🔖 Reference: WS-C3650-48FS-L V03

📌 Model: Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series

🔄 Condition: Used - Tested and functional

🌍 Country of Manufacture: Varies by batch (USA/China/Mexico)

🔋 Power Supply: 1 x 1025W AC PSU (100-240V)

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🔌 What is the difference between PoE and PoE+ on this Catalyst 3650 switch?

PoE (IEEE 802.3af) provides up to 15.4W per port, while PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at) delivers up to 30W per port. This WS-C3650-48FS-L model supports PoE+ on all 48 ports, enabling power for more demanding devices such as advanced IP phones, high-definition PTZ cameras, WiFi 6 access points, or touchscreens. The total available power is 775W for the entire switch.

📡 How does the integrated wireless controller work in this network switch?

The Cisco Catalyst 3650 integrates a WLAN controller directly into the switch, allowing management of up to 50 access points and 1000 WiFi clients simultaneously per switch (or per stack). This unified feature eliminates the need for a separate wireless controller, simplifies network management, and reduces infrastructure costs. You can configure SSIDs, apply security policies, and manage Quality of Service (QoS) directly from the switch.

🔗 What is Cisco StackWise-160 technology and what are its advantages?

The StackWise-160 technology allows interconnecting up to 9 Cisco Catalyst 3650 switches to operate as a single logical unit with a stack bandwidth of 160 Gbps. The benefits include simplified management via a single IP address, increased resilience with automatic failover, flexible scalability to add ports, and centralized configuration. In case of a failure of one switch in the stack, the others continue to operate without service interruption.

⚙️ What is the difference between LAN Base and IP Base/IP Services on Cisco switches?

This model comes with the LAN Base license, which provides essential Layer 2+ features: VLAN, Spanning Tree, LACP, basic QoS, port security, and static routing. The IP Base and IP Services licenses (available as upgrades) add dynamic routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP) and advanced features like VPN, NetFlow, and multicast routing. For most SME enterprise deployments, LAN Base is more than sufficient.

🔧 Is this used Cisco switch compatible with 10 Gigabit SFP+ modules?

No, this WS-C3650-48FS-L model has 4 Gigabit SFP uplink ports (1 Gbps) and not 10 Gigabit SFP+ ports. The SFP ports support 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, 1000BASE-ZX optical transceivers or 1000BASE-T copper modules. If you need 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, you should consider other Catalyst 3650 models like the WS-C3650-48TQ (4x SFP+) or the WS-C3650-12X48UR (8x SFP+).

📊 What is the MAC address table size of this manageable Ethernet switch?

The Cisco Catalyst WS-C3650-48FS-L has a MAC address table of 32,000 entries, which is more than sufficient for medium-sized enterprise deployments. This capacity allows the switch to store the MAC addresses of connected devices and optimize Ethernet frame switching. For very large networks with thousands of devices, this capacity ensures optimal performance without memory saturation.

🌡️ What are the environmental operating conditions for this network equipment?

The Cisco 3650 switch operates within a temperature range of 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F) with relative humidity from 5% to 95% (non-condensing). For storage, the range is -40°C to 70°C. The maximum operating altitude is 5000 meters. These specifications make it a robust device suitable for server rooms, patch cabinets, and light industrial environments. Proper ventilation is recommended to maintain optimal performance.

🔒 What network security features does this Layer 3 switch offer?

The Catalyst 3650 with LAN Base offers numerous security features: 802.1X authentication (RADIUS/TACACS+), access control lists (ACL), port security with MAC address limiting, DHCP Snooping protection, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard, Secure Shell (SSH) v2, and HTTPS for secure management. These features protect your infrastructure against unauthorized access, man-in-the-middle attacks, and network intrusion attempts.