Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series switches

Cisco Systems announces the end-of-sale and end-of-life dates for the Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series switches. The last day to order Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series switches is May 2, 2006. Customers with active service contracts will continue to receive support from the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) until May 2, 2011.

The Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switch is a stackable, multilayer switch that provides high availability, quality of service (QoS), and security to enhance network operations. With a range of Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet configurations, the Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series is a powerful option for enterprise and metro access applications.

Customers can deploy industry-leading intelligent services, such as advanced QoS, rate limiting, Cisco security access control lists, multicast management, and high-performance IP routing, and maintain the simplicity of traditional LAN switching.