Some of the switches included in Cisco’s portfolio are:

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series Switches

• Standalone Layer 2 switches
• Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.
• Up to 24 10/100 ports with optional Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) or 12 10/100/1000 ports.

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Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series Switches

Managed Layer 2 Ethernet switches with small factor and silent operation

• 8 10/100 ports + 1 10/100/1000 BASE-T port (WS-C2940-8TT-S)
• 8 10/100 ports + 1 100BASE-FX or SFP port (WS-C2940-8TF-S)

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Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches

• Layer 2 switches with intelligent Layer 2 through 4 services for the network edge.
• Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.
• Up to 48 10/100 or 10/100/1000 ports

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Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Switches

• Layer 2-4 switching with intelligent services with dynamic IP routing and IPv6.
• Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus 4 small-form pluggable (SFP) ports

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Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches

• Stackable fixed-configuration switches with Cisco Stack-wise technology and a 32-Gbps 2-10 interconnect for a unified-resilient system of up to nine switches.
• Layer 2-4 switching and intelligent services with dynamic IP routing and IPv6
• Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus SFP ports per stackable switch.
• Integrated wireless LAN controller supporting up to 200 access points.

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Cisco Catalyst 4948 Series Switches

• Layer 2-4 switching and intelligent services with dynamic IP routing.
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports with 4 SFP ports or up to 48 10/100/1000 ports with two 10-Gbe ports.
• Dual, hot swappable internal AC or DC power supplies.
• Hot-swappable fan trays.

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Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches

• Integrated intelligent Layer 2- Layer 4 services for converged networks in enterprise LAN Access, Layer2/ Layer3 distribution, SMB and branch office.
• Up to 384 ports of Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet over fiber or copper with wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.
• High performance, Layer 2/3/4 switching up to 136 Gbps and 102 Mpps.
• Advanced network control with predictable performance, granular QoS, advanced security and web-based network management.

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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches

• Highest port density for 10Gb, 1Gb, and Fast Ethernet and PoE.
• Scalable up to 720Gbps of switching capacity with packet throughput scalable to 425 Mbps IPv4 (200 Mbps IPv6)
• Multi-gigabit service modules for integrated security, network management, and layer 4-7 switching