Cisco Catalyst WS-C3750-48PS-S Full English Product Description

1. Short Sales Title

2. Official Product Overview

Model Suffix Breakdown

• 3750: Original Catalyst 3750 stackable multilayer platform, StackWise 32Gbps full-duplex stacking bus, rear fixed 4-port SFP uplink bank, single fixed power supply (no StackPower redundant power stacking supported on original 3750 hardware)Cisco
• 48: Forty-eight 10/100BASE-T Fast Ethernet copper downlink ports (10/100 auto-sensing, no Gigabit downlinks)
• P: Integrated IEEE 802.3af PoE power supply (15.4W per port max)
• S: IP Base baseline enterprise multilayer IOS firmware (SMI Standard Multilayer Image)

Core IP Base Feature Differentiation vs LAN Base / IP Services

Stacking Architecture

Power & Uplink Hardware Design

3. Port & Hardware Specifications

Interface Layout

1. Downlink Ports: 48 × 10/100BASE-T RJ45 auto-sensing Fast Ethernet copper, auto MDI-X, full-duplex, IEEE 802.3af PoE (15.4W max per port)
2. Rear Uplink Interfaces: 4 × hot-swappable independent SFP Gigabit slots (1000BASE-X: SX/LX/LH/ZX/CWDM/1000BASE-T copper SFP compatible)
3. Local Out-of-Band Console: RJ45 RS232 serial out-of-band configuration port
4. Stack Interfaces: Dual StackWise 32Gbps stacking connectors for stack interconnection

Power & Thermal

• Fixed Power Supply: Single 370W AC hot-swap unit; no secondary redundant power slot
• Max System Power Draw: 370W under full PoE load
• Cooling: Variable-speed front-to-back fan cooling; operating temperature 0°C ~ +45°C, storage -25°C ~ +70°C, relative humidity 10–85% non-condensing

Performance Parameters

• Switching Fabric: 32 Gbps full-duplex non-blocking stack-wide capacity
• Forwarding Rate: 13.1 Mpps wire-speed Layer 2 / baseline Layer 3 forwarding for 64-byte packets
• MAC Address Table: Up to 12,000 unicast MAC entries
• VLAN Capacity: IP Base limit 1000 active IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs (VLAN ID range 1–4094)
• Multicast Groups: 256 IPv4 CGMP snooping groups + PIM stub multicast routing support
• Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9000 bytes only on SFP Gigabit uplink ports (Fast Ethernet downlinks limited to standard 1546 MTU)

Memory & Firmware

• DRAM: 128 MB
• Flash Memory: 16 MB onboard flash for IOS universal image, startup-config / running-config files
• Supported IOS Trains: 12.2(53)SE, 12.2(55)SE universal images locked to IP Base feature set

Physical & Compliance

• Dimensions: 445 mm (W) × 44.5 mm (H, 1RU) × 301 mm (D) / 17.5 × 1.73 × 11.8 inches
• Unit Weight: 4.6 kg (10.1 lbs)
• Certifications: CE, FCC Class A, UL listed, VCCI Class A, RoHS compliant, NEBS Level 3 certified
• Mounting: Standard 19-inch 1RU rack-mount brackets included, wall-mount adapter optional, desktop rubber anti-slip feet supplied

Warranty

4. Layer 2 + IP Base Baseline Layer 3 IOS Full Feature Set

Core Layer 2 Switching & QoS Core Functions

• Up to 1000 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, 4 egress priority queues per port; Auto-QoS template dedicated for VoIP voice traffic prioritization
• Gigabit EtherChannel link aggregation (LACP / static mode), up to 8 bundled ports for uplink redundancy and cross-stack 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 + cross-stack RSPAN port mirroring supported via StackWise stacking
• 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 end-to-end network device visibility
• Embedded web-based Device Manager, Cisco Network Assistant zero-touch stack-wide deployment
• Full IPv6 dual-stack Layer 2 switching: IPv6 Snooping, IPv6 ACL, IPv6 QoS marking, IPv6 neighbor discovery

Exclusive IP Base Baseline Layer 3 Routing Restrictions

• Hardware wire-speed IPv4 inter-VLAN routing via SVI switched virtual interfaces
• Static default route, static prefix routing, RIP v1 / RIP v2 interior gateway protocols
• Limited interior gateway support: EIGRP stub routing only (no full multi-area EIGRP)
• Multicast support: PIM stub multicast routing (no full PIM sparse-dense mode)
• First-hop redundancy protocols: HSRP, VRRP for IPv4 gateway redundancy
• Basic Layer 3 ingress ACL for routed subnet traffic filtering
• Equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) static route load balancing across multiple uplink paths
• No full OSPF / EIGRP / BGP dynamic core routing; no full IPv6 Layer 3 dynamic routing (requires IP Services license upgrade)
• No policy-based routing (PBR) or WCCP web cache redirection

Enterprise Security Feature Suite

• IEEE 802.1X port-based NAC authentication with RADIUS/TACACS+ AAA remote access control
• 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 subnets
• DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard to block IP/MAC spoofing attacks
• Encrypted startup-config, password encryption for local administrative credentials

5. Full Management Interfaces

1. Local Out-of-Band: RJ45 RS232 serial console port for offline configuration without network connectivity
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 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. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Large Enterprise Standalone High-Density Stackable Layer 3 Converged Edge Switch: 48 PoE Fast Ethernet ports power multi-floor office desktop PCs and single-band enterprise Wi-Fi APs; quad SFP Gigabit uplinks build redundant fiber trunk links to building core multilayer aggregation switches. IP Base baseline static/RIP inter-VLAN routing eliminates low-cost small router hardware for simple multi-VLAN office segmentation, unified StackWise stacking unifies multiple 48-port switches into a single logical management domain for scalable large office access deployments.
2. Multi-Building K-12 Campus Converged Network: Mass non-PoE Fast Ethernet design for multi-classroom student workstation fleets and classroom VoIP phones; four SFP Gigabit uplinks provide multiple redundant trunk links to campus backbone for low-bandwidth multimedia teaching traffic. MSTP prevents broadcast loop failures across departmental VLANs, flat multi-subnet baseline routing meets large campus pod scale requirements without expensive full IP Services license investment.
3. Large Regional Branch Wiring Closet Main Multilayer Switch: Universal high-density PoE access ports connect all branch office endpoints and surveillance devices; four-media SFP uplinks support long-distance single-mode fiber trunking to corporate headquarters data center. IP Base baseline EIGRP stub + HSRP gateway redundancy satisfies entry-level enterprise branch multi-VLAN routing compliance requirements without external dedicated router hardware.
4. Legacy Distributed Flat Layer 2 Network Refresh Hardware: Drop-in high-PoE stackable replacement for lower-power Catalyst 3750 PoE switches, fully compatible with existing ISL trunk fiber uplink legacy infrastructure, adds baseline hardware CEF inter-VLAN routing and StackWise high availability for gradual migration to modern Catalyst 9300 unified access platforms without intermediate router upgrades.

7. Standard Package Contents

Short Commercial Version (For Quotation & Product Catalog)