Cisco Catalyst WS-C3560X-48PF-L Full English Product Description

1. Short Sales Title (For Quotation & Product Catalog)

2. Official Product Overview

Model Suffix Breakdown

• 3560X: Catalyst 3560-X fixed multilayer platform, modular hot-swappable power supplies, single rear modular uplink expansion slot, onboard hardware MACsec 802.1AE link encryption
• 48: Forty-eight 10/100/1000BASE-T full Gigabit copper downlink ports
• PF: P = Integrated IEEE 802.3at PoE+ power supply; F = Full high-capacity 1100W PoE power budget variant
• No stacking hardware (StackWise/StackPower) supported for standalone 3560X models
• L: LAN Base lightweight IOS feature set (strict Layer 2 dominant, highly restricted Layer 3 capability)

Core LAN Base Feature Limitations

Power & Uplink Architecture

1. C3KX-NM-1G: 4×SFP Gigabit fiber/copper uplink ports
2. C3KX-NM-10G: 2×SFP+ 10-Gigabit fiber/copper uplink ports
   Modular dual redundant AC power supply slots eliminate single power failure risks for mission-critical voice/video converged networks with heavy PoE loads.

Hardware Thermal & Mechanical Design

3. Port & Hardware Specifications

• Downlink Ports: 48 × 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 auto-sensing Gigabit copper, auto MDI-X, IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (30W max per port)
• Total Integrated PoE Budget: 1100W built-in PoE power subsystem, capable of full 48×30W PoE+ concurrent load
• Rear Modular Uplink Expansion Slot: Single hot-swappable slot with two optional network modules
  • C3KX-NM-1G: 4 × SFP 1000BASE-X slots (SX/LX/LH/ZX/CWDM/1000BASE-T copper SFP compatible)
  • C3KX-NM-10G: 2 × SFP+ 10-Gigabit slots (10G-SR/LR/T)
• Local Out-of-Band Console: RJ45 RS232 serial console + Mini-B USB offline configuration port
• Auxiliary Interfaces: USB Type-A flash storage port, dedicated out-of-band Fast Ethernet management port
• Stacking: No stacking, StackPower, GigaStack or cluster support
• Power Supply: Fixed modular 1100W AC hot-swap unit; secondary redundant power supply optional; input 100–240V AC 50/60Hz; max total power draw 1100W under full PoE load
• Front Panel LED Indicators: Per-port link/activity, speed, duplex, PoE power delivery status; global system fault LED, dual power status indicator
• Mounting Options: Standard 19-inch 1RU rack-mount brackets included; wall-mount adapter optional, desktop rubber anti-slip feet supplied
• Thermal: Variable-speed front-to-back fan cooling; operating temperature 0°C ~ +45°C, storage -25°C ~ +70°C, relative humidity 10–85% non-condensing
• Safety & EMI Certifications: CE, FCC Class A, UL listed, VCCI Class A, RoHS compliant, NEBS Level 3 certified
• Physical Dimensions: 445 mm (W) × 44.5 mm (H, 1RU) × 495 mm (D) / 17.5 × 1.73 × 19.5 inches
• Unit Weight: 7.6 kg (16.8 lbs)
• Memory: 256 MB DRAM, 128 MB onboard flash memory
• Switching Fabric: 160 Gbps full-duplex non-blocking capacity
• Forwarding Rate: 101.2 Mpps wire-speed Layer 2 / limited Layer 3 forwarding for 64-byte packets
• MAC Address Table: Up to 12,000 unicast MAC entries
• VLAN Capacity: LAN Base hard limit 255 active IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs (VLAN ID range 1–4094)
• Multicast Groups: 256 IPv4 CGMP snooping groups (no PIM multicast routing support)
• Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9000 bytes for storage, IPTV and MPLS traffic transmission
• MTBF: 180,000 hours under standard operating conditions
• Warranty: Cisco Extended Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty (E-LLW): Next-business-day advance hardware replacement, 90-day complimentary 8×5 TAC technical support

4. Layer 2 + LAN Base Restricted Layer 3 IOS Full Feature Set

Core Layer 2 Switching & QoS Core Functions

• Up to 255 active IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs, VTPv2 dynamic VLAN synchronization, MSTP 802.1s multiple spanning tree
• Dual trunk encapsulation: Cisco proprietary ISL trunk + IEEE 802.1Q standard trunk on all uplink ports
• IEEE 802.1p CoS / DSCP multilayer QoS with 4 egress priority queues per port; strict priority scheduling optimized for VoIP voice traffic
• Gigabit EtherChannel link aggregation (LACP / static mode), up to 8-port bundled trunking for uplink redundancy and load balancing
• Rapid STP (802.1w), UplinkFast, BackboneFast, BPDU Guard, Root Guard to eliminate Layer 2 switching loops
• Port security: Static MAC assignment, sticky dynamic MAC learning, port shutdown violation action
• Per-port broadcast/multicast/unicast storm control to mitigate flooding DoS attacks
• Local SPAN port mirroring (remote cross-stack RSPAN disabled due to no stacking hardware)
• CGMP (Cisco Group Management Protocol) to suppress redundant multicast flooding to access ports
• Voice VLAN dedicated VoIP separation, Auto QoS automatic voice traffic marking
• Cisco EnergyWise power management to reduce idle endpoint power consumption
• RMON Groups 1,2,3,9 real-time traffic statistics monitoring
• NTP time synchronization, CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol for device visibility
• Embedded web-based Device Manager, Cisco Network Assistant zero-touch deployment
• Full IPv6 dual-stack Layer 2 switching: IPv6 Snooping, IPv6 ACL, IPv6 QoS marking, IPv6 neighbor discovery

