The Catalyst 2948G features:

• Dedicated 48 port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and two port 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet with flexible media interfaces

• Feature-rich enterprise Catalyst System Software Comprehensive management tools based on standard CiscoWorks2000 applications

• 24 Gbps non-blocking switch fabric

• Redundant, hot swappable external power supply and other fault tolerant features

The Catalyst 2948G is a fixed configuration Layer-2 Ethernet switch with 48 RJ-45 10/100 ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports with modular GBIC interfaces. The switch is ideal for networks that require enterprise performance and cost effective desktop protection in increments of 48 10/100 ports in their wiring closet. Each of the 48 ports in the 2948G is autosensing and autoconfiguring.

Each Catalyst 2948G comes standard with two Gigabit uplink ports that can be configured with a variety of different interfaces depending on the customer`s network requirements. Utilizing advanced GigaBit Interface Converter (GBIC) technology, customers can choose either shortwave (1000BASE-SX) or longwave (1000BASE-LX/LH) or singlemode extended range (1000Base-ZX) Gigabit interfaces, depending on network configuration requirements. And if, in the future, the customer`s Gigabit interface requirement changes, they can easily (and inexpensively) change their GBICs. (Note that GBICs are sold separately from the Catalyst 2948G.)