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The Cisco® Catalyst® 2960-Plus Series Switches are fixed-configuration Fast Ethernet switches (Figure 1) that provide enterprise-class Layer 2 switching for branch offices, conventional workspaces, and infrastructure applications. They enable reliable and secure operations with lower total cost of ownership through a range of Cisco IOS® software features, including Cisco Catalyst SmartOperations.
Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series Switches
Product Highlights
• 24 or 48 Fast Ethernet ports
• Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) and 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet uplinks
• IEEE 802.3af-compliant Power over Ethernet (PoE)
• LAN Base or LAN Lite Cisco IOS® Software feature set
• SmartOperations tools that simplify deployment and reduce the cost of network administration
• Cisco EnergyWise technology to manage energy consumed by connected devices
• An enhanced limited lifetime hardware warranty (E-LLW), providing next-business-day replacement
Applications and Benefits
• Branch offices, remote sites, and retail locations
• Conventional desktop workspaces
• Building infrastructure, physical security, and other nontraditional access applications
• Robust quality of service (QoS) that prioritizes voice and critical business applications
• Flexible security features that can limit access to the network and mitigate threats
• Tools that reduce total cost of ownership through simplified operations and automation
Switch Configurations
Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series Configurations
Robust Security
• Features to control access to the network, including Flexible Authentication, 802.1x Monitor Mode, and RADIUS Change of Authorization
• Threat defense features including Port Security, Dynamic ARP Inspection, and IP Source Guard
• Private VLAN Edge to provide isolation between switch ports
Enterprise-Class Quality of Service
• Four egress queues per port and strict priority queuing so that the highest priority packets are serviced ahead of all other traffic
• Shaped Round Robin (SRR) scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion avoidance
• Flow-based rate limiting and up to 64 aggregate or individual policers per port
• 802.1p class of service (CoS) and differentiated services code point (DSCP) field classification, with marking and reclassification on a per-packet basis by source and destination IP address, MAC address, or Layer 4 TCP/UDP port number
Cisco Catalyst SmartOperations
• Cisco Smart Install enables zero-touch deployment by providing automated Cisco IOS Software image installation and configuration when new switches are connected to the network.
• Cisco Auto Smartports enables automatic configuration of switch ports as devices connect to the switch, with settings optimized for the device type.
• Cisco Smart Troubleshooting is an extensive array of diagnostic commands and system health checks within the switch, including Smart Call Home.
Cisco EnergyWise
Power over Ethernet
Table 2. Switch PoE Power Capacity
Network Management
Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Cisco Network Assistant
Cisco IOS Software
Technical Specifications
Table 3. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series Hardware
Table 4. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series Performance
Table 5. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series Forwarding Performance
Table 6. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Mechanical and Environmental Specifications
Table 7. Connectors and Interfaces
Ethernet Interfaces |
• 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
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SFP and SFP+ Interfaces |
For information about supported SFP/SFP+ modules, refer to the Transceiver Compatibility matrix tables at cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/products_device_support_tables_list.html. |
Indicator LEDs |
• Per-port status: Link integrity, disabled, activity, speed, and full duplex
• System status, Port Status, RPS, link duplex, PoE, and link speed
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Console |
Cisco Catalyst console cables:
• CAB-CONSOLE-RJ45 Console cable 6 ft. with RJ-45
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Power |
• The internal power supply is an auto-ranging unit and supports input voltages between 100 and 240V AC.
• Use the supplied AC power cord to connect the AC power connector to an AC power outlet.
• The Cisco RPS connector offers connection for an optional Cisco RPS 2300 that uses AC input and supplies DC output to the switch.
• Only the Cisco RPS 2300 (model PWR-RPS2300) should be attached to the redundant-power-system receptacle.