Exclusive LAN Base Limited Layer 3 Routing Hard Restrictions

• Hardware wire-speed IPv4 inter-VLAN routing via SVI switched virtual interfaces
• Static default route, static prefix routing, RIP v1 / RIP v2 only interior gateway protocol
• No OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, PIM multicast routing, HSRP or VRRP gateway redundancy (requires IP Services license upgrade)
• Only basic Layer 3 ingress ACL supported; no policy-based routing (PBR) or WCCP web cache redirection
• Equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) static route load balancing only for static uplink paths
• No full IPv6 Layer 3 dynamic routing (only IPv6 Layer 2 snooping/ACL)

Enterprise Security Feature Suite

• IEEE 802.1X port-based NAC authentication with RADIUS/TACACS+ AAA remote access control
• Hardware MACsec 802.1AE link encryption on all downlink and uplink ports
• SSH v2 encrypted CLI management; SNMPv3 secure monitoring (fallback unencrypted Telnet/SNMPv1/v2c available)
• Combined Layer 2 + Layer 3 ingress access control lists for granular inbound traffic filtering
• Time-based ACL policy scheduling for restricted network access hours
• Private VLAN edge isolation to separate host communication within the same broadcast domain
• Per-port bandwidth policing, traffic rate limiting for switched and routed subnets
• DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard to block IP/MAC spoofing attacks
• Encrypted startup-config, password encryption for local credential storage

5. Full Management Interfaces

1. Local Out-of-Band: RJ45 RS232 serial console + Mini-B USB offline configuration port
2. Secure Remote CLI: SSH v2 encrypted command-line access; fallback unencrypted Telnet
3. Embedded Web GUI: Lightweight browser-based graphical manager for port, VLAN, QoS, PoE and uplink configuration
4. SNMP v1/v2c/v3: Compatible with Cisco Prime, DNA Center and third-party network monitoring platforms
5. Local Storage: 128 MB flash memory for IOS image, startup-config and running-config files; USB Type-A flash port for offline backup

6. Integrated Security Mitigation Suite

• Multi-level privilege CLI access with encrypted local user password storage
• IEEE 802.1X port authentication to validate endpoints before granting LAN access
• Port MAC address security to restrict unauthorized host connection
• STP BPDU guard and root guard to block rogue switches from altering spanning-tree topology
• Broadcast/multicast storm control to suppress flooding-based denial-of-service threats
• Private VLAN edge to isolate peer hosts on same access VLAN
• DHCP Snooping + DAI ARP Inspection + IP Source Guard to eliminate address spoofing attacks
• SSHv2 and SNMPv3 encryption to secure remote switch management traffic over the LAN
• Manual permanent shutdown of unused ports to reduce unauthorized network attack vectors
• Dedicated management VLAN isolation to segregate switch control plane traffic from end-user data
• PoE overload protection logic to shed low-priority port power when total consumption exceeds 1100W budget threshold

7. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Large Enterprise Standalone High-Density Full-Gigabit Layer 3 Converged Edge Switch: 48 full PoE+ Gigabit ports power multi-floor desk IP phones and multi-band enterprise Wi-Fi APs; modular SFP/SFP+ uplinks provide redundant fiber trunk connections to building core multilayer aggregation switches. LAN Base basic static/RIP inter-VLAN routing eliminates low-cost small router hardware for simple multi-VLAN office segmentation; dual redundant power eliminates single power failure points for mission-critical high-load voice/video office traffic.
2. Multi-Building K-12 Campus Converged Network: Mass high-power PoE+ design for multi-classroom student workstation and classroom VoIP deployments; quad SFP Gigabit uplinks connect to campus backbone for high-bandwidth IPTV teaching traffic. MSTP prevents broadcast loop failures across departmental VLANs, limited flat multi-subnet routing meets large campus pod network requirements without expensive full IP Services license investment.
3. Large Regional Branch Wiring Closet Main Multilayer Switch: Universal high-density PoE+ access ports eliminate separate wall power injectors for all branch voice, wireless and multi-stream surveillance camera endpoints; four-media SFP uplinks support long-distance single-mode fiber trunking to corporate headquarters. LAN Base baseline static ECMP load balancing satisfies entry-level enterprise branch flat multi-VLAN routing compliance requirements without external router hardware investment.
4. Multi-Location Retail Headquarters Secondary Aggregation Switch: Full 48-port PoE+ capacity powers store POS terminals and multi-stream security cameras; multi-path fiber uplinks deliver trunk failover resilience to retail central data center, basic Layer 3 ACLs isolate payment and surveillance subnets to meet baseline PCI DSS data security standards.
5. Legacy Distributed Flat Layer 2 Network Refresh Hardware: Drop-in high-PoE replacement for lower-power Catalyst 3560X PoE switches, fully compatible with existing ISL trunk fiber uplink infrastructure, upgrades to full 1100W PoE+ power budget and limited static inter-VLAN Layer 3 routing capability for gradual migration to modern Catalyst 9300 unified access platforms without intermediate router upgrades.

8. Standard Package Contents

Short Commercial Version (For Quotation & Product Catalog)