Chapter 1 Product Overview
Features
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Catalyst 3550 Multilayer Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Table 1-2 Catalyst 3550-24, 3550-24-DC, and 3550-48 Features
Feature Description
Hardware
• 24 or 48 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports and 2 GBIC-based Gigabit
Ethernet slots
• Supports GBIC modules
–
1000BASE-SX GBIC
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1000BASE-LX/LH GBIC
–
1000BASE-ZX GBIC
–
1000BASE-T GBIC
–
GigaStack GBIC
–
CDWM GBICs
Configuration
• Supports optional Layer 3 routing
• Autonegotiates of speed and duplex operation on 10/100 Ethernet ports
• Supports up to 8000 MAC addresses
• 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
Power
Redundancy
• Supports connection for optional Cisco RPS 300 Redundant Power System that
operates on AC input and supplies backup DC power to the switch (Catalyst
3550-24 and 3550-48 only)
Note The Cisco RPS 300 does not support the Catalyst 3550-24-DC switch.
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