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Catalyst 3850 12S-E Switch Overview
The Cisco Catalyst WS-C3850-12S-E is a next-generation stackable enterprise-level switch integrated with 12 SFP ports and an IP service feature set. This switch enables sophisticated Layer 2-4 switching capabilities, providing the optimal solution for both the access layer and aggregation layer in enterprise networks. The WS-C3850-12S-E supports various SFP uplink module options, including the C3850-NM-4-1G and C3850-NM-2-10G modules, offering flexibility and scalability. With a 1 RU form factor, this switch delivers high performance with 480 Gbps stack bandwidth, 68.4 Mpps forwarding performance, and 68 Gbps switching capacity. Equipped with 4 GB RAM and 2 GB flash memory, it ensures reliability for demanding applications. Shop Cisco Switch models like the WS-C3850-12S-E to experience the benefits of 10 Gigabytes Ethernet, SFP connectivity, and comprehensive Layer 3 Manager features, all within a stackable design.
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Models |
Description |
C3850-NM-4-1G | Cisco 3850 Series 4 x 1GE Network Module |
C3850-NM-2-10G | Cisco 3850 Series 2 x 10GE Network Module |
PWR-C1-350WAC | Cisco 3850 Series Power Supply 350W AC |
PWR-C1-350WAC/2 | Cisco 3850 Series Secondary Power Supply 350W AC Config 1 Secondary Power Supply |
STACK-T1-50CM | Cisco StackWise-480 50cm stacking cable for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switch |
STACK-T1-1M | Cisco StackWise-480 1m stacking cable for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switch |
Compare to Similar Items
Models |
WS-C3850-12S-S |
WS-C3850-12S-E |
Feature Set | IP Base | IP Service |
Ports |
12 ports of SFP Ethernet fiber connection with Flexible Netflow feature |
12 ports of SFP Ethernet fiber connection with Flexible Netflow feature |
Network SFP uplink module selection |
C3850-NM-4-1G C3850-NM-2-10G |
C3850-NM-4-1G C3850-NM-2-10G |
Specifications
WS-C3850-12S-E Specification |
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model info | WS-C3850-12S-E |
enclosure type | Rack-mountable - 1U |
Ports | 12 x SFP ports |
Network management Interface | ● Ethernet management port: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Cat-5 UTP cabling ● Management console port: RJ-45-to-DB9 cable for PC connections |
Available PoE Power | None |
Switching Capacity | 68Gbps |
Maximum stacking number | 9 |
Stack Bandwidth | 480Gbps |
Forwarding Performance | 68.4Mpps |
FNF entries | 48,000 flows |
Maximum VLANs IDs | 1,000 |
MAC Address Table Size | 32K |
CPU | Multicore CPU |
RAM | 4 G |
Flash Memory | 2 G |
Number of AP per switch/stack | 100 |
Number of wireless clients per switch/stack | 2000 |
Total number of WLANs per switch | 64 |
Wireless bandwidth per switch | up to 20Gbps |
Supported Aironet AP series | 3600, 3500, 2600, 1600, 1260, 1140, 1040 |
Console ports | USB (Type-B), Ethernet (RJ-45) |
Expansion Slot(s) | 1 network module slot and 1 power redundant slot |
Network Modules Selection | ●C3850-NM-4-1G: 4 x 1G uplinks network module ●C3850-NM-2-10G: 2 x 10G or 4 x 1G uplinks network module |
Stacking cable | ●STACK-T1-50CM StackWise stacking cable with a 0.5 m length ●STACK-T1-1M StackWise stacking cable with a 1.0 m length ●STACK-T1-3M StackWise stacking cable with a 3.0 m length |
Stack Power Cable (recommended) | ●CAB-SPWR-30CM stack power cable with a 30CM length ●CAB-SPWR-150CM stack power cable with a 150CM length |
Power supply | PWR-C1-350WAC |
Power Device | Power supply - redundant - plug-in module |
Power Redundancy | optional |
Voltage range (Auto) | 100V-240V |
Power Consumption of standalone(in Watts) | 109.75 (Max) |
Width | 17.5 Inches (44.5 cm) |
Depth | 17.7 Inches (45.0 cm) |
Height | 1.75 Inches (4.45 cm) |
Weight | 15.48 Pounds (7.02 Kg) |
Rack Mounting Kit | optional |
MTBF in hours | 315,840 |
Compliant Standards | ● IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protoco ● IEEE 802.1p CoS Prioritization ● IEEE 802.1Q VLAN ● IEEE 802.1s ● IEEE 802.1w ● IEEE 802.1X ● IEEE 802.1X-Rev ●IEEE 802.11 ● IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP) ● IEEE 802.3ad ● IEEE 802.3x full duplex on 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T ports ● IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T ● IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX ● IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T ● IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X ● RMON I and II standards ● SNMP v1, v2c, and v3 |
System software | IOS IP Service |
EnergyWise license | ENERGY-MGMT, ENERGY-MGT-100-K9 |
Access Point Licenses | ●L-LIC-CT3850-UPG: Primary upgrade license SKU for Cisco 3850 wireless controller (e-delivery) ●L-LIC-CTIOS-1A: 1 access point adder license for Cisco IOS Software based wireless controller (e-delivery) ●LIC-CT3850-UPG: Primary upgrade license SKU for Cisco 3850 wireless controller (paper license) ●LIC-CTIOS-1A: 1 access point adder license for the Cisco IOS Software based wireless controller (paper license) |
features | ●RPS Support ● Jumbo Frames ● VLANS ●Voice Vlan ●VTPv2 ●CDPv2 ●LLDP ● 802.3ad LACP and PAgP ● PVST/PVST+ ● 802.1W/802.1S ●Port Fast/Uplink Fast ●Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) ● port CoS Trustand Override ● Trusted Boundary ● ACL Classification ●ingress Policing ● Auto QoS ● Per VLAN policies ● 802.1p queues ● Scheduling ● Priority Queuing ● Configure CoS Priority Queues ●Configure CoS PriorityQueues ● Configure Queue Weights ● Configure Buffers and Thresholds ●Class & Policy Maps ● Modify CoSand DSCP Mapping ● Weighted Tail Drop ● IGMPv1,v2,v3 and MLDv1, v2 ● DHCP server ● DSCP transparency ● HSRP, VRRP, BLGP ● RIPv1, v2 EIGRP, PIM OSPF, OSPFv3, EIGRPv6, BGPv4, IS-ISv4 ● VRF-lite ● PIM-SM/DM,PIM sparse-dense mode, SSM ● Flexible Netflow |
Advanced Network security | ● Port security ● DHCP snooping ●Dynamic ARP inspection (DAI) ● IP source guard ●The Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) ● Bidirectional data support on a SPAN ● User authentication ● Private VLAN ●Router and VLAN ACLs ● complete identity and security ● Multidomain authentication ● MAC address notification ● IGMP filtering ● Cisco security VLAN ACL ● Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, Kerberos, and Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) ● Port-based ACLs ● TrustSec SXP ● IEEE 802.1ae ● TACACS+ and RADIUS authentication ● Cisco standard and extended IP security router ACLs ● Bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) Guard ● Spanning Tree Root Guard (STRG) ● Wireless end-to-end security |
Management | ●BRIDGE-MIB ●CISCO-AUTH-FRAMEWORK-MIB ●CISCO-BGP4-MIB, BGP4-MIB ●CISCO-BRIDGE-EXT-MIB ●CISCO-BULK-FILE-MIB ●CISCO-CABLE-DIAG-MIB ●CISCO-CALLHOME-MIB ●CISCO-CEF-MIB ●CISCO-CIRCUIT-INTERFACE-MIB ●CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB ●CISCO-CONTEXT-MAPPING-MIB ●CISCO-DEVICE-LOCATION-MIB ●CISCO-DHCP-SNOOPING-MIB ●CISCO-EIGRP-MIB ●CISCO-EMBEDDED-EVENT-MGR-MIB ●CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB ●CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB ●ENTITY-MIB ●CISCO-ERR-DISABLE-MIB ●CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB ●CISCO-FLOW-MONITOR-MIB ●CISCO-FTP-CLIENT-MIB ●CISCO-HSRP-EXT-MIB ●CISCO-HSRP-MIB ●CISCO-IETF-ISIS-MIB ●CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB ●CISCO-IGMP-FILTER-MIB ●CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB ●CISCO-IP-CBR-METRICS-MIB ●CISCO-IPMROUTE-MIB ●CISCO-IP-STAT-MIB ●CISCO-IP-URPF-MIB ●CISCO-L2L3-INTERFACE-CONFIG-MIB ●CISCO-LAG-MIB ●CISCO-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB ●CISCO-MAC-AUTH-BYPASS-MIB ●CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB ●CISCO-MDI-METRICS-MIB ●CISCO-FLASH-MIB ●CISCO-OSPF-MIB ●CISCO-OSPF-TRAP-MIB ●CISCO-PAE-MIB ●CISCO-PAGP-MIB ●CISCO-PIM-MIB ●CISCO-PING-MIB ●CISCO-PORT-QOS-MIB ●CISCO-PORT-SECURITY-MIB●CISCO-PORT-STORM-CONTROL-MIB ●CISCO-POWER-ETHERNET-EXT-MIB ●CISCO-PRIVATE-VLAN-MIB ●CISCO-PROCESS-MIB ●CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB●CISCO-RF-MIB ●CISCO-RTP-METRICS-MIB ●CISCO-RTTMON-MIB ●CISCO-SMART-INSTALL-MIB●CISCO-SNMP-TARGET-EXT-MIB ●CISCO-STACKMAKER-MIB ●CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB ●CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB ●CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB ●CISCO-TCP-MIB ●CISCO-UDLDP-MIB ●CISCO-VLAN-IFTABLE-RELATIONSHIP-MIB ●CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB ●CISCO-VTP-MIB ●EtherLike-MIB ●HC-RMON-MIB ●IEEE8021-PAE-MIB ●IEEE8023-LAG-MIB ●IF-MIB ●IGMP-MIB ●IGMP-STD-MIB ●IP-FORWARD-MIB ●IP-MIB ●IPMROUTE-STD-MIB ●LLDP-EXT-MED-MIB ●LLDP-MIB ●NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB ●OLD-CISCO-MEMORY-MIB ●CISCO-CDP-MIB ●POWER-ETHERNET-MIB ●RMON2-MIB ●RMON-MIB ●SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB ●SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB ●SNMP-MPD-MIB ●SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB ●SNMP-PROXY-MIB ●SNMP-TARGET-MIB ●SNMP-USM-MIB ●SNMPv2-MIB ●SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB ●TCP-MIB ●UDP-MIB ●CISCO-IMAGE-MIB ●CISCO-STACKWISE-MIB ●AIRESPMACE-WIRELESS-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-IDS-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-AP-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-CCX-RM-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-CLIENT-ROAMING-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-DOT11-CCX-CLIENT-DIAG-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-DOT11-CCX-CLIENT-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-DOT11-CLIENT-CCX-REPORTS-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-DOT11-CLIENT-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-DOT11-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-DOWNLOAD-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-LINKTEST-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-MFP-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-MOBILITY-EXT-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-QOS-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-REAP-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-ROGUE-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-RRM-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-SI-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-TSM-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-WLAN-MIB ●CISCO-LWAPP-WLAN-SECURITY-MIB |
Technical Support and Services | ● Cisco SMARTnet Service ● Cisco Smart Foundation Service ● Cisco SP Base Service ● Cisco Focused Technical Support Services |
With AC power supply Operating environment and altitude | |
Operating temperature up to 5000 ft (1500 m) | 23ºF to 113ºF (-5ºC to +45ºC) |
Operating temperature up to 10,000 ft (3000 m) | 23ºF to 104ºF (-5ºC to +40ºC) |
Short-term exception at sealevel with single fan failure | 23ºF to 113ºF (-5ºC to +45ºC) |
Short-term exception up to 5000 feet (1500 m) | 23ºF to 122ºF (-5ºC to 50ºC) |
Short-term exception up to 10,000 feet (3000 m) | 23ºF to 113ºF (-5ºC to 45ºC) |
With DC power supply Operating environment and altitude (NEBS) | |
Operating temperature up to 6000 ft (1800 m) | 23ºF to 113ºF (-5ºC to +45ºC) |
Operating temperature up to 10,000 ft (3000 m) | 23ºF to 104ºF (-5ºC to +40ºC) |
Operating temperature up to 13,000 ft (4000m) | 23ºF to 95ºF (-5ºC to 35ºC) |
Short-term exception up to 6,000 feet (1800 m) | 23ºF to 131ºF (-5ºC to +55ºC) |
Short-term exception up to 10,000 feet (3000 m) | 23ºF to 122ºF (-5ºC to +50ºC) |
Short-term exception up to 13,000 feet (4000 m) | 23ºF to 113ºF (-5ºC to +45ºC) |
Short-term exception at sealevel with single fan failure | 23ºF to 113ºF (-5ºC to +45º) |
Storage environment | -40ºF to 160ºF (-40ºC to 70ºC) |
Operating altitude | Up to 13,000 Feet (Up to 4000 Meters) |
Storage altitude | Up to 15,000 Feet (Up to 4573 Meters) |
Operating relative humidity | 10% to 95% noncondensing |
Storage relative humidity | 10% to 95% noncondensing |
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