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Advanced Layer 3 Traffic Management

The Cisco ESW2 Series enables a more advanced set of traffic management capabilities to help growing

businesses organize their networks more effectively and efficiently. For example, the switches provide static LAN

Layer 3 routing, allowing you to segment your network into workgroups and communicate across VLANs without

degrading application performance. With these capabilities, you can boost the efficiency of your network by

offloading internal traffic-handling tasks from your router and allowing the router to manage primarily external

traffic and security.

Cisco ESW2 550X models go even farther, providing dynamic Layer 3 routing features. With these capabilities,

you can minimize the need to manually configure routing devices and simplify the ongoing operation of the

network.

Power Efficiency

The Cisco ESW2 Series integrates a variety of power-saving features across all models, providing the industry’s

most extensive energy-efficient switching portfolio. These switches are designed to conserve energy by optimizing

power use, which helps protect the environment and reduce your energy costs. They provide an eco-friendly

network solution without compromising performance. Cisco ESW2 Series Switches feature:

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Support for the Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az) standard, which reduces energy consumption by

monitoring the amount of traffic on an active link and putting the link into a sleep state during quiet periods.

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Latest application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which use low-power 65-nanometer technology and

low–power, high-performance ARM CPUs.

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Automatic power shutoff on ports when a link is down.

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LEDs that can be turned off to save power.

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Embedded intelligence to adjust signal strength based on the length of the connecting cable.

Expandability

The Cisco ESW2 Series provides more ports per Gigabit Ethernet switch than traditional switch models, giving you

more flexibility to connect and empower your business. Gigabit Ethernet models (ESW2 350G) feature 52-port

switches, versus traditional devices that offer 44 ports, with 4 shared ports giving you more value. The Cisco

ESW2 550X models offer 10 Gigabit Ethernet expansion slots. As your business adds new applications, devices,

and more bandwidth, you retain the flexibility to expand and interconnect your network infrastructure intelligently

and efficiently, and reduce bottlenecks.

Peace of Mind and Investment Protection

Cisco ESW2 Series Switches offer the reliable performance and peace of mind that you expect from a Cisco

switch. When you invest in the Cisco ESW2 Series, you gain the benefit of:

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Limited lifetime warranty

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Solution that has been rigorously tested to help ensure optimal network uptime to keep employees

connected to key resources and productive

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Solution designed and tested to easily and fully integrate with other Cisco voice, unified communications,

security, and networking products, as part of a comprehensive technology platform for your business