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Competitive Switching Comparison

Switching Battle Card

Whether your customer needs converged wired and wireless, cloud-managed, or out-of-the-box solutions, Cisco has a switch to �t their business needs. For customers that: • Have lean IT staff and distributed sites, and are comfortable with cloud- managed IT, lead with Cisco Meraki. • Want customization, an extensive feature set, and an enterprise-class solution, lead with Cisco Catalyst® switches. • Want on-premises managed business-class switches made and priced for small networks, lead with Cisco 95-500 Series switches.

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For customers that want an on-premise, enterprise-class platform, offering flexible deployment and silent operation, lead with the Catalyst 2960-L.The Catalyst 2960-L is offered in 8, 16, 24 and 48-port configurations, and with its quiet fanless design the switch can be deployed in work areas rather than dedicated network racks.

With more speed inthe access layer,

more speed is required in the backbone.

From mGig,to 40Gig

Gigabit and Powerover Ethernetare now the

minimum requirementin the access layer

With Flexible Net�ow, you can use the

‘Network as a Sensor’

True stackingturns several Switches

into one,with one interface

and IP address

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The New Cisco Catalyst 2960-L SwitchCisco

HPE/Aruba Huawei Dell Netgear DlinkMeraki

C3850 HPE/Aruba 3810M S5720-HI N3132PX n/a n/a

MS350

C2960X HPE/Aruba 2540 S5720-SI N3000 n/a n/a

MS225

C2960L HPE/Aruba 2530 S5700-LI N1500 n/a n/a

MS225

SG550X HPE/Aruba 2930F

HPE/Aruba 2530

HPE OfficeConnect 1820

S5720-SI N2000 M4300 DGS 3630 n/a

SG350 S5700-LI N1500 M4100 DGS 3120 n/a

SG220 S5700-LI X1000 GS700 DGS 1200 n/a

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Multigigabit Switch w/ 40Gbps Uplink

Features Cisco Catalyst 3850

HPE/Aruba 3810M

Huawei S5720-HI

Dell N3132PX-ON

Meraki MS350

Number of Ports24/48, 40GE

Uplink24 / 48, 16 SFP+,

1~2 module32 / 48

w/ 4 SFP+24 + 8 2.5/5GbE

w/ 4 SFP+24/48, 4 SFP+

SpeedGE/10GE,

40GE Uplink, mGigGE/10GE, 40GE Uplink,

SmartRateGE/10GE

GE/10GE, 40GE Uplink, 2.5/5GbE

GE/10GE, 40GE Uplink, mGig

PoE PoE, PoE+, UPoE PoE+ PoE+ PoE, PoE+, UPoE PoE, PoE+, UPoE

Stacking 480Gbps 336Gbps 160Gbps 84Gbps 160Gbps

L2 or L3 L3, Dynamic, MPLS L3, Dynamic L3, Dynamic, MPLS L3, Dynamic L3, DynamicFlexible NetFlow Yes No No No NoWLC Controller Yes No Yes No No

1. In limited countries2. 8 Port model has 2 SFP+

3. 8 port model has 2 SFP4. Use dedicated Stacking Cable

5. -LL model has 2 SFP

Competitive Switching Comparison by Features

GE Switch w/Cisco Catalyst Software

Features Cisco Catalyst 2960-L

HPE/Aruba 2530

Huawei S5700-LI

Dell N1500

Meraki MS225

Number of Ports8/16/24/48

w/ 2 or 4 SFP8/24/48

w/ 2 10GE SFP+8/24/48

2 or 4 GE/SFP 24/48

w/ 2 SFP+24/48

w/ 4 SFP+

Speed GE GE, 10GE Uplink GE GE GE, 10GE Uplink

PoEPoE, PoE+,

Persistent PoEPoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+

Stacking4 No No Some model Yes, 40Gbps Yes, 80Gbps

L2 or L3 L2 L2 L3, Static or RIP L3, Static or RIP L3, Static

Fanless Yes 8 port model No No No

OS Cisco IOS SW Aruba OS Meraki Cloud

Small Business Basic L3 GE Switch

Features Cisco SG350

HPE/Aruba 2530

Dell N1500

Netgear M4100

Dlink DGS3120

Number of Ports8/24/48

w/ 2 GE/SFP Combo8/24/48

w/ 2 10GE SFP+24/48

w/ 4 SFP+12/24/48

w/ 2or4 SFP24/48 w/ 4 SFP

Speed GE GE, 10GE Uplink GE, 10GE Uplink GE GE

PoE PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+

Stacking No No Yes, 40Gbps No Yes, 40Gbps

L2 or L3 L3 - Static L2 L3, Static or RIP L3 - Static L3 - StaticDHCP Server Yes No No No No

Warranty LLW w/ NBD LLW w/ NBD LW LLW w/ NBD1 LLW w/ NBD

GE Switch w/ Premium Security Feature

Features Cisco Catalyst 2960-X

HPE/Aruba 2540

Huawei S5720-SI

Dell N3000

Meraki MS225

Number of Ports24/48 w/ 4 SFP or

2 SFP+5

24/48 w/ 4 SFP+

24/48 w/ 2or4 GE/SFP +

24 / 48 w/ 2 SFP+

24/48 w/ 4 SFP+

Speed GE / 10GE Uplink GE / 10GE Uplink GE / 10GE Uplink GE / 10GE Uplink GE / 10 GE Uplink

PoE PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+

Stacking Yes, 80Gbps No Yes, 80Gbps Yes, 84Gbps Yes, 80Gbps

L2 or L3 L3 - Static L3 - Static, RIP L3, Dynamic, MPLS L3 L3, StaticFlexible NetFlow Yes No No No No

uRPF Yes No No No No

Small Business Enhanced L3 GE Switch

Features Cisco SG550X

HPE/Aruba 2930F

Dell N2000

Netgear M4300

Dlink DGS3630

Number of Ports24/48

w/ 4 10GE8/24/48

w/ 42 SFP or SPF+24/48

w/ 2 SFP+24/48

w/ 4 SFP+24/48

w/ 4 SFP+

Speed GE / 10GE Uplink GE/10 GE, 40G Uplink GE, 10GE Uplink GE/10 GE GE, 10GE Uplink

PoE PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ No

Stacking Yes, Up to 8 Yes, Up to 4 Yes, Up to 12Yes, using any

10GE portYes, 80Gbps

L2 or L3 L3 - Dyn., IPv6 Routing L3 - Dynamic L3 - Static, RIP L3 - Dynamic L3 - Dynamic

SDN Controller Yes (FindIT) Cloud-based Cloud-based n/a n/a

Warranty LLW w/ NBD LLW w/ NBD LW LW LLW in US only

Small Business L2 GE Switch

Features Cisco SG220

HPE OfficeConnect 1820 / 1920

Dell X1000

Netgear GS700

Dlink DGS1200

Number of Ports24/48

w/ 2 GE/SFP Combo8/24/48

w/ 2or4 SFP8/16/24 w/ 2 SFP

24/48 w/ 4 SFP

8/16/24/48

Speed GE GE GE GE GE

PoE PoE, PoE+ PoE, PoE+ 8/16/24 Port 24/48 PoE, 8 PoE+ 8/24/48 Port

Stacking No No No Yes, 10Gbps No

L2 or L3 L2 L2 L3, Static L3, Static 32 entries L2SDN Controller Yes (FindIT) No No No No

Warranty LLW LLW w/ NBD LLW LLW LLW