Catalyst 2960 vs CE 500

[DaveCiscoRout]

What is the significant different between 2960 v CE 500?

Where could I find the head to head comparison between them?

Thank's.

[Edison Ortiz]

Please review their data sheets:

2960

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6406/products_data_sheet0900aecd80322c0c.html

CE 500

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6545/products_data_sheet0900aecd80322aeb.html

A quick read shows that CE500 has PoE support while the 2960 offers a 48Port model (higher port density).

[sbhadrav@cisco.com]

Here the the few main points:

The 2950T24 and CE 500 has 8.8 GBPS switching fabric and 6.6 MPPS switching capacity while 2960-24TT has 4.4 GBPS switching fabric.

2950T24 and 296024TT both provides security features like L2/L3/L4 ACLS, Advanced QOS and other features while CE500 has limited features.

CE500 is easy to manage and configure via the GUI.