Routing Cisco 2960-X

[kwalsh109]

I have a WAN connection and a point to point connection installed at my site.  Currently all traffic routes out the WAN connection.  I want to configure the interface (where my PTP is connected) to route specific traffic.  Can I accomplish this on this model switch. I see it has some routing capability. Thank you.

[Julio E. Moisa]

Hi 

This model has routing limitation and works more over layer 2. But it has the capability to execute static routing only. My recommendation is a multilayer switch or router instead.

Hope it is useful

:-)

[Mark Malone]

You can have up to 16 statics on standard x, 2960-xr with ip lite might suit you better it can do basic IGP and l3

Table 2.       Comparison of Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switches

Feature	2960-XR	2960-X	2960-S	2960
CPU	Dual core at 600 MHz	Dual core at 600 MHz	Single core	Single core
Stacking	FlexStack-Plus	FlexStack-Plus	FlexStack	No
Stack bandwidth	80 Gbps	80 Gbps	40 Gbps	–
Stack members	8	8	4	–
Power supply	Dual FRU	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed
Redundant power supply (RPS)	Yes	No	No	No
PoE+ 30W/port	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Max PoE budget	740W	740W	740W	–
External RPS	No***	Yes	Yes	No
SFP+ uplinks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Uplinks	2 SFP+/4 SFP	2 SFP+/4 SFP	2 SFP+/4 SFP	2 SFP
Management options	Console RJ45, USB console, and out of band Ethernet	Console RJ45, USB console, and out of band Ethernet	Console RJ45, USB console, and out of band Ethernet	Console RJ45
Flash	256 MB	128 MB	64 MB	32 MB
DRAM	512 MB	512 MB	256 MB	64 MB
Active VLANs	1K	1K	255	64
EtherChannel groups	48	24	6	6
Egress buffers	4 MB	4 MB	2 MB	2 MB
Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) sessions	4	4	2	2
Max MAC addresses	32K*	16K	8K	8K
IPv4 unicast routes	24K**	16 static	16 static	16 static
NetFlow-Lite	Yes	Yes	No	No
Hibernation Mode	Yes	Yes	No	No
EEE	Yes	Yes	No	No

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-2960-x-series-switches/qa_c67-728348.html

[smyap333]

Hi all,

Just revisiting this topic.

I have a similar scenario whereby my layer 3 device is an ASA.

I was thinking of moving the inter-vlan routing within my LAN to a stack of 2960x (running k9) image and let the ASA act only as a firewall.

It will not have more than 16 static routes I don't think.

However, one complication I foresee is that we currently have firewall rules applied for some of the VLANs accessing other VLANs. May be a nightmare trying to convert those rules into ACLs on the switch.

Also, the CPU on the current switch stack does run quite high certain times of the day.

Not sure if this should even be attempted.

Any feedback is much appreciated.