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Product Overview

Introducing the Catalyst 2980G

Key Features and Benefits

Desktop Connection Protection: Catalyst 2980G

Dedicated 80-Port 10/100 for the Wiring Closet
Industry-leading Catalyst System Software
Flexible, Full-Duplex Gigabit Uplinks

Specifications

Standard Network Protocols
Network Management

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New Product: Catalyst 2980G — Layer 2 Ethernet Switching System

Product Overview

Introducing an enterprise breakthrough in fixed-configuration port density. The Cisco Catalyst 2980G offers fixed, high-performance, very high-density 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet for dedicated desktop switching in a small package.

Introducing the Catalyst 2980G

The cost-effective Catalyst 2980G is the industry`s highest density, small form factor, fixed-configuration Ethernet switch in an extremely compact package — only two rack units (3.5", 8.8cm) high — delivering maximum ease of management and configuration. The switch packs 80 wire-speed, 10/100 Fast Ethernet ports with two, wire-speed, Gigabit Ethernet uplinks (flexible GigaBit Interface Converter, or GBIC, slots). The Catalyst 2980G delivers all the Ethernet switching needed for many small- to medium-sized wiring closets in a single system without the need for additional modules, cables or other interconnects. Utilizing the same industry- leading software and functionality of the Catalyst 2948G, 4000, 5000 and 6000 families, the Catalyst 2980G has consistent end-to-end services, which ensure complete interoperability with enterprise Catalyst switches.

The Catalyst 2980G is a dedicated Ethernet switch featuring high-performance, Layer 2 switching for the wiring closet with low cost-per-port and advanced yet stable software capable of supporting a wide variety of switching features. The Catalyst 2980G is ideal in the wiring closet for desktop clients, yet retains the entry-price advantage of fixed-configuration solutions. This new Catalyst switch provides an efficient, simple, and cost-effective method for improving performance and eliminating network congestion with wire-speed, non-blocking, Layer 2, intelligent enterprise switching

The Catalyst 2980G features:

• Dedicated 80-port, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and two-port, 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet with flexible media interfaces

• Feature-rich enterprise Catalyst system software with advanced Cisco IOS (R) network services

• Comprehensive management tools based on standard CiscoWorks2000 applications

• 24 Gbps non-blocking switch fabric

• 18 million packets-per-second forwarding rate

• EtherChannel, UplinkFast, PortFast and other fault-tolerant features

Key Features and Benefits

• Reduced Network Operational Expenses — Simplified Configuration with high port-density minimizes set-up and maintenance configuration difficulty, compared to using numerous lower density switches to network the same number of desktops.

• Single IP Address along with Web-based management interface (option) — offers quick plug-n-play network insertion.

• Consistent Catalyst Software compatibility — provides enterprise feature, Command Line Interface, and default value consistency with the Cisco Catalyst 2948G switching solution for lower cost of ownership and maintenance.

• Performance — Layer 2 switching delivers a fast 18 million packets-per-second (pps) powered by a 24 Gbps engine.

• Density — The Catalyst 2980G reduces complexity and easily supports the changing desktop environments of today`s small- and medium-wiring closets.

• Cisco IOS Network Services — Catalyst 2980G switch provides mature enterprise Layer 2 features capable of enhancing corporate networks. These features meet the needs of small- and medium-businesses because they have been improved based on years of customer feedback.

• Hardware-Based Multicasting — Cisco Group Multicast Protocol (CGMP) supports efficient multimedia networking.

• Cost-effective — Delivering advances in engineering and manufacturing, the Catalyst 2980G solution redefines a new price/performance value for fixed configuration, high-density switching.

• Shared Memory Architecture, NHead-of-Line Blocking — The low-latency, centralized, shared memory switching fabric architecture assures leading-edge capabilities and eliminates any possibility of head-of-line blocking.

• Differentiated Quality of Service (QoS) — mission critical traffic prioritization is supported with dual queues per port, allowing differentiated network traffic based on user/administrator defined priorities with standards-based 802.1P compatibility.

• High Availability — standards based Virtual LAN (VLAN) support with standards-based 802.1Q tagging, Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1D) along with Cisco enhancements for STPV, UplinkFast, PortFast, etc. assures maximum up-time and fault recovery.

Desktop Connection Protection: Catalyst 2980G

Dedicated 80-Port 10/100 for the Wiring Closet

The Catalyst 2980G is a fixed-configuration, Layer 2 Ethernet switch with 80 RJ-45 10/100 ports and two-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports with modular GBIC interfaces. The full functionality and connectivity in a compact package eliminates the need for extra modules, cabling, or configuration in many small- to medium-sized enterprise wiring closets.

