Cisco Catalyst WS-C3650-12X48UR-S Full English Product Description

1. Short Sales Title

2. Official Product Overview

Model Suffix Breakdown

• 3650: Unified access stackable switch with integrated wireless controller, StackWise-160 stacking, UPOE & mGig support
• 12X: 12 MultiGigabit mGig RJ45 ports (100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G)
• 48: Total 48 RJ45 downlink ports (12 mGig + 36 standard 10/100/1000BASE-T)
• UR: UPOE Ready; full Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet (UPOE, 60W per port) support, 8× fixed SFP+ 10G uplink ports
• S: IP Base IOS feature set (baseline Layer 3 dynamic routing, full wireless convergence, 4094 VLANs, Flexible NetFlow Lite)

Three IOS Feature Set Comparison for Catalyst 3650

1. LAN Base: Complete Layer 2 only, static inter-VLAN routing limited, max 255 VLANs, no dynamic routing protocols, basic wireless support, restricted NetFlow
2. IP Base (WS-C3650-12X48UR-S): All LAN Base features + OSPF, EIGRP stub, PIM stub, HSRP/VRRP gateway redundancy, full wireless mobility controller, 4094 VLANs, Flexible NetFlow Lite, SVI routed access, IPv6 stub routing
3. IP Services: Full advanced Layer 3 suite (multi-area OSPF, full EIGRP, BGP, full PIM sparse-dense multicast), full IPv6 dynamic routing (OSPFv3/EIGRPv6/BGPv6), PBR, WCCP, full Flexible NetFlow, advanced multicast tools

Stacking Architecture

• StackWise-160 160Gbps full-duplex stacking bus: Up to 9 Catalyst 3650 switches form a single logical stack with unified IP management plane, distributed wire-speed forwarding, cross-stack EtherChannel, cross-stack RSPAN, cross-stack HSRP redundancy, cross-stack wireless mobility replication. StackWise-160 cables sold separately as optional accessories.
• Unified wireless stack mobility: Single wireless domain across entire stack, centralized AP licensing and policy enforcement.

Power & Port Hardware Design

3. Port & Hardware Specifications

• Downlink RJ45 Ports: 48 total UPOE ports
  • 12 × MultiGigabit mGig: 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G, IEEE 802.3bt UPOE (60W max per port)
  • 36 × 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit, IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (30W max per port)
• Rear Fixed Uplinks: 8 × hot-swappable SFP+ 10-Gigabit slots (10G/GE dual-rate)
• Local Management Interfaces: RJ45 serial console, USB Type-B console, USB Type-A flash storage, dedicated out-of-band 10/100 Fast Ethernet management port
• Stack Interfaces: Dual StackWise-160 160Gbps stacking connectors
• Power Supply: Default single 1100W modular AC unit; optional second redundant 1100W AC PSU for N+1 redundancy; input 100–240V AC 50/60Hz; total UPOE power budget 660W
• Front Panel LEDs: Per-port link/activity/speed/PoE status; global system fault, power, stack member ID, wireless status LEDs
• Mounting: Standard 19-inch 1RU rack-mount brackets included; wall-mount adapter optional, desktop rubber anti-slip feet supplied
• Thermal: Dual redundant hot-swappable variable-speed fan trays; operating temperature 0°C ~ +45°C, storage -25°C ~ +70°C, relative humidity 10–85% non-condensing
• Compliance Certifications: CE, FCC Class A, UL, VCCI, RoHS, NEBS Level 3 certified
• Physical Dimensions: 445 mm (W) × 44.5 mm (H, 1RU) × 460 mm (D) / 17.5 × 1.75 × 18.0 inches
• Unit Weight: 6.2 kg (13.7 lbs) with single 1100W power supply
• Memory: 4 GB DRAM, 4 GB onboard flash memory for IOS universal images and configuration files
• Switching Fabric: 472 Gbps full-duplex non-blocking stack-wide capacity
• Forwarding Rate: 174 Mpps wire-speed Layer 2 / baseline Layer 3 forwarding for 64-byte packets
• MAC Address Table: Up to 32,000 unicast MAC entries
• VLAN Capacity: IP Base limit 4094 active IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs (VLAN ID range 1–4094)
• Multicast Groups: 4096 IPv4 CGMP snooping + PIM stub multicast routing groups
• Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9000 bytes on all mGig, Gigabit RJ45 and SFP/SFP+ uplink ports
• Wireless Scale: Supports up to 50 APs per switch/stack, unified wired-wireless policy enforcement
• MTBF: 142,000 hours under standard enterprise operating conditions
• Warranty: Cisco Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty: Next-business-day advance hardware replacement, 90-day complimentary Cisco TAC technical support

