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Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Overview
This chapter provides information about these topics:
• Switch features
• Front- and rear-panel descriptions
• Management options 
Features
The Catalyst 2950 switches are stackable Ethernet switches to which you can 
connect workstations and other network devices, such as servers, routers, and 
other switches. The switches can be deployed as backbone switches, aggregating 
10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and Gigabit Ethernet traffic from other network 
devices. Refer to the Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide 
for examples showing how you might deploy the switches in your network.
Table 1-1 lists the switch features, and Figure 1-1 through Figure 1-8 show the 
Catalyst 2950 switches.