Introduction

In today's hyperconnected world, reliable access to network resources is critical to all businesses. However, you also need to invest wisely to stay competitive, knowing how to separate the essential from the extraneous and get the most value for your dollar. While building a solid foundation for your business network infrastructure is essential, it doesn’t mean you need the most advanced feature set on the market.

For businesses requiring high performance, advanced security, and rich manageability from the network, fully managed switches are an excellent choice. However, they also typically come with high price tags. Smart switches provide the right level of network features and capabilities for growing businesses at an affordable price, so you’ll have more dollars to put toward growing your business.

With Cisco® Business 250 Series Smart Switches, you can achieve enterprise-grade network performance and security without paying for advanced network features that you will not use. When you need a reliable solution to share online resources and connect computers, phones, and wireless access points, Cisco Business 250 Series Smart Switches provide the ideal solution at an affordable pricing point.

The Cisco Business 250 Series is the next generation of affordable smart switches that combine powerful network performance and reliability with a complete suite of the network features you need for a solid business network. These powerful Gigabit Ethernet switches, with Gigabit or 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks, provide multiple management options, sophisticated security capabilities, and fine-tuned Quality of Service (QoS) and Layer 3 static routing features far beyond those of an unmanaged or consumer-grade switch, at a lower cost than for fully managed switches. And with an easy-to-use web user interface and Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) capability, you can deploy and configure a complete business network in minutes.

Management features

Switch type

Managed

Switch layer

L2/L3

Quality of Service (QoS) support

Yes

Web-based management

Yes

Cloud-managed

Yes

ARP inspection

Yes

Configuring Location Settings (CLI)

Yes

MIB support

Y

Ports & interfaces

Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity

24

Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type

Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)

SFP module slots quantity

4

USB 2.0 ports quantity

1

Network

Networking standards

IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ad, IEEE 802.1af, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3u

Port mirroring

Yes

Flow control support

Yes

Broadcast storm control

Yes

Auto MDI/MDI-X

Yes

Spanning tree protocol

Yes

Head-of-line (HOL) blocking

Yes

Ethernet LAN data rates

1000 Mbit/s

VLAN support

Yes

Number of VLANs

255

Data transmission

MAC address table

8000 entries

Jumbo frames support

Yes

Jumbo frames

9000

Security

DHCP features

DHCP relay, DHCPv6 client

Access Control List (ACL)

Yes

Access Control List (ACL) rules

512

IGMP snooping

Yes

Security algorithms

HTTPS, SSH, SSL/TLS

MAC address filtering

Yes

SSH/SSL support

Yes

Password protection

Yes

Multicast features

Multicast support

Yes

Protocols

Management protocols

SNMP

Design

Rack mounting

Yes

Product colour

Silver

Reset button

Yes

LED indicators

Yes

Performance

Built-in processor

Yes

Processor frequency

800 MHz

Internal memory

512 MB

Flash memory

256 MB

Firmware upgradeable

Yes

Power

Power supply included

Yes

AC input voltage

110 - 240 V

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

-5 - 50 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-25 - 70 °C

Operating relative humidity (H-H)

10 - 90%

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

10 - 90%

Logistics data

Harmonized System (HS) code

85176990