Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus 48PST-S - Managed Layer 2 Power over Ethernet Switch, Black

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus 48PST-S is a fixed-configuration Layer 2 PoE switch designed for wired network access in business environments. It features 48 Fast Ethernet (10/100) RJ-45 ports, two Gigabit Ethernet copper ports, and two Gigabit SFP slots for uplinks. The switch offers a total switching capacity of 16 Gbit/s and a forwarding rate of 13.1 Mpps, supporting data delivery for groups of endpoint devices and standard local area network operations.

The rack-mountable chassis is 450 mm wide and has an acoustic noise level of 41 dB. The unit provides a total PoE budget of 370 W, distributed across 24 ports at up to 15.4 W each. Administrators can manage the hardware via a built-in web interface, a standard command-line interface (CLI), or SNMP. Traffic control features include Quality of Service (QoS), Access Control Lists (ACL), and IGMP snooping. Security is managed through 802.1x RADIUS authentication and MAC address filtering.

• Supports up to 64 active VLANs for the logical segmentation of departmental or client traffic.
• Jumbo frame support up to 9018 bytes to increase efficiency for large data payloads.
• Redundant power supply (RPS) compatibility for continuous operation during primary power failures.
• Typical power consumption of 51.4 W during standard operation.
• 128 MB of DRAM and 64 MB of flash memory for configuration and firmware storage.