Cisco Small Business Product Chooser
Cisco Small Business products deliver the basic, reliable connectivity you need, right out of the box. Find the right Cisco Small Business product for your business by answering a few easy questions.Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers: Overview
Connecting your small business to the outside world is as important as connecting your internal network devices to each other. Make all these exchanges securely with Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers.
Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers support:
- VPN: Virtual private network technology lets your remote workers connect to your network through a secure Internet pathway. They can access their email and files as if they were in the office.
- Security: Built-in firewalls, advanced encryption, and authentication features protect your network from external threats, keeping your business assets safe.
- Connectivity: All Cisco Small Business RV Series Routers come with multiple connection options for maximum network expandability. Whether you're using them for an increased number of physical ports or wireless connectivity, these routers are built to deliver advanced connection sharing.
Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches
Enhance productivity by using the new Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches to enable applications such as IP telephony, wireless, and video. These enterprise-class switches provide a borderless network experience that is easy to use and upgrade, as well as highly secure, sustainable, and available.The fixed-configuration access switches provide a lower total cost of ownership for enterprise, midmarket, and branch office networks.
New 10 and 1 Gb Ethernet network modules offer uplink flexibility. They improve business continuity and facilitate your transition to 10 Gb Ethernet.
Features:
Connectivity:
- 24 or 48 ports of Gb Ethernet desktop connectivity
- Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) with up to 30W per port
- Four 1 Gb Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) or two 10 Gb Ethernet SFP+ uplinks
High Availability:
- Cisco FlexStack stacking for ease of operation with Cisco Catalyst Smart Operations
- Cisco Smart Install for immediate availability
- Cisco Auto Smartports for automatic configuration by device type
Security: Superior Layer 2 threat defense capabilities
Routing: Basic Layer 3 static routing with 16 routes
Investment Protection:
- Pay for functions and services only as needed
- Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty
- Enhanced Cisco EnergyWise technology
For fixed-configuration, standalone devices with PoE, the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Intelligent Ethernet Switches with LAN Base software is still available. Used in entry-level networks, these switches enhance LAN services and provide desktop Fast Ethernet and Gb Ethernet connectivity.
Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 3560 v2 Series are next-generation, energy-efficient, Layer 3 Fast Ethernet switches. These new switches support Cisco EnergyWise technology, which helps companies manage power consumption of the network infrastructure and network-attached devices, thereby reducing their energy costs and their carbon footprint.The new switches consume less power than their predecessors and are ideal access layer switches for enterprise, retail, and branch-office environments. They help you maximize productivity and provide investment protection by enabling a unified network for data, voice, and video.
Software
The Cisco Catalyst 3560 is available with one of two software images:
- IP Base software includes advanced quality of service (QoS), rate limiting, access control lists (ACLs), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) for routed access, and IPv6 functionality.
- IP Services software provides a broader set of enterprise-class features, including advanced hardware-based IP Unicast and IP Multicast routing, as well as policy-based routing (PBR).
Simple Network Management
Available for the Catalyst 3560 Series, the Cisco Network Assistant is a centralized management application for switches, routers, and wireless access points. Free of charge, the application provides configuration wizards that greatly simplify the implementation of converged networks and intelligent network services.
