Cisco Catalyst 2960-L

Series Switches
For Business Decision Makers

September 2016

Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Use Cases

Powering Small Networks with Quietness and Simplicity

Retail

Hospitality

Office

Ideal in retail outlets to connect a

PoS machine, phone, ringer, video
display with network, and PoE
powering. Compact design suited
for mounting in confined spaces.

Extend access to hotel floors from

central distribution rooms and
provide 802.1X authentication to
access points. Ideally suited for
building floors or branches with
less than 50 users.

Provide network and PoE

connectivity in mobile units out
of the wiring closet, reducing
cables and possible power failures.
Ideal for quiet operation and
easy management.

More Use Cases

Powering Small Networks with Quietness and Simplicity

Common ask:
Often used in:
Bank branches
Hotel buildings
School buildings
Retail stores
Office buildings

Low-priced GE model
Simple management
Low energy consumption
Low-budget PoE+
802.1X and web authentication
Small form factor
Out-of-wiring-closet design
Basic Layer 2, QoS, and IPv6
Enterprise-grade quality and support

Introducing Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series

Entry-Level Cisco Catalyst GE Switches
IOS LAN
Lite image

Enterprise-class

CLI, web GUI, mobile

app (FCS+1)

Cisco

Cisco Catalyst brand

ELLW

Fanless operation

High MTBF

Cisco lifecycle
management (5 + 5)

IOS

Persistent PoE
(FCS+1)

Up to 370W
PoE+
Operational temperature
-5 to 55C

Bluetoothready

Software

Versatile Form Factor

800 MHz
CPU

Cisco
EnergyWise
management
2 x 1G or 4 x 1G

EEE
downlinks

Type-A USB for storage

and Bluetooth dongle

Noiseless

4 Egress queues
per port

Cisco TAC Support

2 MB per
ASIC

Energy Efficiency

Shallow depth
Up to 11.5

Simplified Management

The New Cisco Catalyst 2960 Family

FCS May 2013

FCS September 2016

FCS August 2013

New

Cisco Catalyst 2960-Plus

Cisco Catalyst 2960-L

Standalone FE switch with

basic Layer 2

Cisco

Fast Ethernet
Ease of Use

Catalyst

Lowest-priced
with basic Layer 2
Simple + Noiseless

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR

GE

Global share fighter

with advanced Layer 2/3
Stackable + Resilient

Gigabit Ethernet
Robust Security

Enhanced Lifetime Warranty

Energy Efficiency

Feature Leadership and Cisco Quality at Competitive Prices

Lower TCO

Comparing Cisco Catalyst 2960 Families

1G Downlinks
10G Uplinks
Full PoE
PoE+
Stacking
Advanced L2/L3
Entry-Level DNA
Noiseless Operation
Power Redundancy
* Netflow Lite, IPv6 first-hop security, etc.

2960-P

2960-L

2960-X/XR

Virtual Stacking (Clustering)

Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Portfolio

Product ID

GE Downlinks

SFP Uplinks

WS-C2960L-8TS-LL

WS-C2960L-8PS-LL

WS-C2960L-16TS-LL

16

WS-C2960L-16PS-LL

16

WS-C2960L-24TS-LL

24

WS-C2960L-24PS-LL

24

WS-C2960L-48TS-LL

48

WS-C2960L-48PS-LL

48

PoE Power

67W

120W

195W

370W

Depth (in.)

Fanless

8.45

Yes

9.45

Yes

8.45

Yes

9.45

Yes

9.45

Yes

10.45

Yes

9.45

Yes

11.5

No

2960-L Migration Path

2960P LB

2960L LL

FE

GE

2 SFP

4 SFP

PoE

PoE+

Fanless

Layer 2

Basic Layer 3

Downlink
Uplink
PoE

2960L 8/16/24/48 Port

2K FE 8/12/24/48 Port

* Basic Layer 3 features include static and inter-VLAN routing

Upgrade to 2960X for higher performance, stacking, full PoE+, LAN base, and DNA readiness

Simple Management: Web UI

Simple Management
Network Plug-n-Play with Cisco APIC-EM
1. Provision

Preprovision
Projects/Sites

Policies
Match rules
Configs/image
IP addressing

Unskilled Installer

2. Install

Remote Installer

Mount and
cable devices
Power on

GUI-based

3. Monitor

APIC-EM

PnP Server

PnP Agent

Smart Install Proxy

PnP Agent

PnP Agent

PnP Agent

Smart Install: Client

Consistent for devices

and pin (campus, branch)

Secure

Network admin
remotely monitors
status of install
while in progress

Campus,
Bldg-2

Booting
devices call out
to PnP server,
requesting instructions

RMA use case

Greenfield
and Brownfield

Migrate Catalyst L2 FE and LAN Lite

GE to 2960L
Catalyst 2960P

Catalyst 2960L

Catalyst 2960X/XR

(10 SKUs)

(8 SKUs)

(23 SKUs)

Migrate L2 FE
(2960P, 2960C)

Catalyst FE
LAN Base/LAN Lite
No stacking
No PoE+
1G uplinks only

Migrate 2 C2960X
LAN Lite SKUs

Entry-level Catalyst GE

Global share fighter

LAN base software

Enhanced LAN Lite software

(2 LAN Lite SKUs)

80 Gbps stacking
No stacking PoE+

PoE+

1G uplinks only

2 x 10G uplinks

SKU Migration FE to GE
FE

2960L

WS-C2960+24T-L/S

WS-C2960L-24T-LL

WS-C2960+24LC-L/S

WS-C2960L-24P-LL

48 Port Data

WS-C2960+48T-L/S

WS-C2960L-48T-LL

48 Port PoE

WS-C2960+48PST-L/S

WS-C2960L-48P-LL

WS-C2960+24PC-L

WS-C2960X-24PS-L or
WS-C2960L-24P-LL

8 Port Data

WS-C2960C-8TC-L/S

WS-C2960L-8T-LL

8 Port PoE

WS-C2960CPD-8PT-L

WS-C2960L-8P-LL

16 Port Data

NA

WS-C2960L-16T-LL

16 Port PoE

WS-C2960C-12PC-L

WS-C2960L-16P-LL

24 Port Data
24 Port PoE/PoE+

24 Port PoE/PoE+ (370W)