Cisco is always devoting to developing catalyst switch business for its network switch users. More innovations for Campus Networks makes Cisco’s catalyst family become stronger and stronger. For example, Cisco 2960 series is migrating to Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Switches; Cisco 3750 and 3650 series are migrating to Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 3650 Switches. Compared with the previous catalyst switches, what benefits we can get from migrating to the new Catalyst switches? What’s the surprise?
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Cisco Catalyst Switches-Innovations for Campus Networks
Here let’s check out the benefits of migrating to Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Switches, and benefits of migrating to Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 3650 Switches. Also as the Innovations for Campus Networks, Catalyst 2960-X/XR Switches vs. 3650 vs. 3850 Switches, what’s the features comparison? Please read the following tables.
Benefits of Migrating to Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Switches
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Trends |
Features |
Previous Access Switches |
Latest Access Switches |
Benefits |
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2960-S |
2960-X |
2960-XR
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Scale/ Performance |
Switching capacity |
176 Gbps |
216 Gbps |
216 Gbps |
Support gigabit access growth for wired and wireless/802.11ac |
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Full line rate for all 48 ports |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Gigabit downlinks |
√ |
Yes |
√ |
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1G/10G uplinks |
2x10G or 4x1G |
2x10G or 4x1G |
2x10G or 4x1G |
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Stacking bandwidth |
40 Gbps 4 members |
80 Gbps 8 members |
80 Gbps 8 members |
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PoE/PoE+ |
PoE/PoE+, up to 740W |
PoE/PoE+, up to 740W |
PoE/PoE+, up to 740W |
Easy and rapid deployment of more IP endpoints, supported on all ports
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Layer 3 dynamic routing (RIP1, OSPF2) |
N/A |
N/A |
√ |
Convenience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 in a single switch |
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|
IPv6 ready |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support more traffic through IP address scalability |
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BYOD/ Mobility |
NetFlow Lite |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
Superior user experience through application visibility and control |
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Advanced Security
|
Cisco TrustSec with SXP3 |
√ |
√ |
√ |
Orchestrate role-based access to corporate resources
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Flexible 802.1x authentication |
√ |
√ |
√ |
Enable port-based network access control
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MACsec4 (hardware ready) |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
For encryption compliance |
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IPv6 First Hop Security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Protect against IPv6 address theft and malicious attacks |
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Simplicity and SDN
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Smart Install |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Zero-touch configuration and Cisco IOS Software updates when deploying new switches |
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Auto SmartPorts and Auto QoS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Automatically configures interfaces based on the type of device connected |
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Cross-stack QoS |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Simplify operations by propagating QoS settings consistently across the stack |
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SDN/programmability •Cisco onePK ready |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
Simplicity and business agility |
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Energy Efficiency |
Green features •Switch hibernation •Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
Rapid ROI – saved over 50% in annual energy operating costs compared to the Industry Average (Source: Miercom report)5 |
More Notes: The Previous Access Switches also includes the Cisco 2950, 2960G and 2960 Series that are end of Sale and end of life.
- RIP–Routing Information Protocol
- OSPF–Open Shortest Path First Protocol 3
- SXP–Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol
- MACsec–IEEE Media Access Control Security Standard
Benefits of Migrating to Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 3650 Switches
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Trends |
Features
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Previous Access Switches |
Latest Unified Access Switches |
Benefits |
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Catalyst 3560-X |
3750-X |
Catalyst 3850/3650 |
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| Scale/
performance
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Bandwidth per stack
|
No stacking
|
64 Gbps |
480 Gbps (3850) 160 Gbps (3650) |
Support gigabit access growth for wired and wireless/802.11ac |
|
10 GE1 uplinks |
2x10GE |
2×10 GE |
4×10 GE or 2×10 GE |
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BYOD/mobility
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Integrated wireless LAN controller |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Enable converged wired-wireless access for operational simplicity and scale
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Common wired-wireless features |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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UADP2 ASIC for wired-wireless convergence |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
||
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Application visibility across wired-wireless |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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Hierarchical wireless QoS |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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| Advanced security
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Native Flexible NetFlow |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Orchestrate role based access to corporate resources by an user, with any device, from any location at any time |
|
Cisco TrustSec/SGT3 for wired |
√ |
√ |
√ |
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Cisco TrustSec/SGT for wireless |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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Native MACsec encryption |
Need service module |
Need service module |
Yes |
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| Simplicity and SDN
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Common features for wired-wireless |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Simplicity and business agility |
|
SmartOperations |
√ |
√ |
√ |
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SDN4/programmability: •Cisco onePK ready •OpenFlow ready |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
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| Other
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Video/collaboration •Medianet |
√
|
√
|
√
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Uncompromised user experience: assess, monitor, and troubleshot network proactively
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Notes: The Previous Access Switches-Cisco 3750-G series which was not list here was end of sale and end of life.
Cisco Catalyst 3850 offers higher AP support, modular uplinks and StackPower in addition to Cisco Catalyst 3650 features.
- 1. GE-Gigabit Ethernet
- 2. UADP ASIC-Unified Access Data Plane ASIC
- 3. SGT-Security Group Tag
- 4. SDN-Software Defined Networking
Cisco Catalyst Switch Comparison
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR and Catalyst 3650/3850 Switches-Feature Comparison
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Feature |
Catalyst 2960-X/XR |
Catalyst 3650 |
Catalyst 3850 |
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Stacking bandwidth (Gbps) |
80 |
160 |
480 |
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Maximum members in stack |
8 |
9 |
9 |
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Hot-swappable, dual power supply and fan modules |
|
√
|
√
|
|
Cisco StackPower |
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|
√
|
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Stateful switchover (SSO) |
|
√
|
√
|
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Memory/flash |
512MB/128MB |
4GB/2GB |
4GB/2GB |
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Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) |
Partial |
Full |
Full |
|
Cisco UPOE |
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|
√
|
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Modular uplinks |
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|
√
|
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Layer 3 support |
2960-XR but not 2960-X |
√
|
√
|
|
Cisco TrustSec: Security group tag (SGT) |
SXP |
√
|
√
|
|
Cisco TrustSec: Cisco MACsec |
HW capable |
HW capable |
HW capable |
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Cisco TrustSec: Device sensor |
2960-XR but not 2960-X |
HW capable |
HW capable |
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Flexible NetFlow (FNF) |
Lite |
√
|
√
|
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Medianet: IP Service Level Agreement Video Operation (IPSLA VO) |
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HW capable |
HW capable |
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Medianet: Mediatrace |
|
HW capable |
HW capable |
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Medianet: Performance monitor |
|
HW capable |
HW capable |
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Quality of service (QoS) |
Traditional |
Advanced |
Advanced |
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Smart install (director/client) |
Client |
√
|
√
|
|
Embedded Event Manager (EEM) |
|
√
|
√
|
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Converged wired/wireless access (integrated wireless controller) |
|
√
|
√
|
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Number of wireless access points supported for converged access per stack/switch |
|
25 |
50 |
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Service discovery gateway (Bonjour gateway) |
|
√
|
√
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Software-defined networking (SDN)/OnePK |
|
HW capable |
HW capable |
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