Cisco Switches

  • WS-C3560G-24PS
  • WS-C3560G-48PS-E
  • WS-C3560G-48PS-S

Features:

  • G gigabit
  • X Dual Redundant Modular Power Supplies

Power:

  • PS PoE capable on all ports, but guaranteed 15.4w PoE to only 24 ports in a first-come-first-serve.
  • PF PoE capable, FULL power. Guaranteed 15.4w PoE to all ports. until-full basis.
  • T means you have a non-PoE switch.
  • TS means non-PoE with SFP ports.

Suffixes:

  • -E Enerprise (L3 switch) aka IP Services feature set
    • advanced L3
      • EIGRP
      • OSPF
      • BGP
      • PIM
      • IPv6 routing
        • OSPFv3
        • EIGRPv6
  • -S IP Base feature set
    • + basic L3
    • + StackPower
    • + MACsec
    • + QoS
    • + ACL
  • -L LAN Base feature set
    • L2 only
    • security features
      • ACL
      • DHCP snooping
      • 802.1X
    • more QOS features
    • 128 –> 256 VLANs
  • -S' / -LL in older Catalyst i.e. 2960. Standard Layer 2 IOS feature set (LAN Lite'')

Stable IOS

For legacy switches:

  • 15.2(4)E10
  • 15.0(2)SE12
  • 12.2(55)SE13

3750 vs 3560

  • 3560's and 3750 are eventually the same switches.The only difference is that 3750's switches are based on stacking capabilties. They have a High-Speed stacking bus to give stacking capabilties.
  • Switching capacity (ignoring stack ring) is the same
  • 3750X can be stacked 2x (unidirectional 32Gbit)
  • the 3750X can also share power across stack member

C3850

  • WS-C3850-48T-L + 4xSFP+ module.
    • length 45cm !
    • stacking 480Gb/s

WS-C4948-10GE-S

  • 2 x X2 slot
    • CVR-X2-SFP10G (aka Cisco OneX Converter Module) for SFP+

expansion module2

  • X2 - older (Catalyst 3750-E, 3560-E, older 4500 / 4600) - it is only “converter”
    • CVR-X2-SFP10G (Adapter OneX)
    • one X2 slot = one SFP+ port
  • Catalyst 3750-X / 3650-X only - network module (connected to dataplane)
    • C3KX-NM-10G
      • 2x 1GB SFP or
      • 2x 1GB SFP or 10GP SFP+ (dual role)
  • C3850 - network module (connected to dataplane 480gbit)
    • C3850-NM-2-40G 2x40G QSFP+
    • C3850-NM-2-10G