Product Info
From connectivity to cloud applications, networking plays a crucial role in every business journey. Reliability, security, and affordability continue to be top of mind, while ongoing management and operations add complexity that takes time and resources.
The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series switches are affordable, simple-to-use switches designed and built for small and medium-sized businesses. Managed through the Cisco Business Dashboard and Cisco Business mobile app, the switch portfolio provides a simple and reliable experience.
The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series switches are fixed, managed, enterprise-class Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 switches designed for small and medium-sized business and branch offices. These simple, flexible, and secure switches are ideal for deployment out of the wiring closet. The Catalyst 1300 Series operates on customized Linux OS software, with an intuitive dashboard that simplifies network setup and advanced features that accelerate digital transformation, while pervasive security protects business-critical transactions.
The 1300 Series switches provide the ideal combination of affordability and capabilities for small and medium-sized businesses and help you create a more efficient, better-connected workforce. When your business needs advanced networking features and security for the digital transformation, yet value is still a top consideration, you're ready for the Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series switches.
Description
Ease of management and deployment
The 1300 Series switches are designed to be easy to use and manage by commercial customers or the partners that serve them.
Cisco Business Dashboard
The Cisco Business Dashboard is designed to manage Cisco Business switches, Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series switches, routers, and wireless access points. It simplifies traditional challenges in deploying and managing business networks while automating the deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management of the network. The 1300 Series switches support an embedded probe as well as direct management, eliminating the need to set up a separate hardware or virtual machine onsite.
Cisco Network Plug and Play solution
The Cisco Network Plug and Play solution provides a simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease device rollouts or for provisioning updates to an existing network. The solution provides a unified approach to provisioning Cisco routers, switches, and wireless devices with a near-zero-touch deployment experience.
Intuitive user interfaces
The intuitive 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.
Command-Line Interface
The switches also support text view, a full Command-Line Interface (CLI) option for partners that prefer it.
Support for Simple Network Management Protocol
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.
High reliability and resiliency
In a growing business where availability 24 hours a day, 7 days a week is critical, you need to provide business continuity and ensure that employees can always access the data and resources they need. The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches support dual images, allowing you to perform software upgrades with minimal network downtime.
Strong security
The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches provide the advanced security features you need to protect your business data and keep unauthorized users off the network.
IPv6 support
As the IP address scheme evolves to accommodate a growing number of network devices, the Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches can support the transition to the next generation of networking. These switches continue to support previous-generation IPv4, allowing you to evolve to the IPv6 standard at your own pace and helping ensure that your current network will continue to support your business applications in the future.
Advanced Layer 3 traffic management
The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches enable a more advanced set of traffic management capabilities to help growing businesses organize their networks more effectively and efficiently. For example, the switches provide dynamic Layer 3 routing, allowing you to segment your network into workgroups and communicate across VLANs without degrading application performance.
True stacking
The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches provide true stacking capability for up to eight switches, allowing you to configure, manage, and troubleshoot all switches in a stack as a single unit with a single IP address.
Compact design
The sleek and compact design for the Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches provides additional deployment flexibility, including installation outside the wiring closet for sites such as retail stores, open-plan offices, and classrooms without disturbing the environment.
Power efficiency
The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches integrate a variety of power-saving features across all models, providing the industry's most extensive energy-efficient switching portfolio. These switches are designed to conserve energy by optimizing power use, which helps protect the environment and reduce your energy costs.