalyst
2960G-8TC-L, reduce the high range temperature by
5°C
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Acoustic Noise
|
- ISO 7779: Bystander position operating to an
ambient temperature of 25°C
- Cisco Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L: 0 dBa (no fan)
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-L: 0 dBa (no fan)
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L: 40 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-L: 40 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L: 40 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L : 48 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L : 48 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L : 48 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-L: 40 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L: 0 dBa (no fan)
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L: 41 dBa
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L: 43 dBa
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Mean Time Between
Failure (MTBF)
|
- Cisco Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L: 737,065 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-L: 615,549 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L: 407,707 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-L: 339,743 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L: 402,926 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L : 311,781 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L : 243,277 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-L: 336,409 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PC-L: 180,427 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L: 485,576 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L: 313,828 hrs
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L: 221,432 hrs
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AC Input Voltage
and Current
|
- DC input, 48 VDC, 0.3A (Cisco Catalyst
2960PD-8TT-L),
- (For AC input, use PWR-A= sold separately)
- 100-240VAC (autoranging), 0.5-0.25A, 50-60 Hz
(Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-L)
- 100-240VAC (autoranging), 0.8-0.4A, 50-60 Hz
(Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L)
- 100-240 VAC (autoranging), 3.0-1.5A, 50-60 Hz
(Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L)
- 100-240 VAC (autoranging) 8.0-4.0A, 50-60 Hz
(Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L)
- 100-240 VAC (autoranging) 5.0-2.0A, 50-60 Hz
(Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L)
- 100-240VAC (autoranging), 1.3-0.8A, 50-60 Hz
(Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L and Catalyst
2960-24TC-L and Catalyst 2960-48TT-L and
Catalyst 2960-48TC-L)
- 100-240VAC (autoranging), 3.0-1.5A, 50-60 Hz
(Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L and Catalyst
2960G-48TC-L)
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Power Rating
|
- Cisco Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L : 11 W
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-L: 0.035 kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L: 0.05kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-L: 0.075kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L: 0.05kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L : 0.175 kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L : 0.470 kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L : 0.5 kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-L: 0.075kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L: 0.05 kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L: 0.075kVA
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L: 0.140kVA
|
DC Input Voltages
(RPS Input)
|
- (No RPS input for Cisco Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L
, Catalyst 2960-8TC-L and Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L)
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L: +12V at 5A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-L: +12V at 5A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L: +12V at 5A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L : +12V at 8.3A,
-48V at 2.7A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L : +12V at 11.25A,
-48V at 7.8A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48PST-L : +12V at 4A, -48V
at 7.8A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-L: +12V at 5A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L: +12V at 10.5A
- Cisco Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L: +12V at 10.5A
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Table 4. Power Specifications
for Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Switches
Power Consumption |
Description |
WS-C2960-24T-L |
WS-C2960-8TC-L |
WS-C2960-24TC-L |
WS-C2960-48TC-L |
WS-2960PD-8TT-L |
WS-C2960-24TT-L |
WS-C2960-48TT-L |
5% Throughput |
Measured Power
Consumption |
21W |
11W |
24W |
36W |
N/A |
26W |
38W |
Measured Output BTU |
71 |
37 |
82 |
122 |
N/A |
86 |
130 |
100% Throughput |
Measured Power
Consumption |
22W |
12W |
27W |
39W |
11W |
28W |
42W |
Measured Output BTU |
75 |
39 |
90 |
133 |
38 |
93 |
141 |
5% Throughput (with 50%
PoE loads) |
Measured Power
Consumption |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Measured Output BTU |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
100% Throughput (with
maximum possible PoE loads) |
Measured Power
Consumption |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Measured Output BTU |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Table 5. Power Specifications for Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base
Switches
Power Consumption
|
Description |
WS-C2960-24PC-L |
WS-C2960-24LT-L |
WS-C2960-48PST-L |
WS-C2960G-8TC-L |
WS-C2960G-24TC-L |
WS-C2960G-48TC-L |
5% Throughput |
Measured Power
Consumption |
43W |
34W |
63W |
20W |
65W |
114W |
Measured Output BTU |
144 |
114 |
214 |
68 |
219 |
388 |
100% Throughput |
Measured Power
Consumption |
45W |
36W |
67W |
22W |
72W |
123W |
Measured Output BTU |
151 |
121 |
227 |
75 |
244 |
419 |
5% Throughput (with 50%
PoE loads) |
Measured Power
Consumption |
Switch Power: 237W |
Switch Power: 98W |
Switch Power: 262W |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
PoE Power: 185W |
PoE Power: 62W |
PoE Power: 187W |
|
|
|
Measured Output BTU |
Switch output:: 175 |
Switch output:: 122 |
Switch output:: 253 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
100% Throughput (with
maximum possible PoE loads) |
Measured Power
Consumption |
Switch Power: 433W |
Switch Power: 162W |
Switch Power: 460W |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Measured Output BTU |
PoE Power: |
PoE Power: |
PoE Power: 339W |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
357W |
119W |
|
|
|
|
Switch output:: 171 |
Switch output:: 66 |
Switch output:: 208 |
|
|
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Note: All power consumption numbers
were measured under controlled laboratory conditions and are
provided as an estimate.
