How to Celebrate Your 10th Anniversary? Router-Siwtch.com

Router-switch.com is ten years old, happy 10th Anniversary! It is a vital phase for all router-switch.com staff in 2012. How to celebrate its 10^th anniversary? What Router-switch.com Prepared for Its tenth birthday to thank its regulars and new clients? Let’s have a look!

Router-switch.com, ten years old, happy birthday! 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of router-switch.com, which is an exciting moment for all router-switch’s staff and clients.

What Router-switch.com Prepared for Its 10^th Anniversary?

In 2012, router-switch.com welcomes its 10^th anniversary. For router-switch.com, it has been a worldwide leading Cisco supplier during the past 10 years. To celebrate 10 years, it prepares big gifts for its regulars and new clients, such as Cisco AIR-AP1131AG-A-K9, limited edition T-shirts and 20PC U disk. Some popular Cisco products(including Cisco routers: Cisco 2900 & 3900 Routers, Cisco switches: Catalyst 3560x Series, Cisco Catalyst 3750x Series, Catalyst 3560V2/3750V2, Cisco firewall, Cisco Access Points and network cards) will have big discounts (up to 75% off).The activity date is from September to October. Wow, if you wanna buy Cisco equipment, don’t miss it.

Router-switch.com has become a world’s leading Cisco supplier over the past ten years with the help of its staff and customers. To celebrate its 10 years, router-switch.com offers some activities for all the old and new clients, for example, big discount (save up to 75% off) for the popular Cisco items (including Catalyst 3560x Series, Cisco Catalyst 3750x Series, Catalyst 3560V2/3750V2, Cisco 2900&3900 Routers, Network Cards, etc.), fill out a simple survey to win a big gift (Cisco AIR-AP1131AG-A-K9, limited edition T-shirts and 20PC U disk). The activity date is from September. 01. 2012 to October. 31. 2012. Wow, if you are a Cisco buyer, don’t miss this chance. Let’s join the party to celebrate the 10^th birthday together.

Cisco Switches: List of MainFeatures and Types

Cisco switches deliver high performance, secure, scalable solutions to meet the needs of small businesses, multi-site enterprises, data centers, or Service...

From core to edge, Cisco network switches provide the performance, high availability, comprehensive security, delivery optimization, and enhanced manageability you need to optimize your network infrastructure.

Cisco offers two types of network switches: Fixed Configuration Switches&Modular Switches

Fixed Configuration Switches

These Ethernet switching solutions support a wide range of deployments, including enterprise campus, branch offices, midsize organizations, and small and medium-sized businesses (SMB), and offer highly secure access, operational simplicity, energy efficiency, and enhanced connected user experience.

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series

• Standalone switches with enhanced LAN services for small and medium-sized businesses and branch office networks
• Layer 2 switching with intelligent Layer 2-4 services
• Up to 48 10/100 ports or 10/100/1000 ports
• Fast Ethernet PoE configurations with 15.4W of PoE up to 24 ports
• Flexibility of LAN Base or LAN Lite models
• AC power supply failure protection with external power supply
• Limited lifetime warranty

Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series

• Stackable (with Cisco FlexStack) fixed-configuration Layer 2 switches
• Cost-effective solution for mid-sized organizations and branch offices
• Full Power Over Ethernet Plus and basic Borderless Networks services
• Zero-touch deployment and operations via Catalyst Smart Operations

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series

• Standalone switches for branch offices and midsize organizations
• High performance with wirespeed Layer 2-4 switching, multicast and IPv6 routing
• Network security includes ACLs, authentication, port-level security, and identity-based network services
• Transparent power supply protection with external power backup; DC power option available
• Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• PoE configurations with 15.4W per port
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus 4 SFP ports
• Limited lifetime warranty

Cisco Catalyst 3560-E Series

• Standalone  and aggregation switches for campus and branch offices
• Helps deploy secure converged services and adapt to changing network and application requirements
• 10-second 10G upgrade with Cisco TwinGig converter module
• 15.4W of PoE on all 48 ports
• 802.1n support scales beyond 15.4W per port
• Cisco EnergyWise
• Modular fan and power supply with externally available backup
• High performance with wirespeed Layer 2-4 switching, dynamic multicast and IPv6 routing
• Integrated advanced security features, including ACLs, identity-based network services, and Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC)
• Aggregation switches  with dual redundant modular power supplies and fans for nonstop operation
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus dual 10 Gb Ethernet ports on all models
• Limited lifetime warranty

Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Series

• Fixed-configuration switches for campus and branch deployments
• High-availability and advanced security features assure consistent service
• Service and network modules help enable incremental link and service upgrades
• Full Power Over Ethernet Plus and comprehensive Borderless Networks services

Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series

• cisco 3750 switch  Stackable multilayer switches for branch offices and midsize organizations
• Cisco StackWise 32 Gbps interconnect for a unified, resilient system of up to nine switches with subsecond failover
• Transparent power supply protection with external power backup; DC power option available
• Cisco EnergyWise
• Uninterrupted performance with wirespeed Layer 2-4 switching, dynamic multicast, and IPv6 routing
• Network security includes access control lists (ACLs), authentication, port-level security, and identity-based network services
• Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity
• PoE configurations with 15.4W per port
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus 4 SFP ports
• Limited lifetime warranty

Cisco Catalyst 3750-E Series

• cisco 3750E switch Stackable multilayer switches for campus and larger branch offices
• High availability platform for deploying secure converged services and adapt to changing network and application requirements
• StackWise Plus with 64 Gbps interconnect for a unified, resilient system of up to nine switches with subsecond failover
• 10-second 10G upgrade with cisco 3750G switch TwinGig converter module
• 15.4W of Power over Ethernet (PoE) on all 48 ports
• 802.11n support scales beyond 15.4W per port
• Cisco EnergyWise
• Modular fan and power supply with externally available backup; DC power option available
• Uninterrupted performance with wirespeed Layer 2-4 switching, dynamic multicast routing and IPv6 routing
• Integrated advanced security features including ACLs, identity-based network services and Network Admission Control (NAC)
• Fully backwards compatible with Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series for investment protection
• Up to 48 10/100/1000 ports plus dual 10 GbE ports on all models
• Limited lifetime warranty

Cisco Nexus 3750-X Series

• Stackable fixed-configuration cisco 3750X switch for campus and branch deployments
• StackWise Plus and StackPower deliver high availability and operational efficiency
• Service and network modules help enable incremental link and service upgrades
• Full Power Over Ethernet Plus and comprehensive Borderless Networks services

Basic Cisco Switch Configuration

Generally speaking, the cisco switch command are the best in the market. Versatile, reliable, flexible and powerful, the Cisco switch product line (such as the 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, 6500, etc.) offer unparalleled performance and features.

Although a Cisco switch configuration is a much simpler network device compared with other devices (e.g. routers and firewalls), many people have difficulties in configuring a Cisco Catalyst Switch. Unlike other lower class switch vendors (which are plug-and-play), the Cisco switch needs some initial basic configuration in order to enable management, security and some other important features.

How to configure a cisco switch software from scratch? Basic steps help you finish the Cisco switch configuration.

STEP1:Connect to the device via console

Use a terminal emulation software such as PuTTY and connect to the console of the switch. You will get the initial command prompt “Switch>”

Type “enable” and hit enter. You will get into privileged mode (“Switch#”) 

Now, get into Global Configuration Mode:

Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)#

STEP2: Set up a hostname for the particular switch to distinguish it in the network

Switch(config)# hostname access-switch1
access-switch1(config)#

STEP3: Configure an administration password (enable secret password)

access-switch1(config)# enable secret somestrongpass

STEP4: Configure a password for Telnet access

access-switch1(config)# line vty 0 15
access-switch1(config-line)# password strongtelnetpass
access-switch1(config-line)# login
access-switch1(config-line)# exit
access-switch1(config)#

STEP5: Define which IP addresses are allowed to access the switch via Telnet

access-switch1(config)# ip access-list standard TELNET-ACCESS
access-switch1(config-std-nacl)# permit 10.1.1.100 refurbished cisco switches
access-switch1(config-std-nacl)# permit 10.1.1.101
access-switch1(config-std-nacl)# exit

!Apply the access list to Telnet VTY Lines
access-switch1(config)# line vty 0 15
access-switch1(config-line)# access-class TELNET-ACCESS in
access-switch1(config-line)# exit
access-switch1(config)#

STEP6: Assign IP address to the switch for management

!Management IP is assigned to Vlan 1 by default
access-switch1(config)# interface vlan 1
access-switch1(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.200 255.255.255.0
access-switch1(config-if)# exit
access-switch1(config)#

STEP7: Assign default gateway to the switch

access-switch1(config)# ip default-gateway 10.1.1.254

STEP8: Disable unneeded ports on the switch

! This step is optional but enhances security
! Assume that we have a 48-port switch and we don’t need ports 25 to 48

access-switch1(config)# interface range fe 0/25-48
access-switch1(config-if-range)# shutdown
access-switch1(config-if-range)# exit
access-switch1(config)#

STEP9: Save the configuration

access-switch1(config)# wr

The above are some steps that can be followed for basic set-up of a Cisco catalyst switch. Of course there are more things you can configure (such as SNMP servers, NTP, AAA etc) but those depend on the requirements of each particular network.