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

Core Layer 2 Switching & Converged Wired-Wireless QoS Functions

• Up to 4094 IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs, VTPv3 dynamic VLAN synchronization, MSTP 802.1s multiple spanning tree
• Dual trunk encapsulation: Cisco ISL trunk + IEEE 802.1Q standard trunk on all copper and fiber ports
• Hierarchical IEEE 802.1p CoS / DSCP multilayer MQC QoS, 4 egress priority queues per port; Auto-QoS templates optimized for VoIP, video conferencing, IPTV and Wi-Fi traffic prioritization
• Gigabit/10G EtherChannel link aggregation (LACP / static PAgP), up to 8 bundled ports for uplink redundancy and cross-stack load balancing
• Rapid STP (802.1w), UplinkFast, BackboneFast, BPDU Guard, Root Guard, UDLD to eliminate Layer 2 switching loops
• Port security: Static MAC assignment, sticky dynamic MAC learning, configurable port shutdown violation actions
• Per-port broadcast/multicast/unicast storm control to mitigate flooding DoS attacks
• Local SPAN + cross-stack RSPAN port mirroring supported via StackWise-160 stacking
• CGMP (Cisco Group Management Protocol) to reduce redundant multicast flooding across wired/wireless domains
• Voice VLAN dedicated VoIP traffic segmentation, automated Auto QoS marking for PoE voice endpoints
• Cisco EnergyWise intelligent power management to lower idle PoE and stack 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 provisioning
• Full IPv6 dual-stack Layer 2 switching: IPv6 Snooping, IPv6 ACL, IPv6 QoS marking, IPv6 neighbor discovery
• Integrated Unified Wireless Controller: Mobility Agent & Mobility Controller modes, CAPWAP AP management, unified wired/wireless ACL/QoS/policy, wireless rogue AP detection, RF management
• Flexible NetFlow Lite for granular wired/wireless traffic visibility (full FNF requires IP Services upgrade)

Exclusive IP Base Baseline Layer 3 Routing Suite

• Hardware wire-speed IPv4 inter-VLAN routing via SVI switched virtual interfaces (max 1000 SVIs)
• Static default routing, 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, cross-stack HSRP fully supported
• Basic Layer 3 ingress/egress ACL for routed subnet traffic filtering
• Equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) static route load balancing across multiple 10G fiber uplinks
• Limited IPv6 stub dynamic routing (OSPFv3/EIGRPv6 stub mode)

IP Base Routing Limitations vs IP Services

• No full multi-area OSPF, full EIGRP, BGP inter-domain core routing
• No full PIM sparse / dense / sparse-dense multicast routing
• No policy-based routing (PBR), no WCCP web cache redirection, no DVMRP multicast tunneling
• No fallback bridging for non-IP inter-VLAN traffic

Enterprise Security Feature Suite

• IEEE 802.1X port-based NAC authentication with RADIUS/TACACS+ AAA remote access control (unified wired/wireless NAC)
• 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
• DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard to block IP/MAC spoofing attacks
• Encrypted startup-config files, strong password encryption for local administrative credentials
• Wireless security suite: WPA2/WPA3 support, 802.11r fast roaming, ISE integration, wireless intrusion detection

5. Full Management Interfaces

1. Local Out-of-Band: RJ45 serial console port for offline configuration without network connectivity
2. Secure Remote CLI: SSH v2 encrypted command-line access; fallback unencrypted Telnet
3. In-Band Management: Embedded web GUI, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, CDP, NTP time synchronization
4. Auxiliary Interfaces: USB Type-A flash storage port for IOS image / config backup, dedicated out-of-band 10/100 Fast Ethernet management port
5. Stack & Wireless Management: Single unified IP management plane for entire StackWise-160 stack; centralized wireless AP licensing, RF and policy management across stack members

6. Integrated Security Mitigation Suite

• Multi-level privilege CLI access with encrypted local user password storage
• IEEE 802.1X port authentication to validate wired/wireless endpoints before granting LAN access
• Port MAC address security to restrict unauthorized device 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 the 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 RJ45/SFP+ ports to reduce unauthorized network attack vectors
• Dedicated management VLAN isolation to segregate switch control plane traffic from end-user data traffic
• Per-port UPOE priority scheduling to protect critical voice/Wi-Fi devices during power budget shortages

7. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Medium/Large Enterprise Unified Converged Access Switch: 12 mGig UPOE ports power Wi-Fi 6 high-power APs, 36 standard UPOE ports supply office IP phones and surveillance cameras; 8×10G SFP+ uplinks build redundant high-bandwidth fiber trunks to building distribution/core switches. IP Base baseline static/RIP/HSRP inter-VLAN routing eliminates small dedicated distribution routers for multi-VLAN unified wired-wireless campus segmentation, StackWise-160 stacking enables linear access layer capacity expansion as office Wi-Fi density grows.
2. Multi-Building K-12 Campus Converged Wired-Wireless Network: High-density UPOE mGig ports power classroom Wi-Fi APs, VoIP classroom phones and 4K PoE cameras; 8×10G uplinks connect to central campus data center backbone via single-mode fiber. MSTP prevents broadcast loop failures across geographic VLAN domains, baseline multi-subnet routing meets entry-level campus convergence requirements without expensive IP Services routing licenses.
3. Large Regional Branch Main Unified Access Multilayer Switch: Universal mGig/Gigabit UPOE ports power branch office wireless pods, desktop stacks and security camera aggregators; long-distance single-mode 10G fiber uplinks link to corporate headquarters distribution layer. IP Base EIGRP stub + cross-stack HSRP redundancy satisfies enterprise branch multi-VLAN routing compliance without external dedicated branch routers.
4. High-Density Retail Mall/Hotel Converged Access Pod: mGig UPOE ports power high-density public Wi-Fi APs, lobby VoIP phones and security cameras; multiple 10G uplinks provide bandwidth for guest internet and POS traffic, unified wireless controller removes standalone WLC hardware cost.
5. Legacy Catalyst 3750X PoE Access Network Refresh Hardware: Drop-in stackable unified wired-wireless replacement for older 3750X PoE switches, fully compatible with enterprise fiber uplink infrastructure, adds integrated wireless controller, mGig 10G copper and UPOE power delivery for gradual migration to Catalyst 9300 unified access platforms.

8. Standard Package Contents

Short Commercial Version (For Quotation & Product Catalog)