Catalyst 2960-X 48 GigE PoE 740W, 4 x 1G SFP, LAN Base
Enquiry Us Contact NowCisco® Catalyst® 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches are fixed-configuration, stackable Gigabit Ethernet switches that provide enterprise-class access for campus and branch applications (Figure 1). They operate on Cisco IOS® Software and support simple device management as well as network management. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series provide easy device onboarding, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting. These fully managed switches can provide advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 features as well as optional Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) power. Designed for operational simplicity to lower total cost of ownership, they enable scalable, secure, and energy-efficient business operations with intelligent services. The switches deliver enhanced application visibility, network reliability, and network resiliency.
An external redundant power supply option is supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches. These switches come with one fixed power supply and an option for an external redundant power supply (Cisco Redundant Power System [RPS] 2300).
Dual redundant power supplies are supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series Switches. These switches ship with one power supply by default. The second power supply can be purchased at the time of ordering the switch or as a spare. These power supplies have built-in fans to provide cooling.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches include a single, fixed power supply and are available with either the Cisco IOS LAN Base or LAN Lite feature set. Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series Switches include a field-replaceable modular power supply and can accommodate a second power supply. The 2960-XR Series is available only with the Cisco IOS IP Lite feature set. Tables 4 and 5 list the configurations of the 2960-X and 2960-XR Series, respectively.
All Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches use a single universal Cisco IOS Software image for all SKUs. Depending on the switch model, the Cisco IOS image automatically configures the LAN Lite, LAN Base, or IP Lite feature set.
Note that each switch model is tied to a specific feature level; LAN Lite cannot be upgraded to LAN Base, and LAN Base cannot be upgraded to IP Lite.
For more information about the features included in the LAN Lite, LAN Base, and IP Lite feature sets, refer to Cisco Feature Navigator: https://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches support the following on-device management features:
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer a superior CLI for detailed configuration and administration. The switches are also supported by the full range of Cisco network management solutions.
Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides comprehensive network lifecycle management, including an extensive library of easy-to-use features to automate the initial and day-to-day management of your Cisco network. Cisco Prime technology integrates hardware and software platform expertise and operational experience into a powerful set of workflow-driven configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and administrative tools. For detailed information about Cisco Prime, visit https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/prime.html.
Licenses have to be purchased for using the Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Cisco Network Plug and Play, or Cisco DNA Center network management solution.
Cisco FlexStack-Plus provides stacking of up to eight Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switches with the optional FlexStack-Plus module (Figure 5).
The FlexStack-Plus module is hot swappable and can be added to any Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switch with a FlexStack-Plus slot. Switches connected to a stack will automatically upgrade to the stack’s Cisco IOS Software version and transparently join the stack without additional intervention.
To provide investment protection, FlexStack-Plus is backward compatible with FlexStack. Cisco Catalyst 2960-X LAN Base switches equipped with a FlexStack-Plus module can be stacked with Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960-SF LAN Base switches equipped with a FlexStack module (see Table 6). Table 7 lists the scalability and performance of FlexStack with the various software images.
Cisco FlexStack-Extended enables a long-distance out-of-the wiring-closet stack option (floor to floor). It allows back-panel stacking of up to eight Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switches. FlexStack-Extended can be added to a Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switch with a back-panel stacking slot. Table 8 lists the switch combinations supported with FlexStack-Extended, and Table 9 lists the scalability and performance with the various software images. FlexStack-Extended is supported in Cisco IOS 15.2(6)E or later and is available in two module configurations: a fiber module and a hybrid module.
The hybrid module has a copper port that enables short-reach connectivity across a local stack of switches (Figure 6). It provides investment protection and compatibility with FlexStack-Plus through the copper port, while the SFP+ port supports distance stacking. The fiber module has two SFP+ ports supporting long-reach out-of-the wiring-closet stacking (Figure 7).
Please refer to Table 18 for information about transceiver and cable compatibility with FlexStack-Extended.
Cisco FlexStack-Plus, FlexStack-Extended, and Cisco IOS Software offer true stacking, with all switches in a stack acting as a single switch unit. FlexStack-Plus and FlexStack-Extended provide a unified data plane, unified configuration, and single IP address for switch management. The advantages of true stacking include lower total cost of ownership and higher availability through simplified management as well as cross-stack features including EtherChannel, SPAN, and Flex Links.
Full (Flexible) NetFlow and NetFlow Lite are both supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches, thereby enabling IT teams to understand the mix of traffic on their network and identify anomalies by capturing and recording specific packet flows. NetFlow Lite supports flexible sampling of the traffic and exports flow data in the NetFlow Version 9 format for analysis on a wide range of Cisco and third-party collectors.
NetFlow Lite is included on all 2960-X and 2960-XR Series LAN Base and IP Lite models.
Flexible NetFlow is the next generation in flow visibility technology, allowing optimization of the network infrastructure, reducing operation costs, and improving capacity planning and security incident detection with increased flexibility and scalability. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches are capable of up to 8000 flow entries in hardware.
Full (Flexible) NetFlow is included on all 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches and requires a Cisco ONE™ Foundation license per switch or a Cisco DNA Essentials license per switch.
More details about Flexible NetFlow are available at https://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps6537/ps6555/ps6601/ps6965/product_data_sheet0900aec d804b590b.html.
