Cisco C1300-48P-4X — Catalyst 1300 Series 48-Port PoE+ Switch with 4× 10G SFP+ Uplinks
What it is
C1300-48P-4X is a Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series managed switch designed for small and midsize businesses that need a large number of powered Gigabit Ethernet ports plus high-speed fiber uplinks.
It provides 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T PoE+ ports for phones, wireless access points, cameras, and other powered devices, along with 4 × 10 Gigabit SFP+ uplinks for fast connections to servers, aggregation switches, or the network core. The switch has a 370W PoE power budget.
Why buyers pick C1300-48P-4X (plain English)
48 powered access ports: A full 48-port switch lets you connect and power a large number of phones, APs, cameras, and wired devices from one rack unit.
10G uplinks built in: Four SFP+ uplinks provide much more headroom than 1G uplinks, which is especially useful when many access ports are active at once.
370W PoE budget: Enough power for many typical PoE and PoE+ endpoints without needing separate injectors or power adapters.
Layer 3 capability: The Catalyst 1300 family supports both Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing features, making it more capable than a basic unmanaged or smart switch.
Good fit below Catalyst 9000: Buyers who want Cisco-managed switching and 10G uplinks without the cost or complexity of Catalyst 9200/9300 often choose this platform.
60-second spec box (C1300-48P-4X)
Access / downlink ports
- 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45
- PoE / PoE+
- Up to 30W per port on supported devices
Uplinks
- 4 × 10 Gigabit SFP+
- Suitable for fiber or compatible DAC/transceiver connections
- Fixed uplink configuration
PoE
- 370W total PoE power budget
- Supports IEEE 802.3af PoE
- Supports IEEE 802.3at PoE+
Performance
- 176 Gbps switching capacity
- Approx. 130.94 Mpps forwarding rate
- Wire-speed switching architecture
Switching / routing
- Managed Layer 2 and Layer 3
- VLANs
- QoS
- STP / RSTP / MSTP
- Link aggregation / LACP
- ACLs
- IPv4 / IPv6 support
- Static and dynamic routing features
- IGMP snooping
- DHCP features
Management
- Cisco web-based management interface
- CLI
- SSH
- SNMP
- Centralized management options
Physical
- Rack-mountable
- 1RU
- Approx. 444.3 × 350 × 43.94 mm
- Internal AC power supply
Where it fits (and when to choose something else)
Perfect for:
- Medium-size offices
- IP phone deployments
- Wi-Fi access points
- Security camera networks
- Branch-office access switching
- Networks needing 10G uplinks without Catalyst 9000 pricing
Choose something else if:
- You only need 1G uplinks → choose C1300-48P-4G
- You need a larger PoE budget → choose C1300-48FP-4X
- You need multigigabit access ports → choose C1300-48MGP-4X
- You need advanced enterprise campus features and IOS XE → move to Catalyst 9200 / 9300
TL;DR
C1300-48P-4X is a 48-port Cisco Catalyst managed PoE+ switch with 4× 10G SFP+ uplinks, a 370W PoE budget, and 176 Gbps switching capacity — a strong choice for offices, APs, phones, cameras, and other high-density PoE access deployments.
