The Cisco WS-C3650-24TS-L is a 24-port data switch with a 4x1G uplink and LAN Base feature. It is part of the Cisco Catalyst 3650 series, designed to deliver exceptional networking performance and scalability for small to medium-sized businesses.

Quick Spec

Table 1: Quick Spec of WS-C3650-24TS-L

Product Features

• ● Converged Wired plus Wireless Access
• ● Distributed Intelligent Services
• ● Advanced wired plus wireless QoS capabilities
• ● A rich set of security features for wired plus wireless users
• ● Cisco StackWise-160 Technology
• ● Foundation for Open Network Environment

Product Applications

• ● Small Offices and Branches
• ● Education
• ● Retail
• ● Benefits
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• The 3650 switch has advanced wired plus wireless QoS capabilities. It uses the Cisco modular QoS command line interface (MQC). The switch manages wireless bandwidth using unprecedented hierarchical bandwidth management starting at the per-access-point level and drilling further down to per-radio, per-service set identification (SSID), and per-user levels. This helps manage and prioritize available bandwidth between various radios and various SSIDs (enterprise, guest, and so on) within each radio on a percentage basis. The switch is also capable of automatically allocating equal bandwidth among the connected users within a given SSID. This makes sure that all users within a given SSID get a fair share of the available bandwidth while being connected to the network. The UADP ASIC enables the hierarchical bandwidth management and fair sharing of bandwidth, thereby providing hardware-based QoS for optimized performance at line-rate traffic.

  In addition to these capabilities, the switch is able to do class of service (CoS) or differentiated services code point (DSCP) based queuing, policing, shaping, and marking of wired plus wireless traffic. This enables users to create common policies that can be used across wired plus wireless traffic. The 3650 also supports downloadable policy names from the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) when a user successfully authenticates to the network using the ISE.

  Security

  The Cisco Catalyst 3650 provides a rich set of security features for wired plus wireless users. Features such as IEEE 802.1x, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping, IP Source Guard and control plane protection, wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPSs), and so on enable protection against unauthorized users and attackers. With a variety of wired plus wireless users connecting to the network, the switch supports session-aware networking, in which each device connected to the network is identified as one session, and unique access control lists (ACLs) and/or QoS policies can be defined and applied using the ISE for each of these sessions, providing better control on the devices connecting to the network.