Description
The Cisco Catalyst 3850X series of switches is designed for advanced converged wired/WiFi networks within medium-to-large scale operations. These switches offer up to 40Gbps of data throughput per switch and support up to 100 access points and 2,000 concurrent users. The Catalyst 3850X series is available in various configurations, including 24 or 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports, with a modular design for uplinks that allows for configurations of 4x Gigabit Ethernet, 2x 10-Gigabit Ethernet, or 4x 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplinks.
There are also two specialty models that allow for either 12 or 24 SFP+ ports for complete flexibility. The built-in WiFi access point controller can handle up to 50 access points and 2,000 concurrent users. The switch series is designed for organizations with the need for large data pipes and a single integrated solution for managing their mixed network through a single, powerful architecture. It is recommended to consider switching to the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches, which offer greater speed, performance, and security.
The Cisco Catalyst 3850X switch supports both Layer 2 and Layer 3 VLANs and allows for the creation of VLANs for various purposes, such as network segmentation, security, and traffic management. The switch also supports VLAN trunking, which allows for the transmission of multiple VLANs over a single link, and VLAN pruning, which reduces the number of unnecessary VLANs on a trunk link.
In addition to standard VLANs, the Cisco Catalyst 3850X switch also supports extended VLANs, which have IDs ranging from 1006 to 4094.
Typically, network administrators use these VLANs for network segmentation and security purposes and can configure them using the same commands and procedures as standard VLANs.
