| Feature |
Benefits |
| Small form factor, fanless design, silent operation |
Delivers up to 30W of power per port, ideal for deployment in indoor open workspaces and other areas that require quiet operations. |
| Perpetual and Fast PoE |
Perpetual PoE ensures uninterrupted powering of endpoints during switch upgrades, reboots, and configuration changes. Fast PoE ensures powering of PoE endpoints within 5 seconds of power restoration, in case of power losses. |
| System life |
These switches come with the industry’s highest level of reliability and 10 years of system life. |
| Prevalidated architecture |
Cisco supports tested, validated, and integrated solutions, which can reduce deployment risk and speed up the time to value. Proven robust technology, with existing network and end-to-end security, provide a complete digital building solution. |
| Flexible mounting options |
Supports flexible deployment and mounting options, including wall mount, C-rail duct mount, desktop, and bottom mount, based on the SKU. |
| Flexible powering options |
- The switch can be powered through an AC/DC adapter with IEC plugs for 100-240VAC inputs.
- The desktop version has an uplink Powered Device (PD) port that, when connected with an external power supply, will power up the unit.
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| Configuration at scale |
The switches are Cisco DNA ready and can be used as part of the Cisco Digital network Architecture (Cisco DNAC) solution for automated switch deployments. |
| Automation via Cisco PnP |
They also support Cisco Network Plug and Play (PnP), a secure, scalable solution that accelerates network device deployments by automating the installation and configuration of Cisco IOS® Software, enhancing productivity and user experience and reducing costs and downtime. |
| Network management |
Cisco Prime Infrastructure provides comprehensive network lifecycle management with an extensive library of features that automate initial and day-to-day management. Cisco Prime integrates hardware and software platform expertise and operational experience into a powerful set of workflow-driven configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, reporting, and administrative tools. |
| Cisco SDA Extended Node |
- SDA Extended Node provides Cisco DNA Center Automation and Assurance for Cisco Micro switches. It also extends Fabric Benefits to end points connected to the switches, allowing consistent segmentation and policy-based access.
- SDA Extended Node requires Cisco DNA-A license on the Micro switches, and a Fabric-Edge Capable switch at the upstream.
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| Layer 2 features for operational simplicity |
- IPv6 host support.
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v3 for secure configuration, control, and information retrieval through appropriate MIBs.
- Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for creating Ethernet channeling with devices that conform to IEEE 802.3ad.
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) auto-configuration of multiple switches through a boot server.
- Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), which supports dynamic VLANs and dynamic trunk configuration across all switches.
- Embedded Remote Monitoring (RMON) software agent for enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis; four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) are supported.
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED) enhancements for easy identification of end devices.
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| Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) support |
The switches functions as a CoAP Proxy. CoAP is a lightweight protocol enabling sensors, HVAC, and security systems to interoperate for delivering advanced space analytics. |
| Security and threat defense |
- 802.1X, MACAuth, TACACS+, and RADIUS authentication capabilities for secure onboarding of end devices.
- Secure Boot to make sure that only signed and authorized images can load on the switch.
- Port-based access control lists (ACLs) to let the switch automatically allow or block packets based on policies for source and destination IP addresses. Rules can be set up differently on a port-by-port basis.
- Private VLAN (PVLAN) edge protected port feature for restricting communication between end devices.
- Network-as-a-sensor: Along with the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series as an upstream switch, this switch has Network-as-a-Sensor (NaaS) capabilities to provide broad and deep visibility into network traffic flow patterns and rich threat intelligence information that allows rapid identification of security threats.
- Network-as-an-enforcer: Along with the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series as an upstream switch, device profiling and Network-as-an-Enforcer (NaaE) capabilities are enabled to dynamically enforce role-based security to reduce the overall attack surface, contain attacks, and minimize the time needed to isolate threats when detected using Cisco TrustSec® with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
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| Switch hibernate and deep sleep mode |
Switch sleep management can be initiated through Cisco EnergyWise®, as was traditionally done, or through CoAP. CoAP support in the Catalyst Micro Switches enables a sleep trigger. This support is provided for initiating sleep with the Real-Time Clock (RTC) configuration. The system can wake up based on a wake-on-clock and mode button. |
| IEEE 802.3az or Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) |
Ports dynamically sense idle periods between traffic bursts and quickly switch the interfaces into a low-power idle mode, reducing power consumption. |
| System power efficiency |
The switches also improve the industry standard on system power efficiency. During the sleep condition, the system is reducing its power use by 65%, improving its energy efficiency. |
| Cisco Energy Manager |
Integrated with the Cisco Energy Management suite for full energy control and visibility. |
| Power supply |
Certified AC/DC adapter. |
