Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches Data Sheet

 

Product Overview

Cisco^® Catalyst^® 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches are fixed-configuration, stackable Gigabit Ethernet switches that provide enterprise-class access for campus and branch applications (Figure 1). They operate on Cisco IOS^® Software and support simple device management as well as network management. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series provide easy device onboarding, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting. These fully managed switches can provide advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 features as well as optional Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) power. Designed for operational simplicity to lower total cost of ownership, they enable scalable, secure, and energy-efficient business operations with intelligent services. The switches deliver enhanced application visibility, network reliability, and network resiliency.

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches

Product Highlights

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches feature:

●   24 or 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports with line-rate forwarding performance

●   4 fixed 1 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) uplinks or 2 fixed 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks

●   PoE+ support with a power budget of up to 740W and Perpetual PoE

●   Cisco IOS LAN Base[1] or LAN Lite¹ and Cisco IOS IP Lite[2]

●   Device management with web UI, over-the-air access via Bluetooth, Command-Line Interface (CLI), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and RJ-45 or USB console access

●   Network management with Cisco Prime^®, Cisco Network Plug and Play, and Cisco DNA Center

●   Stacking with FlexStack-Plus and FlexStack-Extended

●   Layer 3 features with routed access (Open Shortest Path First [OSPF]), static routing, and Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

●   Visibility with Domain Name System as an Authoritative Source (DNS-AS) and Full (Flexible) NetFlow

●   Security with 802.1X, Serial Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard

●   Reliability with higher Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty
(E-LLW)

●   Resiliency with optional dual field-replaceable power supplies²

Power Supply

An external redundant power supply option is supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches. These switches come with one fixed power supply and an option for an external redundant power supply (Cisco Redundant Power System [RPS] 2300).

Dual redundant power supplies are supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series Switches. These switches ship with one power supply by default. The second power supply can be purchased at the time of ordering the switch or as a spare. These power supplies have built-in fans to provide cooling (Figure 2).

Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series power supply

Table 1 shows the different power supplies available in the 2960-XR Series switches and the available PoE power. Table 2 lists the PoE and PoE+ power capacity for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series. Table 3 gives the available PoE and switch power for the 2960-XR Series with different power supply combinations.

Table 1.        Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series default power supply configurations

Table 2.        Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series PoE and PoE+ power capacity

Table 3.        Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series available PoE and switch power capabilities with different combinations of power supplies

Switch Models and Configurations

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches include a single, fixed power supply and are available with either the Cisco IOS LAN Base or LAN Lite feature set. Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series Switches include a field-replaceable modular power supply and can accommodate a second power supply. The 2960-XR Series is available only with the Cisco IOS IP Lite feature set. Tables 4 and 5 list the configurations of the 2960-X and 2960-XR Series, respectively.

Table 4.        Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series configurations

Table 5.        Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series configurations

Software

All Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches use a single universal Cisco IOS Software image for all SKUs. Depending on the switch model, the Cisco IOS image automatically configures the LAN Lite, LAN Base, or IP Lite feature set.

Note that each switch model is tied to a specific feature level; LAN Lite cannot be upgraded to LAN Base, and LAN Base cannot be upgraded to IP Lite.

For more information about the features included in the LAN Lite, LAN Base, and IP Lite feature sets, refer to Cisco Feature Navigator: https://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/jsp/index.jsp.

Switch Management

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches support the following on-device management features:

●   Web UI via Cisco Configuration Professional. Configuration Professional provides a user interface for day-zero provisioning, which enables easy onboarding of the switch. Configuration Professional also has an intuitive dashboard for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting the switch (Figure 3). For more information about Cisco Configuration Professional, please refer to: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/configuration-professional/index.html?dtid=osscdc000283.

Cisco Configuration Professional web UI for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series

●   Bluetooth for over-the-air access. The switches support an external Bluetooth dongle that plugs into the USB port on the switch and allows a Bluetooth-based RF connection with an external laptops and tablets (Figure 4). Laptops and tablets can access the switch CLI using a Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) client over Bluetooth. The GUI can be accessed over Bluetooth with a browser.

