Designed to significantly reduce cable complexity, the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP offers HP c-Class BladeSystem customers an integrated switching solution with impressive availability, quality of service, and security.


Ongoing operations are made easier through an all-inclusive Cisco management framework. The Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP also lowers space requirements by making the best use of rack space, enhances management at the server edge with Cisco management framework, and delivers security with Cisco IOS Software security features.

Cisco Catalyst 3020 Features: 

WS-CBS3020-HPQ:

    • Sixteen internal 1000BASE ports connected to servers through the c-Class BladeSystem backplane
    • One Fast Ethernet connection to the HP Enclosure Onboard Administrator
    • One external console port

Up to eight external Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports:

    • Four external dual-media Ethernet interfaces. Interfaces can be either 1000BASE-SX Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) or 10/100/1000BASE-T ports. The SFP cage supports Gigabit Ethernet Fiber short-wavelength SFP modules from Cisco Systems.
    • Four additional external 10/100/1000BASE-T ports. Two of these ports can be configured to provide an internal crossover connection to an associated additional Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020.

HP 410916-B21

  • Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP c-Class BladeSystem

Vibrant offers complete configurations as well as individual parts and upgrades for this model. For pricing on new or used Cisco Catalyst switches, upgrades or parts, please contact Vibrant sales at sales@vibrant.com or call 888-443-8606 or 952-653-1700.