The wattage rating on the power supply does not represent
actual power draw. It indicates the maximum power draw
possible by the power supply. This rating can be used for
facility capacity planning. For PoE switches, cooling
requirements are smaller than the actual power consumption
as a significant portion of PoE loads are dissipated in the
end points
Non PoE Power Consumption
100% Throughput Switch Power consumption
The numbers indicate the power consumed by a typical switch
under normal conditions. Normal conditions signify a
temperature of 25 Degrees Celsius, atmospheric pressure in
the range of 860 to 1060 mbar and relative Humidity between
30 to 75%. Typically such power draws are only seen when
encountering a 100% traffic load made up entirely of 64 byte
packets on the switch and the uplinks.
5% Throughput Switch Power consumption
The numbers indicate the power consumed by a typical switch
under normal conditions. Normal conditions signify a
temperature of 25 Degrees Celsius, atmospheric pressure in
the range of 860 to 1060 mbar and relative Humidity between
30 to 75%. The numbers below indicate a 5% traffic load on
the switch and its uplinks.
PoE Power Consumption
100% Throughput Switch Power consumption
(no PoE loads)
The numbers indicate the power consumed by a typical switch
under normal conditions. Normal conditions signify a
temperature of 25 Degrees Celsius, atmospheric pressure in
the range of 860 to 1060 mbar and relative Humidity between
30 to 75%. Typically such power draws are only seen when
encountering a 100% traffic load made up entirely of 64 byte
packets with no PoE loads on the switch and uplinks.
Measured 5% Throughput Switch Power
consumption (no PoE loads)
The numbers indicate the power consumed by a typical switch
under normal conditions. Normal conditions signify a
temperature of 25 Degrees Celsius, atmospheric pressure in
the range of 860 to 1060 mbar and relative Humidity between
30 to 75%. The numbers below indicate a 5% traffic load on
the switch and its uplinks
100% Throughput Switch Power consumption
(with maximum PoE loads)
The numbers indicate the power consumed by a typical system
(the switch and the corresponding PoE loads) under normal
conditions. Normal conditions signify a temperature of 25
Degrees Celsius, atmospheric pressure in the range of 860 to
1060 mbar and relative Humidity between 30 to 75%. Typically
this power draw is realized when a switch is running 100%
traffic load of 64 byte sized packets on all its ports and
uplinks and also drawing 100% PoE load .
5% Throughput Switch Power consumption
(with 50% PoE loads).
The numbers indicate the power consumed by a typical system
(the switch and the corresponding PoE loads) under normal
conditions. Normal conditions signify a temperature of 25
Degrees Celsius, atmospheric pressure in the range of 860 to
1060 mbar and relative Humidity between 30 to 75%. The
numbers below indicate a 5% traffic load and 50% PoE load on
the switch and its uplinks.
