The Catalyst 4912G is the flagship product of the new Catalyst 4900 Series, which delivers fixed configuration enterprise platforms providing cost-effective, high performance solutions for Gigabit networking. G is a fixed configuration Layer 2 Ethernet switch with 12 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Designed to easily handle the most demanding network bandwidth situations, with intelligent EtherChannel that scales to 8 Gbps.
Gigabit interfaces depending on network configuration requirements.
G supports the full set of features found in enterprise Catalyst System Software. Small Form Factor Break-Through The Catalyst 4912G form factor continues the trend of power in a small package. The switch comes with a small footprint that is only 1.5 Rack Units high. Network managers can walk up to any browser console, simply identify who they are via the access control interface, and immediately begin checking on the up-time of each device, the active software versions that are running the Catalyst 4912G, and print a year 2000 compliant report. This object-based discovery system offers detailed information on the location and type of each switch within the network, the type of links that connect the switches together, and displays integrity reports on the configurations between each switch.