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Product Overview
Q. What are the notable differences between the Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
2960-S and 2960-X Series Switches?
A. Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches are the next generation of the world’s most widely deployed access
switches. They are scalable, smart, simple, and secure and at the same time provide investment protection.
These switches also provide Layer 3 routing capability, application-aware intelligence, and double the scale.
They are the greenest Cisco Catalyst access switches ever. These switches are built to reduce total cost of
ownership.
The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches, like the 2960-S Series, are line-rate nonblocking switches with
the following added features:
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Dual-core CPU at 600 MHz
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Cisco FlexStack-Plus stacking
80 Gbps bandwidth
8-member stack
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Dual-FRU power supply with integrated fan (2960-XR only)
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NetFlow-Lite on all downlink and uplink ports
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Switch Hibernation mode integrated with Cisco EnergyWise
™
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Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) downlink ports
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Signed Cisco IOS
®
Software images
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Layer 3 features with IP Lite feature set (2960-XR only)
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24 port fan less model with 2 SFP and 210/100/1000BT uplinks
Q. What are the notable differences between the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches?
A. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR switch models have the following additional capabilities in addition to the
features in the 2960-X models:
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Dual-FRU power supply with integrated fan
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Layer 3 features with IP Lite feature set
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Configurable 8 queues per port (standalone)
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48 Ether channel groups
Q. What Cisco IOS Software feature sets are supported in Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series Switches?
A. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series come with a common universal image and supports LAN Lite, LAN Base,
and IP Lite feature sets, as shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Feature Sets Supported in 2960-X Series
Platform IP Lite
(Layer 3)
LAN Base
(Layer 2)
LAN Lite
(Basic Layer 2)
2960-XR Yes No No
2960-X No Yes Yes