Cisco WS-C2360-48TD-S Network Switch Networking

The Cisco Catalyst 2360 Series Switches are high-speed Layer 2 top-of-rack switches that provide Gigabit Ethernet server aggregation in the data center. The Cisco Catalyst 2360 Series is designed to meet the demands of today's data center, including high performance and high availability.

The Cisco Catalyst 2360 Series provides wire-rate performance, local switching, with a non-blocking, low-latency architecture. The Cisco Catalyst 2360 Series comes with reversible front-to-back or back-to-front airflow, as well as power and cooling redundancy. It provides these features with extremely low power consumption. Figure 1 shows a Cisco Catalyst 2360 Series Switch.

The Cisco Catalyst 2360 Series switches offers the following features:

- 48 ports of Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000-Gbps downlink connectivity;
- Four 10 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP+) uplinks;
- Dual field-replaceable power supplies, providing power redundancy and uninterrupted operation;
- Field-replaceable dual-fan module with reversible airflow (front-to-back or back-to-front) and cooling redundancy;
- USB storage interface for file backup, distribution, and simplified operations;
- Mini-USB console port on the front of the switch for easy management access;
- LAN Lite software features to meet ToR Layer 2 switching requirements.