Industry-leading Catalyst System Software

The Catalyst 2980G supports the full set of features found in enterprise Catalyst system software. Not only does this ensure interoperability with other Catalyst switches (such as the Catalyst 4000 and 5000/5500 and 6000 series), but it also provides the Catalyst 2980G with the most comprehensive set of Layer 2 features available in the industry. Major software feature categories supported by the Catalyst 2980G include:

• Advanced scalability (such as Fast EtherChannel, Dynamic Virtual LANs [VLANs], and 802.1Q Trunking)

• Bandwidth management (such as quality of service, protocol filtering, and link load balancing)

• Network resiliency (UplinkFast, PortFast, and Spanning-Tree Protocol)

• Security (such as per port security, authentication, and Internet Protocol [IP] permit lists)

• Web-based and CiscoWorks2000 management

Flexible, Full-Duplex Gigabit Uplinks

Each Catalyst 2980G comes standard with dual GBIC slots that can be configured with a variety of interfaces depending upon the customer`s network requirements. Utilizing advanced GBIC technology, customers can choose either shortwave (1000BASE-SX), long-wave (1000BASE-LX/LH), or extended-reach (1000Base-ZX) Gigabit interfaces depending on network configuration requirements. And if in the future the customer`s Gigabit interface requirement changes, the GBICs can easily (and inexpensively) be changed. (Note that GBICs are sold separately from the Catalyst 2980G.)

High-Performance, Non-Blocking Architecture

The Catalyst 2980G supports a high-performance architecture with 24 Gbps total capacity. The switch fabric is capable of supporting all 80 ports simultaneously at wire speed. The high-performance fabric on the Catalyst 2980G will minimize traffic congestion from growth and improve the overall network response time.

Built-In Fault Tolerance

The Catalyst 2980G supports a variety of fault-tolerant features including support of multiple load-sharing trunks (Fast EtherChannel), multiple Spanning-Trees, and fast-convergence software tools such as PortFast and UplinkFast. This wide range of fault-tolerant tools, both hardware and software, enable the Catalyst 2980G to provide the platform resiliency and fault tolerance required in today`s mission-critical networks.

Comprehensive Network Management of CiscoWorks2000

The Catalyst 2980G is managed by the powerful CiscoWorks2000 network-management products (option). These management products are focused on such day-to-day network operations` functions as:

• Checking on device availability and configuration changes

• Provisioning of VLANs across multiple devices concurrently

• Representing Layer 2 networks both physically and logically

The Essentials product suite leverages the power of the intranet with browser-based access anywhere within the network. Network managers can walk up to any browser console, identify who they are via the access control interface, and immediately begin checking on the up-time of each device---the active software versions that are running the Catalyst 2980G, and print a year 2000 compliant report. For drill-down, real-time device-status information, the network operations staff members can launch the Cisco award-winning CiscoView application from their fault-management station and, at a glance, check on the health of the power supplies, line cards, and the operational status of each port.

For more sophisticated, networkwide information, network managers can launch the CiscoWorks for Switched Internetworks (CWSI)-Campus product bundle which automatically discovers the physical and logical representations of the Catalyst switch networks. This object-based discovery system offers detailed information on the location and type of each switch within the network, the type of links that connect the switches, and integrity reports on the configurations between each switch. This information is provided graphically within the topology interface with search-and-location utilities. This topology interface offers a convenient launching point for other applications within CWSI-Campus, including the Remote Monitoring-based traffic analysis application, the networkwide user-location application, and the Virtual LAN (VLAN) application that displays the logical configuration and Spanning-Tree forwarding path information.

In summary, the Catalyst 2980G is a cost-effective, high-performance, high-density, feature-rich, Ethernet switch ideally suited for customers requiring Layer 2 switching in increments of 80 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet desktop connections with the safety of modular Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. Bandwidth, price/performance value, and enterprise software protection are all available in a complete switch solution for the wiring closet.

Specifications

Standard Network Protocols

• Ethernet: IEEE 802.3, 10BaseT

• Fast Ethernet: IEEE 802.3u, 100BaseTX

• Gigabit Ethernet: IEEE 802.3z, IEEE 802.3x

• 1000BaseX (GBIC)

  1000BaseSX

  1000BaseLX/LH

  1000BaseZX

1. Cisco 1000BaseLX/LH interfaces fully comply with the IEEE 802.3z 1000BaseLX standard. However, their higher quality of optics allows them to reach 10 km over single-mode fiber vs. the 5 km specified standard.

Network Management

• CiscoWorks2000 Network Management Suite, Resource Manager Essentials includes:

  Inventory Manager

  Change Audit

  Device Configuration Manager

  Software Image Manager

  Availability Manager

  Syslog Analyzer

  Cisco Management Connection

• CiscoWorks2000 Network Management Suite, CWSI Campus includes:

  Network topology discovery and display services

  VLAN provisioning and logical display representation

  Traffic monitoring and performance assessment

  End-station tracking with search utilities

  ATM and LANE service configuration and performance monitoring

  CiscoView graphical device management

  Network topology integrity checking

• Cisco Discovery Protocol

• Cisco Virtual Trunking Protocol (VTP)

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent v1 (RFCs 1155-1157)

• SNMPv2c

• Cisco workgroup Management Information Base (MIB)

• Ethernet MIB (RFC 1643)

• Ethernet repeater MIB (RFC 1516)

• SNMP MIB II (RFC 1213)

• Remote Monitoring (RMON) (RFC 1757)

• Remote Monitoring (RMON II) (RFC 2021)

• Interface table (RFC 1573)

• Bridge MIB (RFC 1493)

• SMT 7.3 (RFC 1285)

• Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)

• Enhanced Switched Port Analyzer (ESPAN)

• Port snooping and connection steering

• Text-based command-line interface based on the familiar Catalyst 5000 Series interface

• Standard Cisco IOS security capabilities: passwords and TACACS+

• Telnet, Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), BOOTP for management access

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Posted: Wed Sep 27 05:15:17 PDT 2000
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