Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series XL Hardware Installation Guide

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Catalyst 2900 Series XL Hardware Installation Guide
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Product Overview
This chapter provides the following topics that describe the
Catalyst 2900 series XL switches, hereafter referred to as the switches.
• Switch features, including management options
• Descriptions of the front and rear panels
• Descriptions of the LEDs
Features
The switches are stackable 10/100 Ethernet switches to which you can connect
workstations, Cisco IP Phones, and other network devices such as servers,
routers, and other switches. The 2900 XL LRE switches employ Long-Reach
Ethernet (LRE), a very-high-data-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL)-based
technology that allows an Ethernet network to reach distances up to 4921 feet
(1500 meters). The switches can be deployed as backbone switches, aggregating
10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet traffic from other network devices.
The Catalyst 2900 XL switches have these features:
• Autonegotiates speed and duplex operation on all 10/100 ports
• Operates in full-duplex mode on all 100BASE-FX ports
• Checks for errors on a received packet, determines the destination port, stores
the packet in shared memory, and then forwards the packet to the destination
port

Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series XL Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 2900 Series XL
Category	Switch
Language	English