Data Sheet Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches The Cisco® Catalyst® 3850 Series is the next generation of enterprise-class stackable access-layer switches that provide full convergence between wired and wireless on a single platform. Cisco’s new Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) powers the switch and enables uniform wired-wireless policy enforcement, application visibility, flexibility and application optimization.
Switch Configurations All switches ship with one of the four power supplies (350WAC, 715WAC, 1100WAC, or 440WDC). Figure 1 shows the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches. Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches Table 1 shows the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series configurations. Table 1.
Table 2. Network Module Numbers and Descriptions Product Number Product Description C3850-NM-4-1G 4 x Gigabit Ethernet network modules C3850-NM-2-10G 4 x Gigabit Ethernet/2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet network modules C3850-NM-4-10G 4 x Gigabit Ethernet/4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet network modules The C3850-NM-4-10G module is supported on the 48-port models only.
Table 4 shows the different power supplies available in these switches and available PoE power. Table 4. Power Supply Models Models Default Power Supply Available PoE Power 24-port data switch PWR-C1-350WAC - PWR-C1-715WAC 435W PWR-C1-1100WAC 800W 48-port data switch 24-port PoE switch 48-port PoE switch 48-port full PoE switch In addition to the power supplies listed in Table 4, a 440WDC power supply is available as a spare (should be ordered separately) on all switch models.
Benefits Converged Wired plus Wireless Access The Cisco Catalyst 3850 is the first stackable access switching platform that enables wired plus wireless services on a single Cisco IOS XE Software-based platform. With this, Cisco has pioneered a host of rich capabilities such as high availability based on stateful switchover (SSO) on stacking, granular QoS, security, and Flexible Netflow (FNF) across wired and wireless in a seamless fashion.
Figure 4. Mobility Controller (MC) and Mobility Agent (MA) Distributed Intelligent Services Flexible NetFlow (FNF) Full visibility into the wired plus wireless traffic is achieved because of the access point Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) tunnel termination on the switch. This helps identify users and user traffic flows in order to identify potential attackers and take corrective action at the access layer before the attack penetrates further into the network.
makes sure that all users within a given SSID get a fair share of the available bandwidth while being connected to the network. The UADP ASIC enables the hierarchical bandwidth management and fair sharing of bandwidth, thereby providing hardware-based QoS for optimized performance at line-rate traffic. In addition to these capabilities, the switch is able to do class of service (CoS) or differentiated services code point (DSCP) based queuing, policing, shaping, and marking of wired plus wireless traffic.
Figure 5. StackWise-480 and StackPower Connectors StackPower can be deployed in either power-sharing mode or redundancy mode. In power-sharing mode, the power of all the power supplies in the stack is aggregated and distributed among the switches in the stack. In redundant mode, when the total power budget of the stack is calculated, the wattage of the largest power supply is not included.
Ease of Operations The Cisco Catalyst 3850 help reduce the operating costs through: ● Cisco Catalyst Smart Operations ● Easy-to-use deployment and control features ● Efficient switch operations ● Network management tools Cisco Catalyst Smart Operations Cisco Catalyst Smart Operations are a comprehensive set of capabilities that simplify LAN deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting.
● Simplified configuration and connectivity: ◦ Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) facilitates dynamic trunk configuration across all switch ports. ◦ Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) automates the creation of Cisco Fast EtherChannel groups or Gigabit EtherChannel groups to link to another switch, router, or server. ◦ Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) allows the creation of Ethernet channeling with devices that conform to IEEE 802.3ad.
Efficient Switch Operation Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches, designed and engineered by Cisco, provide optimum power-saving, EEE, low-power operations for industry best-in-class power management and power consumption capabilities. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 ports are capable of reduced power modes so that ports not in use can move into a lower power utilization state.
◦ The Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) feature helps mitigate problems caused by the introduction of malformed or forged (spoofed) IP source addresses into a network by discarding IP packets that lack a verifiable IP source address. ◦ Bidirectional data support on the SPAN port allows the Cisco intrusion detection system (IDS) to take action when an intruder is detected. ● User authentication: ◦ Flexible authentication that supports multiple authentication mechanisms, including 802.
● Spanning Tree Root Guard (STRG) prevents edge devices not in the network administrator’s control from becoming Spanning Tree Protocol root nodes. ● Wireless end-to-end security offers CAPWAP-compliant DTLS encryption to make sure of encryption between access points and controllers across remote WAN/LAN links. Resiliency Borderless networks enable enterprise mobility and business-grade video services.
● Policy-based routing (PBR) allows superior control by facilitating flow redirection regardless of the routing protocol configured. Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)-Lite enables a service provider to support two or more VPNs, with overlapping IP addresses. The IP Services feature set is required. ● Protocol-independent multicast (PIM) for IP multicast routing is supported, including PIM sparse mode (PIM-SM), PIM dense mode (PIM-DM), PIM sparse-dense mode, and source-specific multicast (SSM).
