Reduced Costs: the Power over Ethernet (PoE)-capable Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series reduces the cost and complexity of IP communications and wireless LAN deployments.
Performance: With nonblocking, wire-speed switching on all ports, the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series offers 10/100 MB ports for desktop, wireless access point, printer, and IP phone connectivity and 10/100/1000BASE-T or SFP ports for server or backbone connectivity.
Ease of Use: The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series switches are designed for ease of use. The switch is initialized through the GUI Device Manager. No console cable or terminal emulation application is needed. Integrated intelligence optimizes the switch at the system level. Optimal configuration for each port can be applied by choosing from 10 preset Cisco Smartports roles. And, all PoE ports can supply up to the IEEEE standard maximum of 15.4W simultaneously without the need of an external power supply. There is no need to do creative power budgeting or worry about exceeding the power limit or adding an external power shelf. All ports support auto negotiation of port speed and duplex.
Intelligence: With Cisco Smartports Advisor, the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series Switches automatically discover connected Cisco devices and suggest appropriate Smartports roles. With the Smartports phone and desktop role, voice quality is guaranteed. Employees sending or downloading large files do not affect telephone conversations. The switches also can autodetect misconfigurations and suggest corrections.
Secure: The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series Switches offer you layers of security to protect your business. To secure the device, management traffic to and from the GUI Device Manager can be encrypted with SSL and Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3). For network security, you can choose from three business-optimized security levels.
Easy Monitoring and Troubleshooting: The Cisco Troubleshooting Advisor makes troubleshooting easy. It identifies cabling problems such as wiring opens and shorts, common configuration errors, and other potential problems in your network and recommends corrective action. Graphical trend charts and an alert LED help you identify problems before they cause network outages.
Intuitive GUI: simplifies network installation, deployment, operation, and troubleshooting.
Embedded Cisco Smartports: incorporate Cisco recommended networking best practices, and quickly enable quality of service, security, and multicast settings for transparent integration of data, video, IP Communications, and wireless LAN applications.
Integrated Intelligence: within the switch helps you detect device and network problems before they impact your business.
Limited-lifetime warranty: Cisco Catalyst Express 500 Series Switches are backed for the life of the product by the Cisco Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty.