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Cisco Catalyst 3850 48-Port UPoE Managed Switch WS-C3850-12X48U-S (12 mGig + 36 GbE) IP Base

Name: Cisco Catalyst 3850 48-Port UPoE Managed Switch WS-C3850-12X48U-S (12 mGig + 36 GbE) IP Base - Refurbished
Brand: Cisco
SKU: WS-C3850-12X48U-S
Price: 457.78 USD
Availability: InStock

$457.78 USD

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10-Year Warranty + Advance Replacement

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Description

Cisco WS-C3850-12X48U-S Catalyst 3850 48-Port UPoE Layer 3 Switch

Save up to 80% over new pricing on this enterprise-grade Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch — professionally refurbished, fully tested, and backed by Reef Telecom's industry-leading 10-year warranty. The WS-C3850-12X48U-S delivers 48 ports of high-density UPoE connectivity with 12 multigigabit ports supporting up to 10Gbps, ideal for 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless deployments and converged wired/wireless campus networks.

Key Specifications

Total Ports: 48 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet (12 multigigabit 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G + 36 Gigabit Ethernet)
PoE: Cisco UPOE — up to 60W per port, 630W PoE budget (1100W AC PSU included)
Performance: 472 Gbps switching capacity, 460 Mpps forwarding rate
Stacking: Cisco StackWise-480 — up to 480 Gbps stacking bandwidth, up to 9 switches
Layer 3: Full L3 managed switch with IP Base feature set
Memory: 4 GB DRAM, 2 GB Flash, 32K MAC address table
Uplinks: 1 network module slot (supports 4x1G, 2x10G, 4x10G SFP+ modules)
Form Factor: 1RU rack-mountable
Security: TrustSec, MACsec encryption, ACL support, DHCP snooping

Why Buy Refurbished from Reef Telecom?

10-Year Warranty — the longest in the industry
Every unit professionally inspected, tested, and certified
Same enterprise performance at a fraction of the cost
Ideal replacement for end-of-sale Catalyst 3850 deployments (successor: C9300-48UXM-A)

Ideal Use Cases

Deploy the WS-C3850-12X48U-S as an access or aggregation layer switch in enterprise campuses, branch offices, and data centers. Its UPoE support powers IP phones, wireless access points, security cameras, and other PoE devices directly through the network cable — reducing infrastructure complexity.