Over-the-air switch access using Bluetooth

Network Management

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer a superior CLI for detailed configuration and administration. The switches are also supported by the full range of Cisco network management solutions.

●   Cisco DNA Center on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches provides a simple web user interface to enterprise network customers for day-zero plug and play, switch discovery and management, topology visualization, and software image management. For details on Cisco DNA Center features, please refer to dnac.cisco.com.

●   Cisco Network Plug and Play is supported using the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Enterprise Module (APIC-EM) and Cisco DNA Center on Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches. This provides a simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering for enterprise network customers to ease new branch or campus device rollouts or for provisioning updates to an existing network with a near zero-touch deployment experience. For detailed information about APIC-EM-based Plug-and-Play capabilities, please refer to Cisco Network Plug and Play.

Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides comprehensive network lifecycle management, including an extensive library of easy-to-use features to automate the initial and day-to-day management of your Cisco network. Cisco Prime technology integrates hardware and software platform expertise and operational experience into a powerful set of workflow-driven configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and administrative tools. For detailed information about Cisco Prime, visit https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/prime.html.

Licenses have to be purchased for using the Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Cisco Network Plug and Play, or Cisco DNA Center network management solution.

Stacking

Cisco FlexStack-Plus provides stacking of up to eight Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switches with the optional FlexStack-Plus module (Figure 5).

The FlexStack-Plus module is hot swappable and can be added to any Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switch with a FlexStack-Plus slot. Switches connected to a stack will automatically upgrade to the stack’s Cisco IOS Software version and transparently join the stack without additional intervention.

To provide investment protection, FlexStack-Plus is backward compatible with FlexStack. Cisco Catalyst 2960-X LAN Base switches equipped with a FlexStack-Plus module can be stacked with Cisco Catalyst 2960-S and 2960-SF LAN Base switches equipped with a FlexStack module (see Table 6). Table 7 lists the scalability and performance of FlexStack with the various software images.

Table 6.        FlexStack and FlexStack-Plus supported combinations

Table 7.        FlexStack-Plus scalability and performance

 

Cisco FlexStack-Plus switch stack

Cisco FlexStack-Extended enables a long-distance out-of-the wiring-closet stack option (floor to floor). It allows back-panel stacking of up to eight Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switches. FlexStack-Extended can be added to a Cisco Catalyst 2960-X or 2960-XR Series Switch with a back-panel stacking slot. Table 8 lists the switch combinations supported with FlexStack-Extended, and Table 9 lists the scalability and performance with the various software images. FlexStack-Extended is supported in Cisco IOS 15.2(6)E or later and is available in two module configurations: a fiber module and a hybrid module.

The hybrid module has a copper port that enables short-reach connectivity across a local stack of switches (Figure 6). It provides investment protection and compatibility with FlexStack-Plus through the copper port, while the SFP+ port supports distance stacking. The fiber module has two SFP+ ports supporting long-reach out-of-the wiring-closet stacking (Figure 7).

Please refer to Table 18 for information about transceiver and cable compatibility with FlexStack-Extended.

Cisco FlexStack-Plus, FlexStack-Extended, and Cisco IOS Software offer true stacking, with all switches in a stack acting as a single switch unit. FlexStack-Plus and FlexStack-Extended provide a unified data plane, unified configuration, and single IP address for switch management. The advantages of true stacking include lower total cost of ownership and higher availability through simplified management as well as cross-stack features including EtherChannel, SPAN, and Flex Links.

Table 8.        FlexStack-Extended supported combinations

Table 9.        FlexStack-Extended scalability and performance

Cisco FlexStack-Extended: Hybrid module

Cisco FlexStack-Extended: Fiber module

Application Visibility and Control (AVC)

Full (Flexible) NetFlow and NetFlow Lite are both supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches, thereby enabling IT teams to understand the mix of traffic on their network and identify anomalies by capturing and recording specific packet flows. NetFlow Lite supports flexible sampling of the traffic and exports flow data in the NetFlow Version 9 format for analysis on a wide range of Cisco and third-party collectors.