Application Visibility and Control Using Flexible NetFlow Cisco IOS Software FNF is the next generation in flow visibility technology, allowing optimization of the network infrastructure, reducing operation costs, and improving capacity planning and security incident detection with increased flexibility and scalability. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 provides optimized application visibility with FNF across wired plus wireless.
Figure 6. Mobility Controller (MC) and Mobility Agent (MA) Branch 3850 is optimized for branch deployments when it operates in mobility controller mode. In this mode, not only can the switch terminate CAPWAP tunnels from the access points and provide client connectivity, it can also manage mobility within the branch. This eliminates the need for a local controller in every branch in addition to the accesslayer switches.
Figure 7. Deploying Cisco Catalyst 3850 in the Branch Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Specifications Switch Performance Table 7 shows Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches performance specifications. Table 7.
Performance Numbers for All Switch Models FNF entries 48,000 flow on 48-port models 24,000 flows on 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
MTBF Hours WS-C3850-24T 303,230 WS-C3850-24P 269,450 WS-C3850-48T 303,660 WS-C3850-48P 241,050 WS-C3850-48F 241,050 PWR-C1-350WAC 580,710 PWR-C1-715WAC 664,055 PWR-C1-1100WAC 392,174 PWR-C1-440WDC 469,350 C3850-NM-4-1G 7,052,100 C3850-NM-2-10G 4,315,970 C3850-NM-4-10G 3,835,330 Environmental Ranges With AC power supply Normal operating temperature* and altitudes: Operating environment and altitude -5ºC to +45ºC, up to 5000 feet (1500m) -5ºC to +40ºC, up to 10,000 feet (3000m) * M
Connectors for Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Table 9 shows connectors. Table 9.
Description Specification CISCO-IPMROUTE-MIB SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB CISCO-IP-STAT-MIB SNMP-MPD-MIB CISCO-IP-URPF-MIB SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB CISCO-L2L3-INTERFACE-CONFIG-MIB SNMP-PROXY-MIB CISCO-LAG-MIB SNMP-TARGET-MIB CISCO-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB SNMP-USM-MIB CISCO-MAC-AUTH-BYPASS-MIB SNMPv2-MIB CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB CISCO-MDI-METRICS-MIB TCP-MIB CISCO-FLASH-MIB UDP-MIB CISCO-OSPF-MIB CISCO-IMAGE-MIB CISCO-OSPF-TRAP-MIB CISCO-STACKWISE-MIB CISCO-PAE-MIB AIRESPMACE-
Power Supply Specifications Table 11 lists the power specifications for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series based on the kind of power supply used. Table 11.
Table 12. Power Consumptions (in Watts) of Standalone Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Models Uplink Module Power Consumption (W) (No More Than) 0% Traffic 10% Traffic 100% Traffic Weighted Average 83.47 82.86 83.76 83.04 WS-C3850-24P 86.81 86.22 87.11 86.40 WS-C3850-48T 117.74 116.62 117.59 116.89 WS-C3850-48P 125.35 124.15 125.15 124.43 WS-C3850-48F 130.10 128.91 129.85 129.18 81.97 81.83 84.97 82.16 WS-C3850-24P 85.22 85.04 88.32 85.39 WS-C3850-48T 117.56 116.74 120.
Cisco Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty The Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches come with an E-LLW that includes NBD delivery of replacement hardware where available and 90 days of 8x5 Cisco TAC support. Your formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the Cisco information packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to review carefully the warranty statement shipped with your specific product before use.
Customers can transparently upgrade the software feature set in the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches through Cisco IOS Software CLI using the right to use (RTU)-based software upgrade process. Software activation enables the Cisco IOS Software feature sets. Based on the license’s type, Cisco IOS Software activates the appropriate feature set. License types can be changed, or upgraded, to activate a different feature set.
Technical Services Cisco SP Base Service ● Around-the-clock, global access to the Cisco TAC ● Registered access to Cisco.
Product Number Product Description WS-C3850-48P-E Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet PoE+ ports, with 715WAC power supply 1 RU, IP Services feature set WS-C3850-48F-E Stackable 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet PoE+ ports, with 1100WAC power supply 1 RU, IP Services feature set Cisco Catalyst 3850 Bundles WS-C3850-24PW-S Cisco Catalyst 3850 24-port PoE IP Base with 5 access point license WS-C3850-48PW-S Cisco Catalyst 3850 48-port PoE IP Base with 5 access point license Network Modules for the Cisco Catalyst
Product Number Product Description Spare Power Cords for the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series CAB-TA-NA= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst 3850 (North America) CAB-TA-AP= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst 3850 (Australia) CAB-TA-AR= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst 3850 (Argentina) CAB-TA-SW= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst 3850 (Switzerland) CAB-TA-UK= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst 3850 (United Kingdom) CAB-TA-JP= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst 3850 (Japan) CAB-TA-250VAC-JP= Japan 250VAC power
