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Cisco Catalyst 2960 24 Port Switch with 2 GB/SFP Ports

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Intelligent Ethernet Switches enable entry-level enterprise, medium-sized, and branch office networks to provide enhanced LAN services. This family of fixed-configuration, standalone devices provide desktop 10/100 Fast Ethernet and 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.

2960 Series Features:
- Standalone fixed-configuration switches
- Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.
- Layer 2 switching with intelligent Layer 2 through 4 services for the network edge
- Integrated security, including Network Admission Control (NAC)
- Advanced quality of service (QoS) and resiliency
- AC power supply failure protection with external power supply

Security: Network security is enabled through a wide range of authentication methods, data encryption technologies, and NAC based on users, ports, and MAC addresses.

Availability: 802.1S/W enables standards-based fault tolerance, load balancing, and rapid recovery; Flexlink provides sub-100-millisecond convergence; Per VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) increases available bandwidth by allowing traffic on redundant links.

QoS: Network control and bandwidth optimization are achieved through advanced QoS, granular rate limiting, access control lists (ACLs), and multicast services.

Management: Cisco Network Assistant simplifies configuration, upgrades, and troubleshooting. Smartports enable fast and easy configuration of Cisco Catalyst intelligent capabilities; express setup is quick and easy using the Webpage interface; resource templates help customize switch resources for the application.

This particular model features 24 Ethernet 10/100 ports and 2 dual-purpose uplink ports (Gigabit or SFP) in a 1RU Chassis.