Cisco LAN Switches

Introduction: LAN Switches

A LAN Switch Can Enhance Connectivity

A LAN switch, also known as an Ethernet switch or data switch, is the basic building block of today’s IT infrastructure. As application performance, support, and scalability become more critical for business success, a reliable LAN switch becomes more important.

Technologies used for real-time collaboration applications, such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and Telepresence, require LAN switch networks to provide reliable, intelligent, high-speed connectivity among users, applications, and communication systems.

A Cisco Catalyst LAN switch can enhance your network in several ways:

• Integrate security to protect, mitigate, and recover from network attacks
• Ensure network availability to maximize uptime and deliver steady support for real-time applications
• Simplify management of network switches to facilitate network configuration, troubleshooting, and management and reduce operating costs
• Optimize application performance to deliver high-performance connectivity for voice and data communications and make the network more adaptable
• Provide a wide range of models (including stackable, standalone, and modular) and technologies, including 10 Gigabit Ethernet, application acceleration, and firewall or intrusion detection system (IDS)