Cisco Catalyst 3548 XL Enterprise Edition

The Catalyst® 3548 XL switch is a member of the Cisco Systems Catalyst 3500 series XL, a scalable line of stackable 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet switch that delivers premium performance, manageability, and flexibility with unparalleled investment protection. With a 10.8Gbps switching fabric and a maximum 8.0-million-packet-per-second forwarding rate, these switches are ideal for creating high-performance local-area networks. The Catalyst 3548 XL offers customers tremendous benefits through Gigabit Ethernet-based configuration options, the new Cisco Switch Clustering multidevice management architecture, and integrated IP voice and telephony support.

The Catalyst 3548 XL has 48 10/100 ports and two GBIC-based Gigabit Ethernet ports. The built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports accommodate a range of GBIC transceivers, including the Cisco GigaStack GBIC, and 1000BASE-SX,1000BASE-LX/LH and 1000BASE-ZX GBICs. The dual GBIC-based Gigabit Ethernet implementation provides customers tremendous deployment flexibility---allowing customers to implement one type of stacking and uplink configuration today, while preserving the option to migrate that configuration in the future.

The Catalyst 3548 XL switch delivers dedicated 10- or 100Mbps bandwidth to individual users and servers at a low per-port price. All three desktop switches have dual GBIC-based Gigabit Ethernet ports that provide an ultra-flexible and scalable solution for Gigabit Ethernet uplinks or GigaStack GBIC stacking solutions. The switches are easy to deploy, either on a desktop or in a wiring closet, and feature Cisco IOS® software support. Administration of Cisco desktop Catalyst switches is made even more convenient using the Cisco Switch Clustering multidevice management technology.