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Cisco Catalyst 2975 Brochure
Cisco Catalyst 2975 Brochure

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Cisco Catalyst 2975
Stackable Switch
Business Presentation
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C97-502409-00
© 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cisco Confidential

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  • Page 1 Cisco Catalyst 2975 Stackable Switch Business Presentation C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential...
  • Page 2 Business Video on Demand Source: Nemerts Research Virtual Workplace— Branch Office Strategies C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Number of Branches Grows 10% per Year 90% of New Employees Work in Branches New Business Applications Cisco Confidential...
  • Page 3 Lack of branch office IT support staff Growing number of branch offices straining budgets Need ability to connect diverse device types Meeting regulatory compliance Need for 24-hour network uptime C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential...
  • Page 4 Struggling to Keep Up with Security Limited Mobility, Limited Disaster Recovery Unmanaged Networks Inconsistent Branches and Branch-HQ solutions C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Empowered Branch Unified Voice/Data/Video Network Platform Self-Defending Networks High-Availability, Unified Wireless—Wireline Business Scalable Management...
  • Page 5 Opportunities Due to Unavailable Technologies Capital expenditure is Operational and opportunity costs outweigh capital expenditures. Source: Gartner Group, 2005. C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. (20%) element of the total cost of a system. Cisco Confidential Operational Costs (80%)
  • Page 6 Conflicting Performance Criteria Higher Costs for Incremental Services Higher Recurring Expenses Minimal Opportunities for Automation Multiple Maintenance Contracts Minimal Synergies Between Applications Lack of Business Agility and High Upgrade Costs C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential...
  • Page 7 Cisco Catalyst Intelligent Switching Infrastructure Is a Common Foundation of Capabilities across Cisco Performance, Availability Layer 2, 3, 4 Wire-speed classification forwarding Policing and shaping No performance Multiple queues effect with all services enabled Granular control C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • Page 8 Software updates at no additional charge Dec. Part Number 2008 WS-C2975GS-48PS-L WS-C2975GS-96PS-LM Uses Cisco ASICs for superior quality and hardware and software integration C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Description 48 port 10/100/1000 PoE switch with 4 SFP uplink ports...
  • Page 9 Unified Network Services Business Problem Inability to support new applications and growing business requirements C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Solution Support multicast video with IGMP enhancements Cisco Intelligent Power Management for IP phones and wireless access points...
  • Page 10 Threats from the network edge account for large percentage Negatively impact employee productivity C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Solution Network Admission Control Identity-based services - 802.1x enhancements Catalyst Integrated Security Framework (CISF) Secure management...
  • Page 11 Cost of network downtime increases as business processes depend on network availability and performance C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Solution Industry-leading quality and high mean time before failure (MTBF) Network stability with single spanning-tree instance for...
  • Page 12 Operational Manageability Business Problem High operational complexity and expense Costly Stall business operations C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Solution Unified stack management for up to nine switches in a stack Auto software image and configuration provisioning...
  • Page 13 Business Problem Inconsistent branch and HQ networks cause operational problems and are difficult to troubleshoot C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Solution Common Cisco IOS for consistent implementation of services across Cisco devices Auto QoS for consistent...
  • Page 14 IT budgets Poor return on investment Short product and service lifecycle C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Solution Better performance to price ratio with product longevity and service enablement GE and PoE connectivity for entry-level switch...
  • Page 15 Ongoing Cisco IOS Software updates at no additional cost ® Cisco SMARTnet Around-the-clock, global access to the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Access to the extensive Cisco.com knowledgebase and tools Next-business-day advance hardware replacement (premium options available for business-critical devices, such as two-hour replacement and onsite parts...
  • Page 16: Cisco Network Assistant

    Interactive topology and front panel views Configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and network optimization Highlight your VLANs, Telnet to devices, drag-’n-drop IOS upgrades Localized in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese Free download: www.cisco.com/go/cna C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential...
  • Page 17 Why Cisco Is the Best …. Customized ASICs allow better interoperability and support for an end-to-end solution with Cisco transceivers, routers, phones, and wireless access points. Single Cisco IOS platforms versus multiple outsourced software trains used by competitors. Ease-of-use applications and tools simplify network management while...
  • Page 18 Cisco Catalyst 2975 switches deliver intelligent LAN services with enhanced Layer 2+ security, quality of service, and availability. Cisco Catalyst 2975 switches lower operational costs with unified stack management and automated provisioning. C97-502409-00 © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential...
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