Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series User manual

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Cisco Catalyst
2960 Series
Switches
Feature Matrix

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Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches
Offers Fast Ethernet in 8, 24- and 48-port
configurations for small branch offices and
wiring closets
Offers standard Layer 2 services with entry-
level availability, security, and QoS
Scalable and secure network management
Offers simplified management and
troubleshooting for lower total cost of
ownership
Offers CiscoWorks LMS, Cisco Network
Assistant and Cisco Smartports
Provides limited lifetime hardware warranty and
software updates at no additional charge
Provides Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and
Power over Ethernet for entry-level enterprise and
mid-market customers
Offers enhanced Layer 2+ intelligent LAN services:
Availability
Enhanced security
Advanced quality of service (QoS)
Offers simplified management and troubleshooting
for lower total cost of ownership
Offers CiscoWorks LMS, Cisco Network Assistant
and Cisco Smartports
Provides limited lifetime hardware warranty and
software updates at no additional charge
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960 LAN Base Series Catalyst 2960 LAN Lite Series
Uses Cisco ASICs for superior quality and hardware and software integration

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Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base Series —
Model Overview
24 10/100 ports
2 10/100/1000 uplink ports
Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L
24 10/100 ports
2 dual-purpose uplink ports
Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TC-L
20 10/100/1000 ports
4 dual-purpose uplink ports
Cisco Catalyst 2960G-24TC-L
24 10/100 PoE ports
2 dual-purpose uplink ports
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960-24PC-L
48 10/100 ports
2 10/100/1000 uplink ports
Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-L
Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-L
48 10/100 ports
2 dual-purpose uplink ports
Cisco Catalyst 2960G-48TC-L
44 10/100/1000 ports
4 dual-purpose uplink ports
Cisco Catalyst 2960-24LT-L
24 10/100 ports (8 PoE ports)
2 10/100/1000 uplink ports
Enterprise-class intelligent
services: Advanced QoS,
enhanced security, high availability
8 10/100 ports
1 dual-purpose uplink port
Compact form-factor with no fan
Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-L
7 10/100/1000 ports
1 dual-purpose uplink port
Compact form-factor with no fan
Cisco Catalyst 2960G-8TC-L
Software
LAN Base Image
8 10/100/1000 ports
1 10/100/1000 PoE Input port
Compact form-factor with no fan
Cisco Catalyst 2960PD-8TT-L

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Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Lite Series —
Model Overview
Note: Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switches Cannot Be Upgraded or Downgraded Between LAN Base and LAN Lite Software.
Software
LAN Lite Image
Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TC-S
48 10/100 ports
2 dual-purpose uplink ports
Entry level QoS, security, and
availability with a focus on ease-of-
use and lower total cost of ownership
Cisco Catalyst 2960-48TT-S
48 10/100 ports
2 10/100/1000 uplink ports
24 10/100 ports
Cisco Catalyst 2960-24-S
24 10/100 ports
2 dual-purpose uplink ports
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960-24TC-S
8 10/100 ports
1 dual-purpose uplink port
Compact form-factor with no fan
Cisco Catalyst 2960-8TC-S
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Availability
For more detailed information please read the Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base and
Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Lite Data Sheets
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960
LAN Lite Cisco Catalyst2960 LAN Base
Flash memory or DRAM 32 / 128 MB 32 / 128 MB
RPS Support No Yes
Jumbo Frames Yes Yes
VLANs 64 255
Voice VLAN Yes Yes
VTPv2 Yes Yes
Cisco Discovery Protocol v2 Yes Yes
LLDP Yes Yes (+MED)
802.3ad LACP Yes Yes
Scanning Tree protocol Instances 64 128
802.1w / 802.1s Yes Yes
PVST / PVRST+ Yes Yes
Port Fast / Uplink Fast Yes Yes
Flex Link No Yes
Link State Tracking No Yes

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Quality of Service
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960
LAN Lite Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base
Port CoS Trust and Override Yes Yes
Trusted Boundary No Yes
ACL Classification No Yes
Ingress Policing (1MB incr.) No Yes
Auto QoS No Yes
802.1p queues 4 4
Scheduling SRR SRR
Priority Queuing Yes Yes
Configure CoS Priority Queues Yes Yes
Configure Queue Weights No Yes
Configure Buffers and Thresholds No Yes
Class & Policy Maps No Yes
Modify CoS and DSCP Mapping No Yes
DSCP Transparency Yes Yes
Weighted Tail Drop Yes Yes

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Security
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960
LAN Lite Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base
SSH, SSL , and SCP Yes Yes
RADIUS and TACACS+ Yes Yes
SNMPv3 crypto Yes Yes
802.1x Yes Yes
802.1x Accounting / MIB Yes Yes
802.1x w/ Port Security Yes Yes
802.1x w/ Voice VLAN Yes Yes
802.1x Guest VLAN Yes Yes
802.1x VLAN assignment Yes Yes
802.1x Auth-Fail VLAN No Yes
802.1x AAA Fail Open No Yes
802.1x WOL No Yes
802.1x MAC-Auth Bypass Yes Yes
802.1x Web-Auth No Yes
802.1x Multi-Domain Auth No No
802.1x w/ download ACLs No No

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Security, Multicast, IPv6
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960
LAN Lite Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base
Layer 2-4 ACLs (Port, Time,
and DSCP-based) No Yes
BPDU / Root Guard Yes (voice aware) Yes (voice aware)
Port Security Yes (voice aware) Yes (voice aware)
DHCP Snooping No Yes
Dynamic ARP Inspection No No
IP Source Guard No No
DHCP Option 82 No Yes
DHCP Server No Yes
Private VLAN Edge Yes Yes
Storm Control Yes Yes
Block unknown unicast and
multicast Yes Yes
IPv6 Host No Yes
IPv6 MLD Snooping No Yes
MVR No Yes
IGMP Snooping Yes Yes
IGMP Filter / Throttle Yes Yes

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Management and Troubleshooting
Cisco® Catalyst® 2960
LAN Lite Cisco Catalyst 2960 LAN Base
Auto-MDIX Yes Yes
TDR Yes Yes
UDLD Yes Yes
IP SLA Responder No Yes
Layer 2 / IP Traceroute Yes Yes
SPAN (# of sessions) Yes (1) Yes (2)
RSPAN No Yes
Express Setup Yes Yes
Device Manager Yes Yes
Cisco Network Assistant Yes Yes
Smartports + Advisor Yes Yes
Troubleshooting Advisor Yes Yes
Drag-and-drop Cisco IOS® Upgrade Yes Yes
IP Address DHCP Yes Yes
Autoinstall with saved configuration Yes (future) Yes (future)
Configuration Replace Yes (future) Yes (future)
DHCP Auto Image Upgrade Yes (future) Yes (future)
DHCP Port Based Allocation Yes Yes
Error Disable MIB Yes Yes

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