Data Sheet

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Dynamic VLAN assignment is supported 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.

Redundancy and Resiliency

Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches offer a number of redundancy and resiliency features to prevent outages

and help ensure that the network remains available:

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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 benefits of

Layer 2 load balancing and distributed processing.

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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.

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Switch-port autorecovery (error disable) automatically attempts to reactivate a link that is disabled

because of a network error.

Enhanced Quality of Service

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches offers 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:

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Up to four egress queues and two thresholds per port supporting bandwidth control, shaping, and priority

queuing so that the high priority packets are serviced ahead of other traffic.

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Weighted Round Robin (WRR) scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop (WTD) congestion avoidance.

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802.1p class of service (CoS) 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.

Intelligent Power over Ethernet Plus

Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Switches support both IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) and IEEE 802.3at

PoE+ (up to 30W per port) to deliver lower total cost of ownership for deployments that incorporate Cisco IP

Phones, Cisco Aironet

wireless access points, or other standards-compliant PoE/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-L Series PoE power allocation is dynamic, and power mapping scales up to a maximum

of 370W PoE+ power. Intelligent power management allows flexible power allocation across all ports.

Cisco Catalyst SmartOperations

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 TCO.

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Cisco AutoConfig services determine the level of network access provided to an endpoint based on the

type of the endpoint device. This feature also permits hard binding between the end device and the

interface.