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D ATA S HEET
Cisco
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.