NetFlow Lite is included on all 2960-X and 2960-XR Series LAN Base and IP Lite models.

Flexible NetFlow is the next generation in flow visibility technology, allowing optimization of the network infrastructure, reducing operation costs, and improving capacity planning and security incident detection with increased flexibility and scalability. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches are capable of up to 8000 flow entries in hardware.

Full (Flexible) NetFlow is included on all 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches and requires a Cisco ONE^™ Foundation license per switch or a Cisco DNA Essentials license per switch.

More details about Flexible NetFlow are available at https://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/iosswrel/ps6537/ps6555/ps6601/ps6965/product_data_sheet0900aec d804b590b.html.

The Domain Name System as an Authoritative Source (DNS-AS) feature (AVC with DNS-AS) provides a centralized means of controlling the identification and classification of trusted network traffic in an organization. It accomplishes this by using network metadata stored in a DNS server that is authoritative to the domain in question to identify applications, and Modular Quality-of-Service (QoS) CLI (MQC) to classify the corresponding traffic and apply suitable policies.

DNS-AS is included on all Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches and requires a Cisco ONE Foundation license per switch or a Cisco DNA Essentials license per switch.

Layer 3 Features

The Cisco hardware architecture delivers the following high-performance IP routing features in the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches:

●   Advanced IP unicast routing protocols (OSPF for Routed Access) are supported for load balancing and constructing scalable LANs. IPv6 routing (OSPFv3) is supported in hardware for maximum performance.

●   Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) for IP multicast is supported, including PIM Sparse Mode (PIM SM), PIM Dense Mode (PIM-DM), PIM Sparse-Dense Mode, and Source Specific Multicast (SSM).

●   Policy-Based Routing (PBR) allows superior control by facilitating flow redirection regardless of the routing protocol configured (for both IPv4 and IPv6).

●   IP unicast routing protocols (static and RIPv1 and v2) are supported for network routing applications.

Additionally the Cisco hardware architecture delivers the following high-performance IP routing features in the Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series Switches:

●   IP unicast routing protocols (RIPng and Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol [EIGRP] Stub) are supported for network routing applications.

●   EIGRPv3 Stub and PIMv6 Stub are supported as a part of the IPv6 routing suite.

●   Equal-cost routing facilitates Layer 3 load balancing and redundancy across the stack.

●   Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) provide dynamic load balancing and failover for routed links.

Intelligent PoE+

IEEE 802.3af PoE and IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (up to 30W per port) are both supported on Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches to lower the total cost of ownership for deployments that incorporate Cisco IP phones, Cisco Aironet^® wireless access points, or other standards-compliant PoE and PoE+ end devices. PoE removes the need to supply wall power to PoE-enabled devices and eliminates the cost of adding electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be necessary in IP phone and WLAN deployments. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series PoE power allocation is dynamic, and power mapping scales up to a maximum of 740W of PoE+ power.

Perpetual PoE is supported on the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series. With Perpetual PoE, the PoE+ power is maintained during a switch reload. This is important for critical endpoints such as medical devices and for Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints such as PoE-powered lights, so that there is no disruption during a switch reboot.

Features and Benefits

Network Security

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches provide a range of security features to limit access to the network and mitigate threats, including:

●   MAC-based VLAN assignment, enabling different users to authenticate on different VLANs. This feature enables each user to have a different data VLAN on the same interface.

●   Cisco TrustSec^®, which uses Security Group Exchange Protocol (SXP) to simplify security and policy enforcement throughout the network. For more information about Cisco TrustSec security solutions, visit https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/trustsec/index.html.

