Choose the Right THE COMPLETE FAMILY Cisco Catalyst Campus and Branch Access Switches Enterprise Campus Enterprise Campus Positioning Switch Family Switch Portfolio Catalyst 2960-C & 3560-C standalone compact switches for 8/12 ports of and Branch Switch Lead Fast/Gigabit Ethernet for outside the wiring closet Catalyst 2960-Plus Base standalone access switch for Fast Ethernet Catalyst 2960-SF Lead standalone/stackable access switch for Fast Ethernet with PoE+ Catalyst 2960 Series (Compared to 2960-Plus, Offers Stacking, PoE+)) Meraki MS Series Cloud managed virtually stackable access switch for Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ Catalyst 2960-X/XR Base stackable access switch for Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ Catalyst 3650 Base stackable access switch for wired-wireless convergence and Fast / Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ Catalyst 3850, 3650 Series & Series 3560-C Catalyst 3850 Lead stackable access switch for wired-wireless convergence with UPOE/PoE+ (Compared to 3650, Offers 3x stacking bandwidth - 480G and 2x AP’s - 50, Modular uplinks and StackPower) Lead stackable access switch for Gigabit Ethernet with PoE+ (Compared to 2960-X, Offers Medianet, Enhanced Security, Application Visibility & Control, Resiliency, Catalyst 4500 Series 6x stacking bandwidth (480G)) Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Base modular access switch for Fast/Gigabit Ethernet with Engine 7L-E UPOE/PoE+ Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Lead modular access switch for wired-wireless Engine 8E convergence and Fast/Gigabit Ethernet with UPOE/PoE+ (Compared to Sup 7L-E, Offers Built-in wireless controller, 1.7x switching capacity (928G), 2x Catalyst 6800 & 6500 Series uplinks (8x10G)) Base modular backbone switch for 1/10G Campus Backbone Switches Functionality Based: Campus Access Switches Functionality Based: Branch Access Switches Campus Access Switches Upgrade Path Enterprise Campus Positioning Switch Family Functionality Switch Functionality Positioning From Existing Switch To New Switch Catalyst 6800ia Lead stackable access switch for Catalyst 6800/6500 Wired & Wireless (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E Wired & Wireless (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E Catalyst 2900XL, 2948-G, Any 2950, 2970, Lead: Catalyst 3650 with Catalyst Instant Access Any non-X 2960 Base: Catalyst 2960-X/XR (Simplification of access with centralized Wired & Wireless (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 3850 (Up to 50 APs, 2000 Clients) Wired & Wireless (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 3850 (Up to 50 APs, 2000 Clients) configuration, management and operations using Base Catalyst 3650 (Up to 25 APs, 1000 Clients) (Converged Access is the Base Catalyst 3650 (Up to 25 APs, 1000 Clients) Catalyst 3500XL, Any 3550, Any 3560, Any Lead: Catalyst 3850 Catalyst 6K backbone switch) Recommended Deployment Mode) 3750 Base: Catalyst 3650 Catalyst 3750-X Fiber Base stackable backbone switch for 1G Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E Catalyst 4500 non-E Lead: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E Catalyst 4500-X Lead standalone backbone switch for 1G Base Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E Base Any Catalyst 4500 without Supervisor Base: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E (Compared to 3750-X Fiber, Offers VSS, 2x ports Engine 8-E or 7L-E Gigabit Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 3850 Gigabit Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 3850 (40x1G), 2x uplinks (8)) Base Catalyst 3650, Catalyst 2960-X/XR Base Catalyst 3650, Catalyst 2960-X/XR Any Catalyst 6500 non-E or E in Access Lead: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E Base standalone backbone switch for 1/10/40G (up to 40x10G ports) Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 7L-E, Gigabit Ethernet (Instant Access) Lead Catalyst 6800ia Gigabit Ethernet (Cloud Managed) Lead Meraki MS Series Base: Catalyst Instant Access Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Lead modular backbone switch for 1/10G Gigabit Ethernet (Cloud Managed) Lead Meraki MS Series Fast Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 2960-SF Engine 2T (MPLS, EVN, Service Modules) Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-SF Base modular backbone switch for 1/10/40/100G Fast Ethernet (Stackable) Lead Catalyst 2960-SF Base Catalyst 2960-Plus Catalyst 6807-XL Lead modular backbone switch for 1/10/40/100G Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-SF Campus Backbone Switches Upgrade Path (up to 880G/slot, 11.4 Tbps switching, All 6500 Base Catalyst 2960-Plus 8 port Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 3560-C features, service modules) 8/12 port Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-C From Existing Switch To New Switch Catalyst 6880-X Lead standalone backbone switch for 1/10/40G 8/12 port Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 3560-C (with up to 80x10G or 20x40G ports) Catalyst 6500 non-E 1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) 8/12 port Fast Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 2960-C Any Catalyst 6500-E without Supervisor Lead: Catalyst 6807-XL Engine 2T Base: Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T Any non-Catalyst 6500 Series like 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone ≤ 80 ports) Catalyst 45xx, Nexus Series etc. Lead: Catalyst 6880-X (semi-modular) Base: Catalyst 4500-X 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Functionality Based: Campus Backbone Switches Lead: Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T Base: Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E Functionality Positioning 1 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) 1/10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 6807-XL Lead: Catalyst 4500-X Base Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T Base: Catalyst 3850 Fiber 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 6880-X (semi-modular) Base Catalyst 4500-X 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet (Modular) Lead Catalyst 6500-E with Supervisor Engine 2T Lead Switch – It is the best-in-class switch that has high-end differentiated set of features in a given Base Catalyst 4500E with Supervisor Engine 8-E category. This switch has the most differentiation compared to competitors in that category. 1 Gigabit Ethernet (Standalone) Lead Catalyst 4500-X Switch – It is the entry level switch in the given category. Also called the foundation switch, it Base Catalyst 3850 Fiber Base has a lower price and limited feature set, but still better than competitors. © 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved..