What is the difference between WS-C2960S-24TS-S and WS-C2960S-24TS-L?

We often get asked: what is the difference between WS-C2960S-24TS-S and WS-C2960S-24TS-L? Just looking at those cryptic part numbers and only one letter difference, many customers may gloss over it and go with whichever is cheaper. However, just one letter difference can mean some important features in a particular situation may be left out. Here is our engineer’s answers.

First of all, the TS-L stands for LAN, and the TS-S stands for LAN lite. The primary difference between two can be seen in this handy chart.

WS-C2960S-24TS-L WS-C2960S-24TS-S
Up-gradable to LAN Base? N/A No. The feature set is bound to the hardware model. To get the features and capabilities of LAN Base, you must purchase a LAN Base switch.
IPv6 Support Yes No
Redundant Power Supply Yes, using Cisco’s RPS 2300 No
SFP Ports 4x 1G 2x 1G

In addition to these more common differences, there are also some less revealing differences. The LAN Base switches has these advantages over the Lan Lite version:

  • Enhanced security with Layer 2 through 4 access control lists (ACLs), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) snooping, and more extensive Network Admission Control (NAC) capabilities such as web authentication and 802.1X enhancements
  • Additional quality of service (QoS) capabilities: The LAN Base software supports policing, class and policy maps, security ACLs, differentiated services code point (DSCP), AutoQoS, and configurable queue weights, buffers, and thresholds
  • Higher network-level availability with features such as FlexLink and link state tracking
  • Increased number of VLANs (256) and other enhancements, such as IPv6 host, Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping, Link Layer Discovery Protocol Media Endpoint Devices (LLDP-MED), Remote SPAN (RSPAN), multicast VLAN registration (MVR), DHCP option 82, and IP SLA (responder)

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WS-C2960S-24TS-L
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