●   Comprehensive 802.1X features to control access to the network, including Flexible Authentication, 802.1X monitor mode, and RADIUS Change of Authorization.

●   IPv6 First-Hop Security enhances Layer 2 and Layer 3 network access for proliferating IPv6 devices, especially BYOD devices. It protects against rogue router advertisements, address spoofing, fake Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) replies, and other risks introduced by IPv6 technology.

●   Device sensor and device classifier, enabling seamless versatile device profiles, including BYOD devices. They also enable the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) to provision identity-based security policies. This feature is available on both the 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches.

●   Cisco Trust Anchor Technology, enabling easy distribution of a single universal image for all models of the 2960-X and 2960-XR Series by verifying the authenticity of Cisco IOS Software images. This technology allows the switch to perform Cisco IOS integrity checks at boot-up by verifying the signature, verifying the trusted asset under management, and authenticating the license.

●   Cisco Threat Defense features, including Port Security, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), and IP Source Guard.

●   Private VLANs that restrict traffic between hosts in a common segment by segregating traffic at Layer 2, turning a broadcast segment into a nonbroadcast multiaccess-like segment. This feature is supported on both 2960-X and 2960-XR Series and is available in both LAN Base and IP Lite feature sets.

◦     Private VLAN Edge to provide security and isolation between switch ports, which helps ensure that users cannot snoop on other users’ traffic.

●   Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) to help mitigate problems caused by the introduction of malformed or forged (spoofed) IP source addresses into a network by discarding IP packets that lack a verifiable IP source address. This feature is available in the IP Lite feature set only.

●   Multidomain Authentication to allow an IP phone and a PC to authenticate on the same switch port while being placed on appropriate voice and data VLANs.

●   Access Control Lists (ACLs) for IPv6 and IPv4 for security and QoS ACL elements (ACEs).

◦     VLAN ACLs on all VLANs to prevent unauthorized data flows from being bridged within VLANs.

◦     Router ACLs that define security policies on routed interfaces for control-plane and data-plane traffic. IPv6 ACLs can be applied to filter IPv6 traffic.

◦     Port-based ACLs for Layer 2 interfaces to allow security policies to be applied on individual switch ports.

◦     Downloadable ACLs (dACLs) to download ACLs from a RADIUS server during 802.1X authentication.

●   SSH, Kerberos, and SNMPv3, providing network security by encrypting administrator traffic during Telnet and SNMP sessions. SSH, Kerberos, and the cryptographic version of SNMPv3 require a special cryptographic software image because of U.S. export restrictions.

●   SPAN, with bidirectional data support, to allow Cisco Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to take action when an intruder is detected.

●   TACACS+ and RADIUS authentication to facilitate centralized control of the switch and restrict unauthorized users from altering the configuration.

●   MAC address Notification to notify administrators about users added to or removed from the network.

●   Multilevel security on console access to prevent unauthorized users from altering the switch configuration.

●   BPDU Guard to shut down Spanning-Tree Port Fast-enabled interfaces when BPDUs are received to avoid accidental topology loops.

●   Spanning Tree Root Guard (STRG) to prevent edge devices that are not in the network administrator’s control from becoming Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) root nodes.

●   Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) filtering to provide multicast authentication by filtering out nonsubscribers and to limit the number of concurrent multicast streams available per port.

●   Dynamic VLAN assignment through implementation of VLAN Membership Policy Server client capability to provide flexibility in assigning ports to VLANs. Dynamic VLAN facilitates the fast assignment of IP addresses.

●   Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) support to enable the 2960-XR Series switches to offer security management for all connected devices.

Enhanced QoS

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer intelligent traffic management that keeps everything flowing smoothly. Flexible mechanisms for marking, classification, and scheduling deliver superior performance for data, voice, and video traffic, all at wire speed. Primary QoS features include:

●   Up to eight egress queues per port and strict priority queuing so that the highest-priority packets are serviced ahead of all other traffic.

●   Shaped Round Robin (SRR) scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion avoidance.

