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The Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series XL switches are standalone, 10/100 auto-sensing Fast Ethernet Switches that combine outstanding performance with ease-of-use and integrated Cisco IOS software. Some features of this line include: • switch fabric of 3.2 Gbps, a forwarding rate of more than 3 million packets-per-second, and a maximum forwarding bandwidth of 1.6 Gbps, delivering wire-speed performance across all 10/100 ports • support for IEEE 802.1p protocol for prioritization of mission-critical and time-sensitive applications such as voice and telephony traffic • Cisco’s switch clustering technology enables up to 16 interconnected Catalyst 1900, 2900XL, and 3500 XL switches, regardless of geographical location, to form a single, flexible IP managed network • up to 250 port-based VLANs or ISL/802.1Q trunks • network port allows operation in networks with unlimited MAC addresses • auto configuration of multiple switches on a network from one boot server • up to 4 Gbps bandwidth between router, switches, and servers with Fast EtherChannel and Gigabit EtherChannel