The Domain Name System as an Authoritative Source (DNS-AS) feature (AVC with DNS-AS) provides a centralized means of controlling the identification and classification of trusted network traffic in an organization. It accomplishes this by using network metadata stored in a DNS server that is authoritative to the domain in question to identify applications, and Modular Quality-of-Service (QoS) CLI (MQC) to classify the corresponding traffic and apply suitable policies.
DNS-AS is included on all Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches and requires a Cisco ONE Foundation license per switch or a Cisco DNA Essentials license per switch.
The Cisco hardware architecture delivers the following high-performance IP routing features in the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches:
IEEE 802.3af PoE and IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (up to 30W per port) are both supported on Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches to lower the total cost of ownership for deployments that incorporate Cisco IP phones, Cisco Aironet® wireless access points, or other standards-compliant PoE and PoE+ end devices. PoE removes the need to supply wall power to PoE-enabled devices and eliminates the cost of adding electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be necessary in IP phone and WLAN deployments. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series PoE power allocation is dynamic, and power mapping scales up to a maximum of 740W of PoE+ power.
Perpetual PoE is supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series. With Perpetual PoE, the PoE+ power is maintained during a switch reload. This is important for critical endpoints such as medical devices and for Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints such as PoE-powered lights, so that there is no disruption during a switch reboot.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches provide a range of security features to limit access to the network and mitigate threats, including:
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer intelligent traffic management that keeps everything flowing smoothly. Flexible mechanisms for marking, classification, and scheduling deliver superior performance for data, voice, and video traffic, all at wire speed. Primary QoS features include:
Switching Database Manager (SDM) templates for LAN Base and IP Lite licenses allow the administrator to automatically optimize the Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) allocation to the desired features based on deployment-specific requirements, including MAC, routing, security, and QoS scalability numbers, depending on the type of template used in the switch.
Please refer to the Configuring SDM Templates page for more information: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2960x/software/15-0_2_EX/system_manage/configuration_guide/b_sm_152ex_2960-x_cg/b_sm_152ex_2960-x_cg_chapter_0100.html.
Table 10 lists the scalability for the LAN Lite and LAN Base licenses on the 2960-X Series. Table 11 lists the scalability for the IP Lite license on the 2960-XR Series.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series LAN Lite and LAN Base scalability
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer a number of redundancy and resiliency features to prevent outages and help ensure that the network remains available:
Cisco Catalyst SmartOperations is a comprehensive set of capabilities that simplify LAN planning, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Deploying SmartOperations tools reduces the time and effort required to operate the network and lowers Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
For more information about Cisco Catalyst SmartOperations, visit cisco.com/go/SmartOperations.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer a range of industry-leading features for effective energy efficiency and energy management. They are the greenest switches in the industry.
Switch Hibernation Mode (SHM) is an industry first and available on all 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches. This feature puts the switch in ultra-low-power mode during periods of nonoperation such as nights or weekends. SHM on the 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches can be scheduled using Cisco EnergyWise® compliant management software.
IEEE 802.3az EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) enables ports to dynamically sense idle periods between traffic bursts and quickly switch the interfaces into a low-power idle mode, reducing power consumption.
Cisco EnergyWise policies can be used to control the power consumed by PoE-powered endpoints, desktop and data-center IT equipment, and a wide range of building infrastructure. Cisco EnergyWise technology is included on all Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches.
For more information about Cisco EnergyWise, visit cisco.com/go/energywise.
Customers with Cisco IOS IP Lite, LAN Base, or LAN Lite software feature sets will be provided with maintenance updates and bug fixes designed to maintain the compliance of the software with published specifications, release notes, and industry standards as long as the original end user continues to own or use the product or up to 1 year from the end-of-sale date for this product, whichever occurs earlier.
This policy supersedes any previous warranty or software statement and is subject to change without notice
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches come with an Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW). The E-LLW provides the same terms as Cisco’s standard limited lifetime warranty but adds next-business-day delivery of replacement hardware, where available, and 90 days of 8x5 Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support.
Your formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the Cisco information packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to review carefully the warranty statement shipped with your specific product before use.
Cisco reserves the right to refund the purchase price as its exclusive warranty remedy. For further information about warranty terms, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/warranty.
Cisco enhanced limited lifetime hardware warranty
1 Advance hardware replacement is available in various service-level combinations. For example, 8x5xNBD indicates that shipment will be initiated during the standard 8-hour business day, 5 days a week (the generally accepted business days within the relevant region), with Next-Business-Day (NBD) delivery. Where NBD is not available, same- day shipping is provided. Restrictions apply; please review the appropriate service descriptions for details.
2 Cisco operating system updates include the following: maintenance releases, minor updates, and major updates within the licensed feature set.
Cisco ONE Software for Access Switching is available for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches.
Cisco ONE Software offers a simplified consumption model, centered on common customer scenarios in the data center, WANs, and LANs.
Cisco ONE Software and services provide customers with four primary benefits:
For ordering information for Cisco ONE Software for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches, go to https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/software/one-access/switching-part-numbers.html.
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches support term-based Cisco DNA Essentials licenses (DNA-E).
Ordering and managing licenses with smart accounts: Creating smart accounts by using the Cisco Smart Software Manager (SSM) enables you to order devices and licensing packages and also to manage your software licenses from a centralized website. You can set up Cisco SSM to receive daily email alerts and to be notified of expiring add-on licenses that you want to renew. When the license term expires, you can either renew the add-on license to continue using it or deactivate the add-on license and then reload the switch to continue operating with the base license capabilities.