●   Flow-based rate limiting and up to 256 aggregate or individual policers per port.

●   802.1p Class of Service (CoS) and Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) classification, with marking and reclassification on a per-packet basis by source and destination IP address, MAC address, or Layer 4 TCP/UDP port number.

●   Cross-stack QoS to allow QoS to be configured across a stack of 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches.

●   Cisco Committed Information Rate (CIR) function, providing bandwidth in increments as low as 8 Kbps.

●   Rate limiting based on source and destination IP address, source and destination MAC address, Layer 4 TCP/UDP information, or any combination of these fields, using QoS ACLs (IP ACLs or MAC ACLs), class maps, and policy maps.

Scalability

Switching Database Manager (SDM) templates for LAN Base and IP Lite licenses allow the administrator to automatically optimize the Ternary Content-Addressable Memory (TCAM) allocation to the desired features based on deployment-specific requirements, including MAC, routing, security, and QoS scalability numbers, depending on the type of template used in the switch.

Please refer to the Configuring SDM Templates page for more information: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2960x/software/15-0_2_EX/system_manage/configuration_guide/b_sm_152ex_2960-x_cg/b_sm_152ex_2960-x_cg_chapter_0100.html.

Table 10 lists the scalability for the LAN Lite and LAN Base licenses on the 2960-X Series. Table 11 lists the scalability for the IP Lite license on the 2960-XR Series.

Table 10.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series LAN Lite and LAN Base scalability

Table 11.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series IP Lite scalability

Redundancy and Resiliency

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer a number of redundancy and resiliency features to prevent outages and help ensure that the network remains available:

●   Cross-stack EtherChannel provides the ability to configure Cisco EtherChannel technology across different members of the stack for high resiliency.

●   Flex Links provide link redundancy with a convergence time of less than 100 milliseconds.

●   IEEE 802.1s/w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) and Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) provide rapid spanning-tree convergence independent of spanning-tree timers and also offer the benefit of Layer 2 load balancing and distributed processing. Stacked units behave as a single spanning-tree node.

●   Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree (PVRST+) allows rapid spanning-tree reconvergence on a per-VLAN spanning-tree basis, without requiring the implementation of spanning-tree instances.

●   Cisco HSRP is supported to create redundant, fail-safe routing topologies in 2960-XR Series IP Lite SKUs.

●   Switch-port auto-recovery (Error Disable) automatically attempts to reactivate a link that is disabled because of a network error.

●   Power redundancy with an optional second power supply on 2960-XR Series models, or with an external redundant power supply (RPS) on 2960-X Series models.

Operational Efficiency

Cisco Catalyst SmartOperations is a comprehensive set of capabilities that simplify LAN planning, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Deploying SmartOperations tools reduces the time and effort required to operate the network and lowers Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

●   Cisco AutoConfig services determine the level of network access provided to an endpoint based on the type of device. This feature also permits hard binding between the end device and the interface.

●   Cisco Smart Install services enable minimal-touch deployment by providing automated Cisco IOS Software image installation and configuration when new switches are connected to the network. This enables network administrators to remotely manage Cisco IOS Software image installs and upgrades.

●   Cisco Auto SmartPorts services enable automatic configuration of switch ports as devices connect to the switch, with settings optimized for the device type, for zero-touch port-policy provisioning.

●   Cisco Auto-QoS automatically configures QoS, allowing the switch to manage QoS policies based on traffic types, resulting in zero-touch traffic engineering. Auto-QoS supports eight egress queues in the 2960-X and 2960-XR Series.

●   Cisco Smart Troubleshooting is an extensive array of diagnostic commands and system health checks within the switch, including Smart Call Home. The Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) and online diagnostics on switches in live networks help predict and detect failures faster.

For more information about Cisco Catalyst SmartOperations, visit cisco.com/go/SmartOperations.

Operational Simplicity

●   Cisco AutoSecure provides a single-line CLI to enable baseline security features (Port Security, DHCP snooping, DAI). This feature simplifies security configurations.

