Description

Cisco SX550X-12F Network Switch Ghana

The Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana Switch is a next-generation managed switch that offers excellent performance, rich features, and ease of use. With support for Layer 2 and 3 features, advanced security, routing, and energy-saving technology, it delivers a solid foundation for business applications today and in the future. Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana stackable managed Ethernet switch, provides the advanced capabilities and superior performance you need to support a more demanding network environment at an affordable price. This switch incorporates fan and power hardware redundancy, increasing overall network availability also Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana switch is easy to deploy and manage, without a large IT staff. The Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana is designed to protect your technology investment as your business grows. Unlike switches that claim to be stackable but have elements that are administered and troubleshot separately, Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana provides true stacking capability, allowing you to configure, manage, and troubleshoot multiple physical switches as a single device and more easily expand your network. A true stack delivers a unified data and control plane, in addition to a management plane, providing flexibility, scalability, and ease of use because the stack of units operates as a single entity constituting all the ports of the stack members

Features

Unmatched reliability and resiliency

Keep your network running so your business never slows down. The Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana offers true stacking, built-in fan redundancy, a redundant power supply connector, and high-availability protocols.

Advanced features

The Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana includes capabilities and management options you need to support applications today and in the future, such as strong security, advanced QoS, comprehensive IPv6 support, and Layer 3 dynamic routing.

Power over Ethernet

The Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) standard provides up to 30 watts of power per port. Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana also support 60W PoE on selected ports to power compact switches and high-power wireless access points.

Energy efficiency

Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana packs a variety of energy-saving features, including energy-detect mode, cable-length detection, and Energy-Efficient Ethernet, provide an eco-friendly and cost-effective network solution without compromising performance.

• Support for the Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az) standard, which reduces energy consumption by monitoring the amount of traffic on an active link and putting the link into a sleep state during quiet periods
• The latest application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which use low-power 28- or 40-nanometer technology and low-power, high-performance ARM CPUs
• Automatic power shutoff on ports when a link is down
• LEDs that can be turned off to save power
• Embedded intelligence to adjust signal strength based on the length of the connecting cable
• Smart fans in which fan speed is automatically adjusted according to switch temperature to decrease acoustic noise and save power

Advanced Stacking

A true stack delivers a unified data and control plane, in addition to management plane, providing flexibility, scalability, and ease of use because the stack of units operates as a single entity constituting all the ports of the stack members. This capability can radically reduce complexity in a growing network environment while improving the resiliency and availability of network applications. True stacking also provides other cost savings and administrative benefits through features such as cross-stack QoS, VLANs, LAGs, and port mirroring, which clustered switches cannot support. Using standard 10G fiber or copper connections, Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana supports both local and horizontal stacking deployments and the flexibility of ring or chain topology

Easy Deployment and Use

Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana is designed to be easy to use and manage by small and medium businesses, commercial customers, or the partners that serve them. Features include:

• Simple and advanced mode graphic user interfaces reduce the time required to deploy, troubleshoot, and manage the network and allow you to support sophisticated capabilities without increasing IT head count.
• Configuration wizards simplify the most common configuration tasks and provide the ultimate tool for anyone to easily set up and manage the network.
• The Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana switches also support Textview, a full command-line interface (CLI) option for customers or partners that prefer it.
• The USB port on the switch enables easy image and configuration transfer for faster deployment or upgrade.
• Using Auto Smart ports intelligence, the switch can detect a network device connected to any port and automatically configure the optimal security, quality of service (QoS), and availability on that port.
• Cisco Discovery Protocol discovers Cisco devices and allows devices to share critical configuration information, simplifying network setup and integration.
• Support for Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows you to set up and manage your switches and other Cisco devices remotely from a network management station, improving IT workflow and mass configurations.
• The Cisco FindIT utility, which works through a simple toolbar on the user’s web browser, discovers Cisco devices in the network and displays basic information, such as serial numbers and IP addresses, to aid in configuration and deployment.

Simplified IT Operation

Cisco SX550X-12F Ghana helps optimize your IT operations with built-in features that simplify day-to-day network operation:

• True stacking allows you to configure, manage, and troubleshoot multiple physical switches as a single entity.
• Cisco switches use common chipsets/software across all switching portfolios, so all Cisco switches within a series support the same feature set, making it easier to manage and support all switches across the network.

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