Cisco 2960 Series 48-Port LAN Lite Ethernet Switch

The WS-C2960-48TT-S is one of the Catalyst 2960 series fixed-configuration switches offering 10/100 Fast Ethernet and 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with LAN services for small branch office networks.

The 48TT-S model provides:

• Forty-eight Ethernet 10/100 Base-T ports for desktop connectivity
• Two 10/100/1000 Ethernet uplink ports

The LAN Lite feature set provides entry-level security, quality of service (QoS), and availability capabilities while lowering the total cost of network ownership.

A similar switch, the WS-C2960-48TT-L, provides more advanced features but at a higher cost of ownership. See the Cisco Web site for a comparison in PDF form.

The Cisco Identity-Based Networking Services (IBNS) solution provides authentication, access control, and security policy administration to secure network connectivity and resources.

There are two options for switch management: the Windows-based Cisco Network Assistant, available at no cost from the Cisco website, and SNMP network-management platforms such as the CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution.

Here are some notable features of this product:

• Enhancements to the standard Spanning Tree Protocol, such as Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), UplinkFast, and PortFast, help to maximize network uptime.
• QoS features help ensure that network traffic is classified and prioritized, and that congestion is avoided in the best possible manner.
• Express Setup simplifies initial configuration of a switch through a web browser.
• The default configuration stored in flash memory helps ensure that the switch can be quickly connected to the network and can pass traffic with minimal user intervention.
• Configuration Rollback provides the capability to replace the current running configuration with any saved Cisco IOS Software configuration file.

Product service and support: Cisco will provide five years of hardware and software service and support (SMARTnet) for any product obtained through this donation program (Linksys products not included).

More information about this product is available on the Cisco website.