●   DHCP auto configuration of multiple switches through a boot server eases switch deployment.

●   Stacking primary configuration management with Cisco FlexStack-Plus and Cisco FlexStack-Extended technology helps ensure that all switches are automatically upgraded when the primary switch receives a new software version. Automatic software version checking and updating help ensure that all stack members have the same software version.

●   No configuration is required to use Cisco FlexStack-Plus and Cisco FlexStack-Extended modules for stacking (Plug and Play).

●   Autonegotiation on all ports automatically selects half- or full-duplex transmission mode to optimize bandwidth.

●   Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) facilitates dynamic trunk configuration across all switch ports.

●   Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) automates the creation of Cisco Fast EtherChannel groups or Gigabit EtherChannel groups to link to another switch, router, or server.

●   Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) allows the creation of Ethernet channeling with devices that conform to IEEE 802.3ad. This feature is similar to Cisco EtherChannel technology and PAgP.

●   Automatic Media-Dependent Interface Crossover (MDIX) automatically adjusts transmit and receive pairs if an incorrect cable type (crossover or straight-through) is installed.

●   Unidirectional Link Detection Protocol (UDLD) and Aggressive UDLD allow unidirectional links caused by incorrect fiber-optic wiring or port faults to be detected and disabled on fiber-optic interfaces.

●   SDM templates for access, routing, and VLAN deployment allow the administrator to easily maximize memory allocation to the desired features based on deployment-specific requirements.

●   Local Proxy ARP works in conjunction with Private VLAN Edge to minimize broadcasts and maximize available bandwidth.

●   VLAN1 minimization allows VLAN1 to be disabled on any individual VLAN trunk.

●   Smart Multicast with Cisco FlexStack-Plus and FlexStack-Extended technology allows the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series to offer greater efficiency and support for more multicast data streams such as video by putting each data packet onto the backplane only once.

●   IGMP Snooping for IPv4 and IPv6 and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) v1 and v2 Snooping provide fast client joins and leaves of multicast streams and limit bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the requesters.

●   Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) continuously sends multicast streams in a multicast VLAN while isolating the streams from subscriber VLANs for bandwidth and security reasons.

●   Per-port broadcast, multicast, and unicast storm control prevents faulty end stations from degrading overall system performance.

●   Voice VLAN simplifies telephony installations by keeping voice traffic on a separate VLAN for easier administration and troubleshooting.

●   Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) supports dynamic VLANs and dynamic trunk configuration across all switches.

●   Remote Switch Port Analyzer (RSPAN) allows administrators to remotely monitor ports in a Layer 2 switch network from any other switch in the same network.

●   For enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis, the embedded Remote Monitoring (RMON) software agent supports four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events).

●   Layer 2 trace route eases troubleshooting by identifying the physical path that a packet takes from source to destination.

●   Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) reduces the cost of administering software upgrades by downloading from a centralized location.

●   Network Time Protocol (NTP) provides an accurate and consistent timestamp to all intranet switches.

Power Management

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches offer a range of industry-leading features for effective energy efficiency and energy management. They are the greenest switches in the industry.

Switch Hibernation Mode (SHM) is an industry first and available on all 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches. This feature puts the switch in ultra-low-power mode during periods of nonoperation such as nights or weekends. SHM on the 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches can be scheduled using Cisco EnergyWise^® compliant management software.

IEEE 802.3az EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) enables ports to dynamically sense idle periods between traffic bursts and quickly switch the interfaces into a low-power idle mode, reducing power consumption.

Cisco EnergyWise policies can be used to control the power consumed by PoE-powered endpoints, desktop and data-center IT equipment, and a wide range of building infrastructure. Cisco EnergyWise technology is included on all Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches.

For more information about Cisco EnergyWise, visit cisco.com/go/energywise.

