| Data sheet C1200-8T-E-2G |
| Product specifications |
| Model |
C1200-8T-E-2G |
| Performance |
| Capacity in millions of packets per second (mpps) (64-byte packets) |
14.88 Mpps |
| Switching capacity in gigabits per second (Gbps) |
20.0 Gbps |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Power dedicated to PoE |
N/A |
| System power consumption |
110V=10.63W
220V=10.65W |
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| Power consumption (with PoE) |
N/A |
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| Heat dissipation (BTU/hr) |
36.33 |
| Ports |
| RJ-45 ports |
8x Gigabit Ethernet |
| 2x Gigabit Ethernet combo |
| 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, 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 |
| Unit weight |
1.39 kg |
| 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 |