Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches With Power Over Ethernet (Po E)

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches with Power over Ethernet (PoE)

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The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches with Power over Ethernet (PoE) are new members of the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series of fixed-configuration standalone switches for entry-level enterprise, midmarket, and small branch office networks. This series include two Cisco Catalyst 2960 PoE Switches and one Cisco Catalyst 2960 Powered Device (PD) switch, which receives power through a PoE input port from an upstream PoE device.

PoE eliminates 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. What\’s new for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches with LAN Base Software:

10 and 1 Gigabit Ethernet uplink flexibility with Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+), providing business continuity and fast transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet

24 or 48 ports of Gigabit Ethernet desktop connectivity

Cisco FlexStack stacking module with 20 Gbps of throughput, allowing ease of operation with single configuration and simplified switch upgrade

PoE+ with up to 30W per port that allows you to support the latest PoE+ capable devices

Power supply options, with 740W or 370W fixed power supplies for PoE+ switches are available

USB storage for file backup, distribution, and simplified operations

A wide range of software features to provide ease of operation, highly secure business operations, sustainability, and a borderless network experience

Limited lifetime hardware warranty, including next-business-day replacement with 90-day service and support

The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches with LAN Base Software offer the following:

Dual-purpose uplinks for Gigabit Ethernet uplink flexibility, allowing use of either a copper or fiber uplink; each dual-purpose uplink port has one 10/100/1000 Ethernet port and one SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet port, with one port active at a time

24 or 48 ports of Fast Ethernet desktop connectivity

PoE configurations with up to 15.4W per port

A wide range of software features to provide ease of operation, highly secure business operations, sustainability, and a borderless networking experience

Limited lifetime hardware warranty

Power over Ethernet Plus PoE+ ::

In addition to PoE 802.3af, the Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches support PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at standard), which provides up to 30W of power per port. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960 Series Switches can provide a lower total cost of ownership for deployments that incorporate Cisco IP phones, Cisco Aironet wireless LAN (WLAN) access points, or any IEEE 802.3af-compliant end device. PoE removes the need for wall power to each PoE-enabled device and eliminates the cost for additional electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be necessary in IP phone and WLAN deployments. Borderless experience is only possible with intelligent network elements designed and architected to meet the needs of a global workspace. Cisco Network Access is a primary component of this architecture, enabling various borderless network services such as mobility, security, sustainability, EnergyWise and ease of operations for increased productivity and operational efficiency. When network access is intelligent, it knows the identity of the user, as well as where the user is on the network. It knows what is connecting to the network, to automatically provision the network for QoS and delivery. It becomes services-aware to optimize user experience. Only with intelligent access network, your enterprise can go borderless securely and transparently. Your business can save energy, simplify operations with better business efficiency, and have an optimized total cost of ownership. Cisco Network Access for Borderless solution focuses on the following primary areas:

Sustainability

EnergyWise

Ease of operations

Borderless security

Borderless experience

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Cisco Catalyst 2960-S PoE models

support the latest PoE+ devices including Cisco IP phones and Cisco Aironet WLAN access points providing up to 30W of power per port, as well as any IEEE 802.3af-compliant end device.

Per port power consumption command allows customers to specify maximum power setting on an individual port

Per port PoE power sensing measures actual power being drawn, enabling more intelligent control of powered devices

Cisco Discovery Protocol Version 2 allows switches 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 customers to set different power-level thresholds.

Some of the Cisco PoE Switches that are commonly used in the industry are as follows.

WS-C2960S-48FPD-L, WS-C2960S-48LPD-L, WS-C2960S-24PD-L, WS-C2960S-48TD-L, WS-C2960S-24TD-L, WS-C2960S-48FPS-L, WS-C2960S-48LPS-L, WS-C2960S-24PS-L, WS-C2960PD-8TT-L, WS-C2960-48PST-L.

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