Easy-to-Use Managed Switches that Provide the Ideal Combination of Features and Affordability

To stay ahead in a competitive marketplace small businesses need to make every dollar count. That means getting the most value from your technology investments but it also means making sure that employees have fast reliable access to the business tools and information they need. Every minute an employee waits for an unresponsive application - and every minute your network is down - has an impact on your bottom line. The importance of maintaining a strong and dependable business network only grows as your business adds more employees applications and network complexity.

When your business needs advanced security and features but value is still a top consideration you're ready for the new generation of Cisco^® Small Business managed switches: the Cisco 300 Series.

Cisco 300 Series Switches

The Cisco 300 Series part of the Cisco Small Business line of network solutions is a portfolio of affordable managed switches that provides a reliable foundation for your business network. These switches deliver the features you need to improve the availability of your critical business applications protect your sensitive information and optimize your network bandwidth to deliver information and applications more effectively. Easy to set up and use the Cisco 300 Series provides the ideal combination of affordability and capabilities for small businesses and helps you create a more efficient better-connected workforce.

The Cisco 300 Series is broad portfolio of fixed-configuration managed Ethernet switches. Models are available with 8 to 48 ports of Fast Ethernet and 10 to 52 ports of Gigabit Ethernet connectivity providing optimal flexibility to create exactly the right network foundation for your business. However unlike other small business switching solutions that provide managed network capabilities only in the costliest models all Cisco 300 Series Switches support the advanced security management capabilities and network features you need to support business-class data voice security and wireless technologies. At the same time these switches are simple to deploy and configure allowing you to take advantage of the managed network services your business needs.

Business Applications

Whether you need a basic high-performance network to connect employee computers or a solution to deliver data voice and video services the Cisco 300 Series offers a solution to meet your needs. Possible deployment scenarios include:

• Secure desktop connectivity: Cisco 300 Series Switches can simply and securely connect employees working in small offices with each other and with all of the servers printers and other devices they use. High performance and reliable connectivity helps speed file transfers and data processing improves network uptime and keeps your employees connected and productive.
  
  
• Secure Wireless connectivity: With its advanced Security features Power over Ethernet Auto Smartports QoS VLAN and Access Control features the Cisco 300 Series Switches are the perfect foundation to add Business Grade wireless to an SMB network.

• SF300-24PP 24-port 10 100 PoE+ Managed Switch with Gig Uplinks
• Power Cord
• Mounting Kit
• Serial Cable
• CD-ROM with User Documentation (PDF)
• Quick Start Guide