Base Model | Form Factor | Variants | Available ports/Modules | Number of power supplies | Number/Type of supervisors | Expansion type | Sync | End-of-life (only major notices listed) | Comments |
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Catalyst 2940[18] | Fixed | 2940 | 8 8P8C/1 8P8C 8 8P8C/1 8P8C or 1 SFP[19] | 1 (fixed) | None | None | None | Announced 2009[20] | |
Catalyst 2900[21] | Fixed | 2918 2926 2948 2980[22] | 24 8P8C 48 8P8C | None | None | None | Announced 2007 (all except 2918),[23] Announced 2015 (2918 only) | ||
Catalyst 2950[24] | Fixed | 2950 2950SX[25] | 12 8P8C 24 8P8C 24 8P8C/2 GBIC or 1000SX 48 8P8C/2 GBIC or 1000SX[26] | 1 (fixed) | None | None | None | Announced 2007[27] | Optional 'Gigastack' modules[28] |
Catalyst 3550 | Fixed | 3550 | 24 8P8C/2 GBIC 48 8P8C/2 GBIC | 1 (fixed) | None | None | None | Announced 2005[29] | PoE optional, optional 'Gigastack' modules[30] |
Catalyst 3560[31] | Fixed | 3560 3560V2 3560E[32] 3560C[33] | 8 8P8C/2 SFP or 8P8C 12 8P8C/2 SFP or 8P8C 8 SFP 12 SFP 24 8P8C/2 SFP 48 8P8C/4 SFP 12 'X2'[34] 12 SFP/2 'X2' | 1 (up to 2 on 3560E only) | None | None (10 Gbit/s options on 3560E only)[35] | Stack (V2 and E only) | Announced 2012 (all except 3560C)[36] | PoE optional, 3560C is compact version |
Catalyst 3750[37] | Fixed | 3750 3750V2 3750G[38] 3750E 3750-X | 12 SFP 24 8P8C/2 SFP 48 8P8C/4 SFP | 1 (up to 2 on 3750V2) | None | None | All are stack capable | Announced 2010 (3750),[39] Announced 2013 (3750V2)[40] | PoE optional |
Catalyst 3750X[41] | Fixed | 3750X | 12 SFP 24 8P8C/2 SFP 48 8P8C/4 SFP | 2 | None | Uplink module with 1- and 10-Gbit/s options[42] | All are stack capable | Announced 2015[43] | PoE optional |
Catalyst 4900M[44] | Fixed | 4900M | 48 8P8C/4 SFP 48 8P8C/2 'X2' 28 SFP/2 'X2' | up to 2 | None | Various 'X2' modules | None | Announced 2013 (4900M),[45]</ref> |
Base Model | Form Factor | Variants | Available ports/Modules | Number of power supplies | Number/Type of supervisors | Expansion type | Sync | End-of-life (only major notices listed) | Comments |
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Catalyst 2960[46] | Fixed | 2960 2960S[47] 2960CX[48] 2960-X 2960-XR[49] | 8 8P8C/2 SFP 24 8P8C/2 SFP 48 8P8C/4 SFP | 1 (fixed) (*note: cannot stack power, only backplane) | None | None | Stack (up to four 2960-S, up to 8 2960-X or 2960XR) | Announced 2013 (2960 only)[50] | PoE only available on models with 'P' designator, 2960C is compact version |
Catalyst 3650[51] | Fixed | 3650[52] | 24 8P8C/4 SFP 48 8P8C/4 SFP 24 8P8C/2 SFP+ 48 8P8C/2 SFP+ | None | None | Stackwise-160 (requires optional module) | No EoL notices announced to date | PoE optional | |
Catalyst 3850[53] | Fixed | 3850 | 12 SFP 24 8P8C 48 8P8C 12 SFP+ 16 SFP+ 24 SFP+ 32 SFP+ 48 SFP+[54] | Up to 2, most capable of stacking power | None | 1 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s and 40 Gbit/s options on all models[55] | Stackwise-480 | No EoL notices announced to date | PoE optional |
Catalyst 4500[56] | Chassis | 4503 4503-E 4506 4506-E 4507R 4507R+E 4507R-E 4510R 4510R+E 4510R-E[57] | 24 SFP module 48 SFP module 48 8P8C module | up to 2 | 4503:1, 4506:1, all else:up to 2[58] Sup II+, Sup III, Sup IV, Sup V (EoSale), Sup 6-E Sup 7-E, Sup 8-E[59] | Line cards | VSS (with Sup7) | Announced 2010 (non-E line cards),[60] Announced 2010 (non-E chassis),[61] Announced 2012 (Supervisor V),[62] Announced 2014 (Supervisor 6-E, Supervisor 6L-E)[63] | PoE optional (per module) |
Catalyst 4500-X[64] | Fixed | 4500-X | 16 SFP+ 32 SFP+[65] | up to 2 | None | 8 SFP+ module | None | No EoL notices to date | Can select front to back or back to front air flow options |
Catalyst 6500-E[66] | Chassis | 6503-E 6504-E 6506-E 6509-E/V-E 6513-E[67] | 4 port, 8 port, 16 port, 24 port and 48 port modules in 10/100/1G/10G/40G speeds of various physical medium[68] | up to 2 | 6503:1, all else:up to 2[69] Sup 2T, Sup 720 VSS, Sup 720, Sup 32 (EoSale)[70] | Line cards, Firewall, Wireless, Network Analysis (NAM), VPN, Application control engine, ASA Services[71] | VSS (with Sup 720-10G or Sup 2T)[72] | Announced 2012 (Supervisor 32),[73] Announced 2012 (6513 chassis (non-e))[74] | PoE optional (per module) |
Catalyst 6800[75] | Both (6840-X and 6800ia models are fixed) | 6880-X 6840-X 6800-XL 6800-ia | No EoL notices to date | Can support some 6500 modules (ASA, NAM, WiSM)[76] |