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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
Table 2 gives specifications of the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series switches.
Table 2. Specifications of Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series Switches
Feature Description
Performance
Switching Capacity • 8.8 Gbps for Cisco Catalyst Express 500-24TT, Catalyst Express 500-24LC, and Catalyst Express 500-24PC
• 24 Gbps for Cisco Catalyst Express 500G-12TC
Forwarding Rate • 6.6-Mpps wire-speed performance for Cisco Catalyst Express 500-24TT, Catalyst Express 500-24LC, and
Catalyst Express 500-24PC
• 18-Mpps wire-speed performance for Cisco Catalyst Express 500G-12TC
Layer 2 Switching
MAC Addresses 8000 MAC addresses
Number of VLANs 32 VLANs (1000 range)
Number and Type of Queues • 4 queues per port
• Shaped Round Robin (SRR) queuing
Smartports (Preset Cisco Recommended Network Enhancements, QoS, and Security)
Desktop The port is configured for optimal desktop performance.
Phone and Desktop Voice traffic is prioritized to ensure clear voice conversation.
Router The port is configured for optimal connection to a router or firewall for WAN connectivity.
Switch The port is configured as an uplink port to a backbone switch for fast convergence.
Access Point The port is configured for optimal connection to a wireless access point.
Server Servers can be prioritized as trusted, critical, business, or standard.
Printer The port is optimized so that printer traffic does not affect mission-critical and voice traffic.
Guest Guests are allowed access to the Internet, but not to the company network.
Diagnostic Customers can connect diagnostics devices to monitor traffic on other switches (configurable via Cisco
Network Assistant only)
Other Customers can configure the VLAN.
Security
Security Policy Slider Three security levels: low, medium, and high (configurable via Cisco Network Assistant only)
• Low—For business environments where there is limited guest access; limited number of devices are allowed
per port
• Medium—For business environments where security is important; only authorized devices (by MAC address)
are allowed on the company network
• High—For business environments where security is critical; only authorized devices (by MAC address) and
authenticated users (via IEEE 802.1x) are allowed on the company network
Multicast High-bandwidth video traffic is optimized so that it does not impact other applications on the network.
Inline Power (PoE) All 24 PoE ports on the Cisco Catalyst Express 500-24PC can supply up to 15.4W (IEEE 802.3af standard
maximum) of power over Category 5 cable, for a total of 370W of inline power.
All 4 PoE ports on Cisco Catalyst Express 500-24LC switches can supply up to 15.4W of power over Category 5
cable, for a total of 62W of inline power.
Both the IEEE 802.3af PoE standard and Cisco Prestandard Inline Power are supported.