Cisco Catalyst 2980G-A Switch 80 10/100(RJ45)+2 GE GBIC Slots

The Catalyst 2980G features an advanced architecture that incorporates a switch fabric of 3.2 Gbps and a forwarding rate of 3.0 million packets per second to deliver wire-speed performance across all ports. Its (80) 10/100BaseTX RJ-45 ports and (2) 1000BaseX GBIC slots are each auto-sensing/auto-negotiating, providing half- and full-duplex transmission of network signals.The 2980 delivers a host of easy-to-use management and advanced security features. A Web-based interface, Cisco Visual Switch Manager, allows users to manage a virtual stack of up to five Catalyst 2900 XL switches from anywhere on the network through a standard browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator/Communicator. The multilevel security on console access prevents unauthorized users from altering the switch configuration, and autoconfiguration eases deployment by automatically configuring multiple switches across a network from a single boot server. Additionally, integrated Cisco IOS software provides superior functionality for end-to-end integration, including bandwidth aggregation, intraswitch VLAN support, hot swap modules, and networked multimedia support. Its Fast EtherChannel technology offers up to 800 Mbps of bandwidth between Catalyst series switches and support for up to 64 port-based VLANs using 802.1Q and ISL trunking protocols.