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Table 8. Management and Standards Support
Category |
Specification |
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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
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• 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
• ePM MIB
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For an updated list of supported MIBs, refer to the MIB Locator at cisco.com/go/mibs. |
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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
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• IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T
• IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX
• IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
• IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X
• RMON I and II standards
• SNMP v1, v2c, and v3
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RFC compliance |
• RFC 768 - UDP
• RFC 783 - TFTP
• RFC 791 - IP
• RFC 792 - ICMP
• RFC 793 - TCP
• RFC 826 - ARP
• RFC 854 - Telnet
• RFC 951 - Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)
• RFC 959 - FTP
• RFC 1112 - IP Multicast and IGMP
• RFC 1157 - SNMP v1
• RFC 1166 - IP Addresses
• RFC 1256 - Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Router Discovery
• RFC 1305 - NTP
• RFC 1492 - TACACS+
• RFC 1493 - Bridge MIB
• RFC 1542 - BOOTP extensions
• RFC 1643 - Ethernet Interface MIB
• RFC 1757 - RMON
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• RFC 1901 - SNMP v2C
• RFC 1902-1907 - SNMP v2
• RFC 1981 - Path MTU Discovery for IPv6
• FRC 2068 - HTTP
• RFC 2131 - DHCP
• RFC 2138 - RADIUS
• RFC 2233 - IF MIB v3
• RFC 2373 - IPv6 Aggregatable Addrs
• RFC 2460 - IPv6
• RFC 2461 - IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
• RFC 2462 - IPv6 Autoconfiguration
• RFC 2463 - ICMP IPv6
• RFC 2474 - Differentiated Services (DiffServ) Precedence
• RFC 2597 - Assured Forwarding
• RFC 2598 - Expedited Forwarding
• RFC 2571 - SNMP Management
• RFC 3046 - DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
• RFC 3376 - IGMP v3
• RFC 3580 - 802.1X RADIUS
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Table 9. Voltage and Power Ratings
Table 10. Power Consumption
Note: 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 total power draw because a significant portion of the load is dissipated in the endpoints.
Table 11. Safety and Compliance
Cisco Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty
Table 12. Warranty Terms
Software Update Policy
Technical Support and Services
Table 13. Technical Services Available for Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series Switches
Technical Services |
Cisco SMARTnet Service
• Around-the-clock, global access to the Cisco TAC
• Unrestricted access to the extensive Cisco.com knowledge base and tools
• Next-business-day, 8x5x4, 24x7x4, or 24x7x2 advance hardware replacement and onsite parts replacement and installation available
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• Ongoing operating system software updates within the licensed feature set
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• Proactive diagnostics and real-time alerts on Smart Call Home enabled devices
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Cisco Smart Foundation Service
• Next-business-day advance hardware replacement as available
• Access to SMB TAC during business hours (access levels vary by region)
• Access to Cisco.com SMB knowledge base
• Online technical resources through Smart Foundation Portal
• Operating system software bug fixes and patches
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Cisco Smart Care Service
• Network-level coverage for the needs of small and medium-sized businesses
• Proactive health checks and periodic assessments of Cisco network foundation, voice, and security technologies
• Technical support for eligible Cisco hardware and software through Smart Care Portal
• Cisco operating system and application software updates and upgrades
2
• Next-business-day advance hardware replacement as available, 24x7x4 option available
1
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Cisco SP Base Service
• Around-the-clock, global access to the Cisco TAC
• Registered access to Cisco.com
• Next-business-day, 8x5x4, 24x7x4, and 24x7x2 advance hardware replacement. Return to factory option available
1
• Ongoing operating system software updates
2
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Cisco Focused Technical Support Services Three levels of premium, high-touch services are available:
• Cisco High-Touch Operations Management Service
• Cisco High-Touch Technical Support Service
• Cisco High-Touch Engineering Service
Valid Cisco SMARTnet® or SP Base contracts are required on all network equipment. |
Ordering Information
Table 14. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series Switches Ordering Information
Table 15. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Accessories
Table 16. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Redundant Power Supply Options
Table 17. Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus SFP Modules
SFP and SFP+ Modules |
For the list of supported SFP and SFP+ modules, visit cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/products_device_support_tables_list.html. |
Table 18. Power Cords for Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus Series
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