General Administrative Information and Operations
Switch Models
Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
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Switch Models
All models can be fully managed through the web-based switch configuration
utility.
In Layer 2 mode, the switch forwards packets as a VLAN-aware bridge. In Layer 3
mode, the switch performs both IPv4 routing and VLAN-aware bridging.
NOTE
The 500X switches always run in Layer 3 (Router) mode.
When the switch operates in Layer 3 mode, the VLAN Rate Limit, and QoS policers
are not operational. Other QoS Advanced mode features are operational.
The Sx500 models do not support Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP),
and Routing Information Protocol (RIP). The 500X models do support VRRP and
RIP.
Fast Ethernet (10/100) ports are designated as
FE
and Gigabit Ethernet ports (10/
100/1000) are designated as
GE
in the table below.
NOTE
Acronyms used for port descriptions have varied across software versions. In
previous releases, 'e' was used for fast Ethernet, 'g' for 'gigabit Ethernet' in the GUI.
In the CLI, fa is used for Fast Ethernet and gi for Gigabit Ethernet
The following table describes the various models, the number and type of ports
on them and the number of ports that support PoE.
Stackable Managed Switch Models
Model Name
Product ID (PID)
Description of Ports on Device
Power
Dedicated
to PoE
No. of
Ports that
Support
PoE
SF500-24
SF500-24-K9
24-Port 10/100 Stackable
Managed Switch
SF500-24P
SF500-24P-K9
24-Port 10/100 PoE Stackable
Managed Switch
180W
24
SF500-48
SF500-48-K9
48-Port 10/100 Stackable
Managed Switch
SF500-48P
SF500-48P-K9
48-Port 10/100 PoE Stackable
Managed Switch
375W
48