By Rohit Kumar
Publication Date: 2026-01-28 18:41:00
Today, we are doing something we have not done since our 2019 Cisco UCS C4200 review: we are reviewing a Cisco product. The Cisco Catalyst C1300-8FP-2G is the company’s managed 1GbE switch that offers PoE+ capabilities, a CLI, a web management interface, and much more. We are taking this one for a spin. It is one of the lower-cost C1300 switches, but it is also very different from the ultra-low-cost switches we have seen. We are generally going to focus on 10G options next in the C1300/ C1300X stack, but we wanted to start with this one.
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Cisco Catalyst C1300-8FP-2G External Hardware Overview
First off, this is a 1U rackmountable switch. At this point, you might think it is just a standard-looking 1U switch box, but give it a few seconds.
On the front, we have many ways to get to a CLI, because this is a Cisco switch….
