Switch Cisco C1200-8T-E-2G

Data sheet C1200-8T-E-2G-EU

Product specifications

Model

C1200-8T-E-2G

Performance

Capacity in millions of packets per second (mpps) (64-byte packets)

14.88

Switching capacity in gigabits per second (Gbps)

20

Layer 2 switching

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

Standard 802.1d spanning tree support

Fast convergence using 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol [RSTP]), enabled by default

Multiple spanning tree instances using 802.1s (MSTP); 8 instances are supported

Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+); 126 instances are supported

Rapid PVST+ (RPVST+); 126 instances are supported

Port grouping/link aggregation

Support for IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

●  Up to 4 groups

●  Up to 8 ports per group with 16 candidate ports for each (dynamic) 802.3ad Link Aggregation Group (LAG)

VLAN

Support for up to 255 active VLANs simultaneously

Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs

Management VLAN

Guest VLAN

Auto Surveillance VLAN (ASV)

Voice VLAN

Voice traffic is automatically assigned to a voice-specific VLAN and treated with appropriate levels of QoS. Voice Services Discovery Protocol (VSDP) delivers networkwide zero-touch deployment of voice endpoints and call control devices

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) versions 1, 2, and 3 snooping

Limits bandwidth-intensive multicast traffic to only the requesters; supports 255 multicast groups (source-specific multicasting is also supported)

IGMP querier

Used to support a Layer 2 multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a multicast router

Layer 3 routing

IPv4 routing

Wire-speed routing of IPv4 packets

Up to 32 static routes and up to 16 IP interfaces

IPv6 routing

Wire-speed routing of IPv6 packets

Layer 3 interface

Configuration of Layer 3 interface on physical port, LAG, VLAN interface, or loopback interface

Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)

Support for CIDR

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay at Layer 3

Relay of DHCP traffic across IP domains

User Datagram Protocol (UDP) relay

Relay of broadcast information across Layer 3 domains for application discovery or relaying of Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)/DHCP packets

Security

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Encrypts all HTTPS traffic, allowing secure access to the browser-based management GUI in the switch

SSH Protocol

SSH is a secure replacement for Telnet traffic. Secure Copy (SCP) also uses SSH. SSH v1 and v2 are supported.

IEEE 802.1X (authenticator role)

RADIUS authentication, guest VLAN, single/multiple host mode, and single/multiple sessions

STP loopback guard

Provides additional protection against Layer 2 forwarding loops (STP loops)

Secure Core Technology (SCT)

Ensures that the switch will receive and process management and protocol traffic no matter how much traffic is received

Secure Sensitive Data (SSD)

A mechanism to manage sensitive data (such as passwords, keys, and so on) securely on the switch, populating this data to other devices and a secure auto-configuration. Access to view the sensitive data as plain text or encrypted is provided according to the user-configured access level and the access method of the user

Trustworthy systems

Trustworthy systems provide a highly secure foundation for Cisco products

Run-time defenses (Executable Space Protection [X-Space], Address Space Layout Randomization [ASLR], Built-In Object Size Checking [BOSC])

Port security

Ability to lock source MAC addresses to ports and limit the number of learned MAC addresses

RADIUS

Supports RADIUS authentication for management access. Switch functions as a client

Storm control

Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast

DoS prevention

DoS attack prevention

Multiple user privilege levels in CLI

Level 1, 7, and 15 privilege levels

ACLs

Support for up to 512 rules

Drop or rate limit based on source and destination MAC, VLAN ID, IPv4 or IPv6 address, IPv6 flow label, protocol, port, Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)/IP precedence, TCP/UDP source and destination ports, 802.1p priority, Ethernet type, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets, IGMP packets, TCP flag; ACL can be applied on both ingress and egress sides

Time-based ACLs supported

Quality of service

Priority levels

8 hardware queues

Scheduling

Strict priority and Weighted Round-Robin (WRR) queue assignment based on DSCP and Class of Service (802.1p/CoS)

