ALSO CALLED: Layer Switching DEFINITION: Layer 4 switches control traffic through the use of policies or filters using layer 4 or transport layer protocol port IDs to differentiate and act upon application-specific traffic.
DATA SHEET: Posted: 28 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
SUMMARY:
The Cisco® Catalyst® 3560 Series is a line of fixed-configuration, enterprise-class switches that include IEEE 802.3af and Cisco prestandard Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionality in Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet configuration.
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