Cisco Catalyst 2960-X series access switches

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X series access switches provide Layer 2 and Layer 3 access features. The switches deliver energy efficiency, while preserving users’ investments through mixed stacking with existing Catalyst 2960-S and SF switches.

The downlink hibernation mode puts the downlinks to sleep when not in use, and the switch hibernation mode puts the switch to sleep, consuming less than 10 W.

Other features include: built with true stacking which enables cross-stack QoS and cross-stack high availability; built for network programmability, application visibility and control; provides PoE and PoE+ support with up to 740 W of power (without an external power source); offers control plane redundancy across the switches in the stack; provides redundant power supply for power resiliency; uses standards-based 802.1X for port-based network access control; automatically configures ports based on device type for rapid deployment with Auto Smartports; helps enable scalable and dynamic role-based access control with Cisco TrustSec; protects against IPv6 address theft and malicious attacks with IPv6 First Hop Security.