Product Overview - Cisco 3524XL - Catalyst Enterprise Edition Switch Hardware Installation Manual

Product Overview

This chapter provides the following topics that describe the
Catalyst 3500 series XL switches:
Features
The Catalyst 3500 series XL switches—also referred to as Catalyst 3500 XL
switches—are stackable 10/100 Ethernet switches to which you can connect
workstations and Cisco IP Phones and other network devices such as servers,
routers, and other switches. These switches also can be deployed as backbone
switches, aggregating 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet traffic from other network
devices. A feature specific to the Catalyst 3524-PWR XL switch is its ability to
provide inline power to Cisco IP Phones. (Phone adapters are not required when
connecting to the Catalyst 3524-PWR XL 10/100 switch ports.)
Figure 1-1 shows the switch models in the series, and Table 1-1 and Table 1-2 list
their features.
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• Switch features
• Descriptions of the front and rear panels
• Management options
• Examples of the Catalyst 3500 XL switches in different network topologies
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