DESCRIPTION

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series is the next-generation energy-efficient Layer 3 fast Ethernet switches. This series of switches supports Cisco EnergyWise technology, which enables companies to measure and manage power consumption of network infrastructure and network-attached devices, thereby reducing their energy costs and their carbon footprint. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series consumes less power than its predecessors and is the ideal access layer switch for enterprise, retail, and branch-office environments, as it maximizes productivity and investment protection by enabling a unified network for data, voice, and video.

PRODUCT FEATURES

• Redundant power system
  The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series access switches support the generation of Cisco RPS 2300, which increases availability in a converged data, voice, and video network by providing transparent power backup to two of six attached Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series switches at the same time. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series switches are capable of reverting back to their internal power supply without any service interruption.
• Ease of use and deployment
  The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 series offers several ease of use features, which enable fast and easy configuration of advanced Cisco Catalyst capabilities.
• Enhanced security
  With the wide range of security features, such as ACLs, authentication, port-level security, and identity based network services (IBNS) with 802.1x and extensions, that the Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series offers, businesses can protect important information, keep unauthorized people off the network, guard privacy, and maintain uninterrupted operation.
• Availability and scalability
  The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series is equipped with a robust set of features that allow for network scalability and higher availability through IP routing as well as a complete suite of spanning tree protocol enhancements aimed to maximize availability in a Layer 2 network.
• High-performance IP routing
  The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 series switches deliver high-performance, hardware-based IP routing. The Cisco Express forwarding-based routing architecture allows for maximum scalability and performance. Implementing routed uplinks to the core improves network availability by enabling faster failover protection and simplifying the spanning tree protocol algorithm by terminating all spanning tree protocol instances at the aggregator switch.