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Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Specifications
Switch Performance
Table 8 shows Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches performance specifications.
Table 8. Cisco Catalyst 3850 Performance Specifications
Performance Numbers for All Switch Models
Switching capacity
176 Gbps on 48-port models
92 Gbps on 24-port models
68 Gbps on 12-port model
Stacking bandwidth
480 Gbps
Total number of MAC addresses
32,000
Total number of IPv4 routes (ARP plus learned routes)
24,000
FNF entries
48,000 flow on 48-port models
24,000 flows on 12-port and 24-port models
DRAM
4 Gb
Flash
2 Gb
VLAN IDs
4,000
Total switched virtual interfaces (SVIs)
1,000
Jumbo frame
9198 bytes
Total routed ports per 3850 stack
208
Wireless
Number of access points per switch/stack
50
Number of wireless clients per switch/stack
2000
Total number of WLANs per switch
64
Wireless bandwidth per switch
Up to 40 Gbps on 48-port models
Up to 20 Gbps on 24-port models
Supported Aironet access point series
3600, 3500, 2600, 1600, 1260, 1140, 1040
Forwarding Rate of Switch Models (with 2 x 10 Gigabit + 2 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks for 12-Port and 24-Port Models and 4 x 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Uplinks for 48‑ Port Models)
Model
Forwarding Rate
3850-12S
50.5 Mpps
3850-24T
3850-24P
3850-24S
68.4 Mpps
3850-48T
3850-48P
3850-48F
130.95 Mpps
Dimensions, Weight, Acoustic, Mean Time between Failure, and Environmental Range
Specifications for Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Table 9 shows dimensions, weight, acoustic, mean time between failure (MTBF), and environmental range. Weight
does not include an uplink FRU. Weight includes the chassis assembly as it is shipped (with fans), one power
supply and, and one power supply slot blank.