Class of service

Port based, 802.1p VLAN priority based, IPv4/v6 IP precedence/Type of Service (ToS)/DSCP based, Differentiated Services (DiffServ), classification and re-marking ACLs, trusted QoS

Rate limiting

Ingress policer, egress shaping and rate control per VLAN, per port, and flow based

Congestion avoidance

A TCP congestion avoidance algorithm is required to reduce and prevent global TCP loss synchronization

Standards

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6 host mode

IPv6 over Ethernet

Dual IPv6/IPv4 stack

IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND)

IPv6 stateless address auto-configuration

Path Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) discovery

Duplicate Address Detection (DAD)

ICMP version 6

IPv6 over IPv4 network with Intrasite Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) support

USGv6 and IPv6 Gold Logo certified

IPv6 QoS

Prioritizes IPv6 packets in hardware

IPv6 ACL

Drop or rate-limit IPv6 packets in hardware

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD v1/2) snooping

Delivers IPv6 multicast packets only to the required receivers

IPv6 applications

Web/SSL, Telnet server/SSH, Ping, Traceroute, Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), RADIUS, Syslog, DNS client, DHCP client, DHCP auto-configuration

IPv6 RFCs supported

RFC 4443 (which obsoletes RFC 2463): ICMPv6

RFC 4291 (which obsoletes RFC 3513): IPv6 address architecture

RFC 4291: IPv6 addressing architecture

RFC 2460: IPv6 specification

RFC 4861 (which obsoletes RFC 2461): neighbor discovery for IPv6

RFC 4862 (which obsoletes RFC 2462): IPv6 stateless address auto-configuration

RFC 1981: path MTU discovery

RFC 4007: IPv6 scoped address architecture

RFC 3484: default address selection mechanism

RFC 5214 (which obsoletes RFC 4214): ISATAP tunneling

RFC 4293: MIB IPv6: textual conventions and general group

RFC 3595: textual conventions for IPv6 flow label

Management

Cisco Business Dashboard

Support for embedded probe for Cisco Business Dashboard running on the switch. Eliminates the need to set up a separate hardware or virtual machine for the Cisco Business Dashboard probe onsite

Cisco Business mobile app

Mobile app for Cisco Business switch and wireless products. Helps to set up a local network in minutes and provide easy management at your fingertips.

Cisco Network Plug and Play (PnP) agent

The Cisco Network PnP solution provides a simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease new branch or campus device rollouts or for provisioning updates to an existing network. The solution provides a unified approach to provision Cisco routers, switches, and wireless devices with a near-zero-touch deployment experience.

Supports Cisco PnP Connect

Web user interface

Built-in switch configuration utility for easy browser-based device configuration (HTTP/HTTPS). Supports configuration, wizards, system dashboard, system maintenance, and monitoring. Basic and advanced mode for maximum operational efficiency

SNMP

SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3 with support for traps, and SNMP v3 User-Based Security Model (USM)

Remote Monitoring (RMON)

Embedded RMON software agent supports 4 RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) for enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis

IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack

Coexistence of both protocol stacks to ease migration

Firmware upgrade

Web browser upgrade (HTTP/HTTPS) and TFTP and upgrade over SCP running over SSH

Dual images for resilient firmware upgrades

Port mirroring

Traffic on a port can be mirrored to another port for analysis with a network analyzer or RMON probe. Up to 4 source ports can be mirrored to one destination port

VLAN mirroring

Traffic from a VLAN can be mirrored to a port for analysis with a network analyzer or RMON probe. Up to 4 source VLANs can be mirrored to one destination port

DHCP (options 12, 59, 60, 66, 67, 125, 129, and 150)

DHCP options facilitate tighter control from a central point (DHCP server) to obtain IP address, auto-configuration (with configuration and image file download), DHCP relay, and hostname

