The Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series provides capabilities that ideally suited to support the convergence of wired and wireless access. The new Cisco Unified Access Data^™ Plane (UADP) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) powers the switch and enables uniform wired-wireless policy enforcement, application visibility, flexibility, and application optimization. This convergence is built on the resilience of the new and improved Cisco StackWise^®-480 technology.

The Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches support full IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+), Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet (Cisco UPOE), modular and field-replaceable network modules, RJ45 and fiber-based downlink interfaces, and redundant fans and power supplies.

Product Overview

●   Integrated wireless controller capability with:

◦     Up to 40G of wireless capacity per switch (48-port RJ45 models)

◦     Support for up to 100 access points and 2000 wireless clients on each switching entity (switch or stack)

●   24 and 48 10/100/1000Mbps data PoE+ and Cisco UPOE models with energy-efficient Ethernet (EEE)

●   24 and 48 100Mbps/1/2.5/5/10 Gbps Cisco UPOE models with energy-efficient Ethernet (EEE)

●   12- and 24-port 1 Gigabit Ethernet SFP-based models

●   12- and 24-port 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+-based models

●   48-port 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ model with 4 fixed 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ uplinks

●   Cisco StackWise-480 technology provides scalability and resiliency with 480 Gbps of stack throughput^[1]

●   Cisco StackPower^™ technology provides power stacking among stack members for power redundancy¹

●   Five optional uplink modules^[2] with 4 x Gigabit Ethernet, 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 4 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet^[3], 8 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet4, or 2 x 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+^[4] ports

●   Dual redundant, modular power supplies and three modular fans providing redundancy

●   Full IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) with 30W power on all copper ports in 1 rack unit (RU) form factor

●   Cisco UPOE with 60W power per port in 1 rack unit (RU) form factor

●   IEEE 802.3bz (2.5/5 G/s BASE-T) to go beyond 1 Gb/s with existing Cat5e and Cat6

●   IEEE 802.1ba AV Bridging (AVB) built-in to provide better AV experience for including improved time synchronization and QoS

●   Software support for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast routing, modular quality of service (QoS), Flexible NetFlow (FNF), and enhanced security features

●   Single universal Cisco IOS^® Software image across all license levels, providing an easy upgrade path for software features

●   DNA services delivered through Cisco ONE^™ Software, providing simplified, high-value solutions with license portability and flexibility

●   Support for AES-256 with the powerful MACSEC 256-bit for SFP+ and mGig models and 128-bit  encryption algorithm available on all models

●   Enhanced limited lifetime warranty (E-LLW) with next business day (NBD) advance hardware replacement and 90-day access to Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support