Cisco Catalyst Express 520-24LC Switch-24 Ports

Cisco Catalyst Express 520-24LC Switch-24 Ports

Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series Switches provide a secure, high-performance foundation for your essential business applications that is both affordable and easy to deploy and use. A component of the Cisco Smart Business Communications System-a complete system of advanced voice, data, video, and wireless networking products designed specifically for SMBs-the Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series supports your business' voice, security, and wireless networking services with a single, comprehensive platform.

Today's innovative technologies have helped SMBs become more competitive than ever before. However, modern business technologies also can present significant challenges. As business networks become more essential to business success and the number of network-supported applications and devices grows, networks have become more complex and difficult to manage, especially for small organizations without a dedicated networking staff. SMBs also need secure, high-performing, and highly reliable networking solutions to help ensure that their essential business processes are always operating and available. In addition, they need all of these capabilities delivered in affordable, easy-to-use network solutions.

Specifications

Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series Switches are a family of fixed-configuration, Layer 2 managed Ethernet switches that provide the reliability, scalability, and rich feature set your business needs in a cost-effective, easy-to-manage platform. Designed specifically for organizations with fewer than 250 employees, the solutions provide:

• 20 10/100 access ports for desktop connectivity
• 4 10/100 access ports with PoE for desktop, wireless access point, IP telephony, or closed-circuit TV camera connectivity
• 2 10/100/1000BASE-T or SFP ports for flexible uplink or server connectivity
• Wire-speed Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• Power over Ethernet (PoE) to provide 15.4 Watts simultaneously on all PoE ports
• Quality-of-service (QoS) intelligence to prioritize delay-sensitive traffic
• Robust integrated security to protect management traffic
• Simple deployment, centralized management, and troubleshooting
• Scalability to continually incorporate new applications and services over time
• Easy integration with established architectures without requiring major upgrades to the network infrastructure
• Limited Lifetime Warranty and free Cisco IOS Software updates

For businesses that have been using basic, unmanaged network switches but now need higher performance, increased reliability, and a more advanced feature set, the Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series offers an ideal solution.