The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series Switches WS-C2960S-48FPS-L is distinguished with WS-C2960S-48LPS-L with their PoE capability, for its Full PoE function provides 740W PoE Power total with 24 ports up to 30W per switch ports or 48 ports up to 15.4W per switch port, while WS-C2960S-48LPS-L can provide only half PoE Power. After this, these two models share a similar datasheet with 4 One Gigabit Ethernet SFP uplink ports and optional Cisco FlexStack stacking support 20 Gbps of throughput. 

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Series is ideal for:
• Deploying cost-effective wired connectivity in traditional desktop workspace environments
• Implementing quality of service (QoS) to provide priority treatment of voice and critical business applications
• Enforcing basic security policies to limit access to the network and mitigate threats
• Reducing total cost of ownership through simplified operations and automation