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Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series Switches
A cost-effective, secure, and high-performance network switching foundation for small
and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
Today’s innovative technologies have helped SMBs become more competitive than ever before.
However, modern business technologies also can present significant challenges. As business
networks become more essential to business success and the number of network-supported
applications and devices grows, networks have become more complex and difficult to manage,
especially for small organizations without a dedicated networking staff. SMBs also need secure,
high-performing, and highly reliable networking solutions to help ensure that their essential
business processes are always operating and available. In addition, they need all of these
capabilities delivered in affordable, easy-to-use network solutions.
Cisco
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Catalyst
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Express 520 Series Switches provide a secure, high-performance foundation for
your essential business applications that is both affordable and easy to deploy and use. A
component of the Cisco Smart Business Communications System—a complete system of
advanced voice, data, video, and wireless networking products designed specifically for SMBs—
the Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series supports your business’ voice, security, and wireless
networking services with a single, comprehensive platform.
Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series Switches are a family of fixed-configuration, Layer 2 managed
Ethernet switches that provide the reliability, scalability, and rich feature set your business needs
in a cost-effective, easy-to-manage platform. Designed specifically for organizations with fewer
than 250 employees, the solutions provide:
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Wire-speed Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
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Power over Ethernet (PoE) to provide 15.4 Watts simultaneously on all PoE ports
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Quality-of-service (QoS) intelligence to prioritize delay-sensitive traffic
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Robust integrated security to protect management traffic
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Simple deployment, centralized management, and troubleshooting
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Scalability to continually incorporate new applications and services over time
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Easy integration with established architectures without requiring major upgrades to the
network infrastructure
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Limited Lifetime Warranty and free Cisco IOS
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Software updates
For businesses that have been using basic, unmanaged network switches but now need higher
performance, increased reliability, and a more advanced feature set, the Cisco Catalyst Express
520 Series offers an ideal solution.
Configurations
Table 1 highlights the various configurations available in the Cisco Catalyst Express 520 Series.