Table 6. Management and
Standards Support for Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Switches
Description |
Specification |
Management |
- BRIDGE-MIB
- CISCO-CABLE-DIAG-MIB
- CISCO-CDP-MIB
- CISCO-CLUSTER-MIB
- CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB
- CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB
- CISCO-DHCP-SNOOPING-MIB
- CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB
- CISCO-ENVMON-MIB
- CISCO-ERR-DISABLE-MIB
- CISCO-FLASH-MIB
- CISCO-FTP-CLIENT-MIB
- CISCO-IGMP-FILTER-MIB
- CISCO-IMAGE-MIB
- CISCO-IP-STAT-MIB
- CISCO-LAG-MIB
- CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB
- CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB
- CISCO-PAGP-MIB
- CISCO-PING-MIB
- CISCO-POE-EXTENSIONS-MIB
- CISCO-PORT-QOS-MIB
- CISCO-PORT-SECURITY-MIB
- CISCO-PORT-STORM-CONTROL-MIB
- CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB
- CISCO-PROCESS-MIB
- CISCO-RTTMON-MIB
- CISCO-SMI-MIB
- CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB
- CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB
|
- CISCO-TC-MIB
- CICSO-TCP-MIB
- CISCO-UDLDP-MIB
- CISCO-VLAN-IFTABLE-RELATIONSHIP-MIB
- CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB
- CISCO-VTP-MIB
- ENTITY-MIB
- ETHERLIKE-MIB
- IEEE8021-PAE-MIB
- IEEE8023-LAG-MIB
- IF-MIB
- INET-ADDRESS-MIB
- OLD-CISCO-CHASSIS-MIB
- OLD-CISCO-FLASH-MIB
- OLD-CISCO-INTERFACES-MIB
- OLD-CISCO-IP-MIB
- OLD-CISCO-SYS-MIB
- OLD-CISCO-TCP-MIB
- OLD-CISCO-TS-MIB
- RFC1213-MIB
- RMON-MIB
- RMON2-MIB
- SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB
- SNMP-MPD-MIB
- SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB
- SNMP-TARGET-MIB
- SNMPv2-MIB
- TCP-MIB
- UDP-MIB
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Standards |
- IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol
- IEEE 802.1p CoS Prioritization
- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
- IEEE 802.1s
- IEEE 802.1w
- IEEE 802.1x
- IEEE 802.1AB (LLDP)
- IEEE 802.3ad
- IEEE 802.3af
- IEEE 802.3ah (100BASE-X single/multimode fiber
only)
- IEEE 802.3x full duplex on 10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T ports
- IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T specification
- IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification
- IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T specification
- IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X specification
|
- 100BASE-BX (SFP)
- 100BASE-FX (SFP)
- 100BASE-LX (SFP)
- 1000BASE-BX (SFP)
- 1000BASE-SX (SFP)
- 1000BASE-LX/LH (SFP)
- 1000BASE-ZX (SFP)
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1470 nm
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1490 nm
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1510 nm
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1530 nm
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1550 nm
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1570 nm
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1590 nm
- 1000BASE-CWDM SFP 1610 nm
- RMON I and II standards
- SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3
|
Ordering Information
Table 9. Ordering Information
for Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Switches
Part Numbers |
Description |
WS-C2960PD-8TT-L
|
• 8 Ethernet 10/100 ports and 1 10/100/1000 PoE
input port
• Power adaptor (PWR-A=) and power cord sold
separately
• Compact size with no fan; magnet included
• LAN Base Image installed
|
WS-C2960-8TC-L
|
• 8 Ethernet 10/100 ports and 1 dual-purpose
uplink (dual-purpose uplink port has one
10/100/1000 Ethernet port and 1 SFP-based
Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 port active)
• Compact size with no fan; magnet included
• LAN Base Image installed
|
WS-C2960-24TT-L
|
• 24 Ethernet 10/100 ports and two 10/100/1000TX
uplinks
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
|
WS-C2960-48TT-L
|
• 48 Ethernet 10/100 ports and two 10/100/1000TX
uplinks
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
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WS-C2960-24LT-L
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• 24 Ethernet 10/100 ports with 8 PoE ports and
two 10/100/1000TX uplinks
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
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WS-C2960-24PC-L
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• 24 Ethernet 10/100 PoE ports and 2
dual-purpose uplinks
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
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WS-C2960-48PST-L
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• 48 Ethernet 10/100 PoE ports and 2 10/100/1000
uplinks and 2 SFP uplinks
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
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WS-C2960-48TC-L
