Cisco WS-C3650-24TS-E 24 ports 3650 series Layer 3 gigabit management switch

The Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Switch, with Cisco StackWise-160 Technology, can stack 9 switches and support up to 160 Gpbs stack bandwidth. The WS-C3650-24TS-E integrates with 24 Ethernet ports and 4 x 1G SFP uplink ports in IP Service feature set.

Quick Specs

Figure 1 shows the appearance of the Cisco C3650-24TS-E switch.

Table 1 shows the Quick Specs.

Cisco Catalyst 3650 Mini Switches

The Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series adds new mini switches to the existing 3650 family of switches. These switches are less than 12” deep and quieter than the existing 3650 switches, making them perfect to deploy in tight wiring cabinets, racks, or user spaces where depth of the switch is a concern. You can avoid replacing the cabinets or mounting the switch at an angle and as a result reduce downtime to the network. These switches enable the same uniform wired-wireless policy enforcement, application visibility, flexibility, application optimization, and superior resiliency as the existing 3650 switches. They come in 24- and 48-port 10M/100M/1000M switch SKUs (WS-C3650-24PDM and WS-C3650-48FQM) and support all the same features as the existing 3650 switches except that they come with fixed fans, fixed power supplies, and support for external RPS2300 for redundancy. These PoE switches support both PoE (IEEE 802.3af) and PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at standard), providing up to 30W of power for 12 ports for a total of 390W on the 24-port model and up to 30W of power for 24 ports for a total of 775W on the 48-port model. The 24-port switch has 2x1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP and 2x10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks; the 48-port switch has 4x10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ uplinks to support any high-bandwidth application. These switches support stacking and can stack with each other or the existing 3650 switches using the same Cisco StackWise-160 technology. The 3650 mini and 3650 use the same software and thus can be deployed and managed using the same policies, configuration, and so on as the existing 3650 switches. Some use cases for the 3650 mini are the following:

Small Offices and Branches

Many small branches and satellite offices where there are few employees do not have larger wiring closets because of space constraints. A typical office like this has smaller cabinets and would need a switch that can serve few employees, provide PoE support, can manage wired-wireless networks, and applies the same consistent policies as a bigger branch or office. Because of its less than 12” depth, lower noise, and support for 10G uplinks along with stacking, advanced security, and wired-wireless convergence, the 3650 mini is the perfect switch for this type of space.