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Table 12.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series hardware

Table 13.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series performance

Table 14.    Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series forwarding performance

Table 15.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series mechanical specifications

Table 16.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series mechanical specifications

The power supplies could add up to 3.1 in. (7.9 cm) to the depth of the 2960-XR Series chassis.

Table 17.       Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series environmental specifications

Table 18.     Connectors and interfaces

Table 19.     Management and standards support

Table 20.     Voltage and power ratings

Note:    The wattage rating on the power supply does not represent actual power draw. It indicates the maximum power draw possible by the power supply. This rating can be used for facility capacity planning. For PoE switches, cooling requirements are smaller than total power draw, as a significant portion of the load is dissipated in the endpoints.

Table 21.    Power consumption^[3]

Table 22.     Safety and compliance

Warranty

Cisco Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches come with an Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW). The E-LLW provides the same terms as Cisco’s standard limited lifetime warranty but adds next-business-day delivery of replacement hardware, where available, and 90 days of 8x5 Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support.

Your formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the Cisco information packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to review carefully the warranty statement shipped with your specific product before use.

Cisco reserves the right to refund the purchase price as its exclusive warranty remedy. For further information about warranty terms, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/warranty.

Warranty Terms

Technical Support and Services

Table 23.    Technical services available for Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches

Cisco ONE Software

Cisco ONE Software for Access Switching is available for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches.

Cisco ONE Software offers a simplified consumption model, centered on common customer scenarios in the data center, WANs, and LANs.

Cisco ONE Software and services provide customers with four primary benefits:

●   Software suites that address typical customer use scenarios at an attractive price

●   Investment protection for their software purchase through software services-enabled license portability

●   Access to ongoing innovation and new technology with Cisco Software Support Service (SWSS)

●   Flexible licensing models to smoothly distribute customers' software spending over time

For ordering information for Cisco ONE Software for the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches, go to https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/software/one-access/switching-part-numbers.html.

Licensing

Cisco DNA Subscription Licensing

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches support term-based Cisco DNA Essentials licenses (Cisco DNA Essentials) .

Ordering and managing licenses with smart accounts: Creating smart accounts by using the Cisco Smart Software Manager (SSM) enables you to order devices and licensing packages and also to manage your software licenses from a centralized website. You can set up Cisco SSM to receive daily email alerts and to be notified of expiring add-on licenses that you want to renew.

When the license term expires, you can either renew the add-on license to continue using it or deactivate the add-on license and then reload the switch to continue operating with the base license capabilities.

Table 24.     Features supported in Cisco DNA Essentials for Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series

Table 25.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-X product IDs for Cisco DNA Essentials licenses

Table 26.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR product IDs for Cisco DNA Essentials licenses

 

Software Policy

Customers with Cisco IOS IP Lite, LAN Base, or LAN Lite software feature sets will be provided with maintenance updates and bug fixes designed to maintain the compliance of the software with published specifications, release notes, and industry standards as long as the original end user continues to own or use the product or up to 1 year from the end-of-sale date for this product, whichever occurs earlier.

This policy supersedes any previous warranty or software statement and is subject to change without notice.

Cisco Embedded Support for Cisco DNA Term Components

Cisco Embedded Support delivers the right support for Cisco software products and suites. It will keep your business applications performing as expected and protect your investment. Cisco Embedded Support for the Cisco DNA Essentials term components is included. Cisco Embedded Support provides access to TAC support, major software updates, maintenance and minor software releases, and the Cisco Embedded Support site, for increased productivity with anytime access.

Ordering Information

Table 27.    Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches ordering information

Table 28.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series Switches ordering information

Table 29.     Accessories

Table 30.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series redundant power supply options

For more information about the RPS 2300, visit cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7130/index.html.

Table 31.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series power supply options

Table 32.     Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series SFP and SFP+ modules

Table 33.     Power cords for Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series

Table 34.     Power cords for Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Series

Optics Compatibility Information

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series Switches support a wide range of optics. Because the list of supported optics is updated on a regular basis, consult the tables available here for compatibility information: Optics Compatibility.

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