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• 48 Ethernet 10/100 ports and 2 dual-purpose
uplinks (each dual-purpose uplink port has one
10/100/1000 Ethernet port and 1 SFP-based
Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 port active)
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
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WS-C2960G-8TC-L
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• 7 Ethernet 10/100/1000 ports and 1
dual-purpose uplink (dual-purpose uplink port
has one 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and 1
SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 port active)
• Compact size with no fan; magnet included
• LAN Base Image installed
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WS-C2960G-24TC-L
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• 20 Ethernet 10/100/1000 ports and 4
dual-purpose uplinks (each dual-purpose uplink
port has one 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and 1
SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 port active)
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
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WS-C2960G-48TC-L
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• 44 Ethernet 10/100/1000 ports and 4
dual-purpose uplinks (each dual-purpose uplink
port has one 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and 1
SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet port, 1 port active)
• 1 RU fixed-configuration
• LAN Base Image installed
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PWR-RPS2300 |
Cisco Redundant Power
System 2300 and Blower,No Power Supply |
BLNK-RPS2300= |
Spare Bay Insert for Cisco
Redundant Power System 2300 |
CAB-RPS2300-E= |
Spare RPS2300 Cable for
Cisco Catalyst 2960-24PC-L and 2960-24LT-L switches |
CAB-RPS2300= |
Spare RPS2300 Cable for
Cisco Catalyst 2960 switches except Catalyst
2960-24PC-L and 2960-24LT-L switches |
BLWR-RPS2300= |
Spare 45CFM Blower for
Cisco Redundant Power System 2300 |
C3K-PWR-750WAC= |
Catalyst 3750-E/3560-E/RPS
2300 750WAC power supply spare |
PWR-A= |
Power adaptor for Cisco
Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L compact switch |
CBLGRD-C2960-8TC= |
Cable guard for the Cisco
Catalyst 2960-8TC compact switch |
CBLGRD-C2960G-8TC= |
Cable guard for the Cisco
Catalyst 2960G-8TC compact switch |
RCKMNT-19-CMPCT= |
Rack-mount for the Cisco
Catalyst 2960-8TC and Catalyst 2960G-8TC compact
switches |
RCKMNT-1RU= |
Spare rack-mount kit for
the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series |
RCKMNT-REC-1RU= |
1 RU recessed rack-mount
kit for the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series |
GLC-LH-SM= |
1000BASE-LX/LH SFP
transceiver module for MMF and SMF, 1300-nm
wavelength |
GLC-SX-MM= |
1000BASE-SX SFP
transceiver module for MMF, 850-nm wavelength |
GLC-ZX-SM= |
1000BASE-ZX SFP
transceiver module for SMF, 1550-nm wavelength |
GLC-T= |
1000BASE-T SFP transceiver
module for Category 5 copper wire Not
supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC and
Catalyst 2960G-8TC
compact switches
|
GLC-BX-D= |
1000BASE-BX10 SFP
transceiver module for single strand SMF, 1490-nm TX
/ 1310-nm RX wavelength |
GLC-BX-U= |
1000BASE-BX10 SFP
transceiver module for single strand SMF, 1310-nm TX
/ 1490-nm RX wavelength |
GLC-GE-100FX= |
100BASE-FX SFP module for
Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1310-nm wavelength, 2 km
over MMF Not supported on the Cisco Catalyst
2960-8TC and Catalyst 2960G-8TC compact switches
|
GLC-FE-100FX= |
100BASE-FX SFP module for
100-Mb ports, 1310-nm wavelength, 2 km over MMF |
GLC-FE-100LX= |
100BASE-LX10 SFP module
for 100-Mb ports, 1310-nm wavelength, 10 km over SMF |
GLC-FE-100BX-D= |
100BASE-BX10-D SFP module
for 100-Mb ports, 1550-nm TX /1310-nm RX wavelength,
10 km over single-strand SMF |
GLC-FE-100BX-U= |
100BASE-BX10-U SFP module
for 100-Mb ports, 1310-nm TX/1550-nm RX wavelength,
10 km over single-strand SMF |
CWDM-SFP-1470= |
Cisco CWDM SFP 1470 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (gray) |
CWDM-SFP-1490= |
Cisco CWDM SFP, 1490 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (violet) |
CWDM-SFP-1510= |
Cisco CWDM SFP, 1510 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (blue) |
CWDM-SFP-1530= |
Cisco CWDM SFP, 1530 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (green) |
CWDM-SFP-1550= |
Cisco CWDM SFP, 1550 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (yellow) |
CWDM-SFP-1570= |
Cisco CWDM SFP, 1570 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (orange) |
CWDM-SFP-1590= |
Cisco CWDM SFP, 1590 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (red) |
CWDM-SFP-1610= |
Cisco CWDM SFP, 1610 nm;
Gigabit Ethernet and 1G/2G FC (brown) |
CAB-SM-LCSC-1M |
1m fiber single-mode
LC-to-SC connectors |
CAB-SM-LCSC-5M |
5m fiber single-mode LC-to-SC connectors |