Cisco Catalyst WS-C2960XR-48LPS-I - Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch, Black

The Cisco Catalyst WS-C2960XR-48LPS-I is a managed Gigabit Ethernet switch featuring 48 PoE+ ports and four SFP uplink slots. It is designed for high-density LAN environments and provides 48 RJ-45 ports with a total switching capacity of 216 Gbit/s and a forwarding rate of 107.1 Mpps. Twenty-four of these ports supply Power over Ethernet, drawing from a 370 W total budget to power connected hardware. The four integrated SFP slots provide uplink connectivity for integration into core networks.

This rack-mountable unit has a typical power consumption of 52.9 W and operates at a 40 dB noise level. Configuration is performed via an RJ-45 console port or a web-based interface. Administrators can segment and secure traffic using up to 1,023 active VLANs, Quality of Service prioritization, and Access Control Lists. The switch supports physical stacking for hardware expansion and accommodates redundant power supplies to maintain network uptime during electrical faults.

• MAC address table with 16,000 entries for large-scale client deployments.
• Jumbo frame support of up to 9,216 bytes to optimize high-volume data transfers.
• Integrated DHCP server functionality for independent IP address allocation and management.
• System architecture featuring a 600 MHz AppliedMicro APM8639 processor and 512 MB of internal DRAM.
• Hardware reliability with a mean time between failures (MTBF) rating of 274,380 hours.