Cisco Catalyst C1300-48FP-4X Ethernet Switch C130048FP4X

Critical building block for any small to medium-sized office network

From connectivity to cloud applications, networking plays a crucial role in every business journey. Reliability, security, and affordability continue to be top of mind, while ongoing management and operations add complexity that takes time and resources. The Cisco Catalyst™ 1300 Series Switches are affordable, simple-to-use switches designed and built for small and medium-sized businesses. Managed through the Cisco® Business Dashboard and Cisco Business mobile app, the switch portfolio provides a simple and reliable experience.

Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series switches

The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches are fixed, managed, enterprise-class Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 switches designed for small and medium-sized business and branch offices. These simple, flexible, and secure switches are ideal for deployment out of the wiring closet. The Catalyst 1300 Series operates on customized Linux OS software, with an intuitive dashboard that simplifies network setup and advanced features that accelerate digital transformation, while pervasive security protects business-critical transactions. The 1300 Series switches provide the ideal combination of affordability and capabilities for small and medium-sized businesses and help you create a more efficient, better-connected workforce. When your business needs advanced networking features and security for the digital transformation, yet value is still a top consideration, you're ready for the Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches.

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 Catalyst 1300 Series Switches offer a solution to meet your needs. Possible deployment scenarios include:

• Secure office connectivity: The 1300 Series switches can simply and securely connect employees working in small offices with each other and with all of the servers, printers, and other networking devices they use. High performance and reliable connectivity help speed file transfers and data processing, improve network uptime, and keep your employees connected and productive.
• Unified communications: As a managed network solution, the 1300 Series switches provide the performance and advanced traffic-handling intelligence you need to deliver all communications and data over a single network. Cisco offers a complete portfolio of IP telephony and other unified communications products designed for businesses. The 1300 Series switches have been rigorously tested to help ensure easy integration and full compatibility with these and other products, providing a complete business solution.
• Highly secure guest connectivity: The 1300 Series switches let you extend highly secure network connectivity to guests in a variety of settings, such as a hotel, an office waiting room, or any other area open to nonemployee users. Using powerful but easy-to-configure security and traffic segmentation capabilities, you can isolate your vital business traffic from guest services and keep guests' network sessions private from each other.

Features and benefits

The Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series Switches provide the advanced feature set that growing businesses require and that high-bandwidth applications and technologies demand. They provide the following benefits.

Ease of management and deployment

The 1300 Series switches are designed to be easy to use and manage by commercial customers or the partners that serve them, including the following features: