Product Specifications - Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Datasheet

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Secure encryption of administrative and network management traffic to protect against
eavesdropping and tampering, and comply with regulatory requirements such as the
Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard
Improved availability and scalability: The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series with LAN Lite
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software provides the reliability you need to help ensure that your employees stay
connected and productive at all times. The Cisco switches are also scalable, allowing your
network to more easily accommodate new technology deployments and continually deliver
optimal performance as your business and applications evolve. Important high-availability
and scalability features include Spanning Tree Protocol enhancements that support
increased redundancy and improved convergence times in the event of a link outage, as
well as the ability to efficiently optimize the extra capacity inherent in a redundant design.
QoS intelligence: The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series with LAN Lite software supports QoS
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features that give you the flexibility to classify and prioritize the traffic on your network. For
example, you can give traffic from mission-critical applications such as enterprise resource
planning (ERP) and point-of-sale (POS) systems a higher priority than less delay-sensitive
traffic such as large file downloads and videos, reducing network congestion and ensuring
baseline performance for the most essential applications. The Cisco switches dynamically
identify and classify groups of traffic, allowing you to assign up to four different priority
levels. Once configured, these intelligent QoS capabilities perform scheduling and
congestion control functions to preserve bandwidth and improve the performance of critical
applications.
Superior manageability: The Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series with LAN Lite software provides
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several intuitive, scalable management features to help you easily deploy and operate your
network. The Express Setup feature allows you to set up the switch with a web-based
browser eliminating need for CLI. The Cisco Network Assistant, with its PC-based graphical
interface, wizards, and Cisco SmartPort tools, lets you quickly configure all of the Cisco
switches, routers, and wireless access points in your network. The Cisco Network Assistant
also includes the Cisco Troubleshooting Advisor, which identifies cabling problems,
common configuration errors, and other potential problems in the network and recommends
corrective action. For more extensive management, the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series also
supports command-line configuration and integration with Simple Network Management
Protocol (SNMP)-based network management platforms, such as the CiscoWorks LAN
Management Solution (LMS).

Product Specifications

Table 2 lists the hardware specifications for the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches with LAN Lite
Software. Table 3 lists the power specifications for the switches, Table 4 provides the management
and standards support, and Table 5 gives information on the switches' safety certifications and
compliance.
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