WAN edge and branch switches
WAN edge and branch switches serve the small sites at the edge of the network: modest port counts, PoE for phones and access points, and simple uplinks toward the WAN router. These are the families SKUit's vendors position for branch and edge deployments.
1 vendor · 3 product families · 35 platforms
Cisco
3 families Cisco positions for this role
- Catalyst 9200Entry-level
Entry-level access — fixed configuration, simple deployment, midmarket and branch
- Catalyst 9200CXEntry-level
Compact / fanless desktop form factor of the Catalyst 9200 family — access layer for space-constrained sites (retail, hospitality, education, financial branches).
- Catalyst 9200L
Fixed-uplink member of the Catalyst 9200 family (C9200 modular / C9200L fixed / C9200CX compact) — 24- and 48-port 1G and mGig campus and branch access, ordered data-only, PoE+, or reduced-PoE-budget. Uplinks are built in, not field-swappable: 4x1G, 4x1/10G, or 2x1/10/25G. StackWise-80 (80 Gbps, up to 8 members, C9200L-STACK-KIT) where the modular C9200 has StackWise-160. Cisco IOS XE on UADP; CLI, Catalyst Center, or Meraki dashboard monitoring.
Other roles
The same catalog, by the job the switch does
- Top-of-rack switchesServer-facing leaf switches for the data centre rack
- Spine switchesSpine and super-spine switches for the data-centre fabric
- Campus access switchesWiring-closet switches for users, phones and access points
- Campus distribution switchesAggregation switches between the wiring closets and the core
- Small business switchesCompact switches for small offices and small campuses
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