The Cisco WS-C3850-16XS-S switch is designed to cater to businesses looking for a seamless integration of wired and wireless networks. It is an essential purchase for numerous reasons. Firstly, it is equipped with the Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) ASIC, which enhances the control and flexibility over the network, ensuring all devices adhere to uniform policies and providing excellent visibility of applications traversing the network.
This switch is part of the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series, which is well-known for its reliability and integrative approach to network infrastructure. With convergence capabilities, it allows organizations to streamline their operations, ensuring that both wired and wireless connections are managed as a single entity. This eliminates the complexity and possible compatibility issues between two separate networks, providing simpler management and improved productivity.
The inclusion of Cisco StackWise-480 technology offers another layer of efficiency and resiliency. This innovative feature allows for the stacking of up to nine switches, simplifying the expansion of network capacity as demand grows, without the need for extensive disruption to the existing setup.
Moreover, the switch has an impressive switching capacity of 320 Gbps, which means it can handle large amounts of data transfer without any performance degradation. This capacity is crucial for businesses with heavy data throughput requirements, ensuring that operations remain smooth and uninterrupted.
In terms of long-term investment, the IP Base feature set that comes with the WS-C3850-16XS-S is eligible for a software upgrade to more feature-rich versions, protecting the initial capital investment and enabling the addition of new services without hardware upgrades.
All these features, combined with the backing of Cisco’s renowned support and reputation, make the WS-C3850-16XS-S an intelligent choice for organizations looking to future-proof their network infrastructure and ensure scalable, secure, and unified connectivity.
Cisco WS-C3850-16XS-S supports 12 SFP+ port stackable model, with C3850-NM-4-10G module and 350WAC power supply. 1 RU, and IP Base feature set. Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series provides capabilities that ideally suited to support the convergence of wired and wireless access. The new Cisco Unified Access Data™ Plane (UADP) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) powers the switch and enables uniform wired-wireless policy enforcement, application visibility, flexibility, and application optimization. This convergence is built on the resilience of the new and improved Cisco StackWise®-480 technology.
Quick Specs
Table 1 shows the Quick Specs.
Product Code |
WS-C3850-16XS-S |
Enclosure Type |
1 RU |
Feature Set |
IP Base |
Ports |
12 SFP+ ports and 4 10G SFP ports (C3850-NM-4-10G) |
Network Module |
Shipped with C3850-NM-4-10G module |
RAM |
4GB |
Flash Memory |
4GB |
Switching capacity |
320 Gbps |
Dimension |
Width: 17.5 in Depth: 17.7 in Height: 1.8 in |
The Accessories
Table 2 shows some recommended accessories of this switch.
Models |
Description |
L-LIC-CTIOS-1A |
1 AP Adder License for the IOS based Wireless Controller (e-delivery) |
STACK-T1-50CM= |
Cisco StackWise-480 50cm stacking cable for Cisco Catalyst 3850 series switch |
PWR-C1-350WAC/2 |
Cisco 3850 Series Secondary Power Supply PWR-C1-350WAC/2 350W AC Config 1 Secondary Power Supply |
PWR-C1-715WAC/2 |
Cisco 3850 Series Secondary Power Supply PWR-C1-715WAC/2 715W AC Config 1 Secondary Power Supply |
PWR-C1-1100WAC/2= |
Cisco 3850 Series Secondary Power Supply PWR-C1-1100WAC/2 1100W AC Config 1 Secondary Power Supply |
Compare to Similar Item
Table 3 shows the comparison.
Product Code |
WS-C3850-16XS-S |
WS-C3850-12XS-S |
Enclosure Type |
1 RU |
1 RU |
Feature Set |
IP Base |
IP Base |
Ports |
12 SFP+ ports and 4 10G SFP ports (C3850-NM-4-10G) |
12 x 10/100/1000 10G SFP+ Optical ports |
Network Module |
Shipped with C3850-NM-4-10G module |
C3850-NM-4-10G (Needed to buy separately) |
RAM |
4GB |
4GB |
Flash Memory |
4GB |
4GB |
Switching capacity |
320 Gbps |
320 Gbps |
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