Secure Copy (SCP)

Securely transfers files to and from the switch

Auto-configuration with SCP file download

Enables mass deployment with protection of sensitive data

Text-editable configurations

Configuration files can be edited with a text editor and downloaded to another switch, facilitating easier mass deployment

Smartports

Simplified configuration of QoS and security capabilities

Auto Smartports

Automatically applies the intelligence delivered through the Smartports roles to the port based on the devices discovered over Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP-MED. This facilitates zero-touch deployments

Text view CLI

Scriptable CLI. A full CLI as well as a menu-based CLI is supported. User privilege levels 1, 7, and 15 are supported for the CLI

Localization

Localization of GUI and documentation into multiple languages

Login banner

Configurable multiple banners for web as well as CLI

Other management

Traceroute, single IP management, HTTP/HTTPS, RADIUS, port mirroring, TFTP upgrade, DHCP client, SNTP, cable diagnostics, Ping, syslog, Telnet client (SSH secure support), automatic time settings from management station

Green (power efficiency)

Automatically turns power off on an RJ-45 port when the detecting link down. Active mode is resumed without loss of any packets when the switch detects the link is up

Cable length detection

Adjusts the signal strength based on the cable length. Reduces the power consumption for shorter cables

EEE compliant (802.3az)

Supports IEEE 802.3az on all copper Gigabit Ethernet ports

Disable port LEDs

LEDs can be manually turned off to save energy

Time-based port operation

Link up or down based on user-defined schedule (when the port is administratively up)

Time-based PoE

PoE power can be on or off based on user-defined schedule to save energy

Perpetual PoE

Provides PoE power to connected powered devices while the device is rebooting

General

Jumbo frames

Frame sizes up to 9000 bytes. The default MTU is 2000 bytes

MAC table

8000 addresses

Dying gasp

Upon power loss/failure the switch can withstand >= 16 ms on detecting a 12V input drop

Chip guard

Detects tampering attempts and responds during boot-up

Boot integrity

Boot integrity visibility allows Cisco's platform identity and software integrity information to be visible and actionable

Discovery

Bonjour

The switch advertises itself using the Bonjour protocol

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) (802.1ab) with LLDP-Media Endpoint Discovery (MED) extensions

LLDP allows the switch to advertise its identification, configuration, and capabilities to neighboring devices that store the data in a MIB. LLDP-MED is an enhancement to LLDP that adds the extensions needed for IP phones

Cisco Discovery Protocol

The switch advertises itself using the Cisco Discovery Protocol. It also learns the connected device and its characteristics using Cisco Discovery Protocol

Hardware

Power consumption (worst case)

System power consumption

110V=12.55W

220V=12.56W

Power consumption (with PoE)

-

Heat dissipation (BTU/hr)

42.86

Ports

RJ-45 ports

8x 10/100/1000 ports

2x 1Gigabit copper/SFP combo ports

Console port

Cisco Standard RJ-45 console and USB Type C port

Buttons

Reset button

Cabling type

Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) Category 5e or better for 1000BASE-T

LEDs

System, Link/Act, PoE, Speed

Flash

512 MB

CPU

Dual-core ARM at 1.4 GHz

DRAM

1 GB DDR4

Packet buffer

1.5 MB

Environmental

Unit dimensions (W x D x H)

268 x 185 x 44 mm (10.56 x 7.28 x 1.73 in)

Unit weight

1.39 kg (3.06 lb)

Power

100 to 240V 50 to 60 Hz

Certifications

UL (UL 62368), CSA (CSA 22.2), CE mark, FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A

Operating temperature

23° to 122°F (-5° to 50°C) for other models

Storage temperature

-13° to 158°F (-25° to 70°C)

Operating humidity

10% to 90%, relative, noncondensing

Storage humidity

10% to 90%, relative, noncondensing

Fan (number)

Fanless

MTBF at 25°C (hours)

2,171,669