Combining 10/100/1000 and Power over Ethernet (PoE) configurations with upgradeable 1 Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks,

Cisco EnergyWise to measure, report and reduce energy usage across the entire organization

TwinGig converter module for migrating uplinks from 1 Gigabit Ethernet (SFP) to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (X2)

Configurations with up to 20 watts (Class 3) of PoE on all 48 ports

StackWise Plus for ease of use and resiliency with 128Gbps stacking

Field replaceable and upgradable power supplies and fan tray

Wire rate performance with 68 Gbps nonblocking switching fabric

Multicast routing, IPv6 routing, and access control list in hardware

Out-of-band Ethernet management port along with RS-232 console port.