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Catalyst 2950 Series

Fast Ethernet Desktop Switches

Overview

The Cisco Catalyst

®

2950 Series of fixed

configuration, wire-speed Fast Ethernet desktop

switches delivers premium performance and

functionality for local-area networks (LANs). These

standalone, 10/100 autosensing switches provide

enhanced quality of service (QoS) and multicast

management features—managed with the

easy-to-use, Web-based Cisco Cluster Management

Suite (CMS) and integrated Cisco IOS

®

Software.

The Catalyst 2950 Gigabit-over-copper version with

10/100/1000BaseT uplinks offers medium-sized

businesses and enterprise branch offices with an ideal

solution to migrate from Fast Ethernet to a

higher-performance Gigabit Ethernet backbone using

existing Category 5 copper cabling.

The Catalyst 2950 Series consists of the Catalyst

2950T-24, 2950-24, 2950-12, and 2950C-24 switches.

The Catalyst 2950-24 Switch provides 24 10/100

ports; the 2950-12 has 12 10/100 ports; the 2950T-24

has 24 10/100 ports with 2 fixed 10/100/1000BaseT

uplink ports; and the 2950C-24 has 24 10/100 ports

with 2 fixed 100BaseFX uplink ports. Each switch has

a one rack-unit (RU) form factor, making them very

flexible to deploy, either on a desktop or mounted in a

wiring closet (Figure 1).

Figure 1

Catalyst 2950 Series 10/100/1000 Switches

Wire-Speed Performance in Connecting

End-Stations to the LAN

With a switching fabric of 8.8 Gigabits per second

(Gbps) and a maximum forwarding bandwidth of 4.4

Gbps, the Catalyst 2950 switches deliver wire-speed

performance on all ports in connecting end-stations

and users to the company LAN.

Catalyst 2950 switches support performance boosting

features such as Fast EtherChannel

®

and Gigabit

EtherChannel technology, offering up to 4-Gbps of

high-performance bandwidth between Catalyst

switches, routers, and servers.