Q.What features does IP Lite bring to the 2960-XR switch models?
A.IP Lite introduced enterprise access Layer 3 features to the
●Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1
●Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v2
●Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 stub
●Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v3 stub
●Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) stub
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●Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
●Protocol Independent Multicast PIM (Sparse Mode, Dense Mode, Sparse Dense Mode, Source Specific Multicast) stub
●Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) for IPv4
●Private VLAN
●IPv6 First Hop Security source guard
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Q.Do I need a software license for the Cisco Catalyst
A.No. Cisco Catalyst
Q.Can a Cisco Catalyst
A.No. The feature set is bound to the hardware model. To get the features and capabilities of IP Lite, you must purchase an IP Lite switch.
Q.How do the Cisco Catalyst
A.Table 2 shows a comparison of the various Cisco Catalyst 2960 switch models.
Table 2. Comparison of Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switches
Feature
CPU
Stacking
Stack bandwidth
Stack members
Power supply
Redundant power supply (RPS)
PoE+ 30W/port
Max PoE budget
External RPS
SFP+ uplinks
Uplinks
Dual core at 600 MHz
80Gbps
Dual FRU Yes
Yes 740W
No***
Yes
2 SFP+/4 SFP
Dual core at 600 MHz
80Gbps
Fixed No
Yes 740W
Yes
Yes
2 SFP+/4 SFP
Single core FlexStack
40Gbps
Fixed No
Yes 740W
Yes
Yes
2 SFP+/4 SFP
2960
Single core No
–
–
Fixed
No
No
–
No
No
2 SFP
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