Cisco C1300-48P-4G — Catalyst 1300 Series 48-Port PoE+ Switch with 4× 1G SFP Uplinks
What it is
C1300-48P-4G is a Cisco Catalyst 1300 Series managed switch designed for small and midsize businesses that need a high-density PoE access switch with straightforward Gigabit fiber uplinks.
It provides 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T PoE+ ports for phones, wireless access points, cameras, and other powered devices, plus 4 × 1 Gigabit SFP uplinks for connections back to aggregation or core switches.
Why buyers pick C1300-48P-4G (plain English)
48 PoE+ ports: Connect and power a full rack of IP phones, access points, cameras, and other Ethernet devices from one switch.
Built-in fiber uplinks: Four 1G SFP ports make it easy to connect to other switches over fiber without using access ports.
370W PoE budget: Provides enough power for many typical PoE and PoE+ deployments without separate injectors.
Layer 3 capability: Supports routing as well as traditional Layer 2 switching, giving it more flexibility than basic smart switches.
Good value for business networks: Offers Cisco managed switching, security, VLANs, QoS, and routing features without moving up to a more expensive Catalyst 9000 platform.
60-second spec box (C1300-48P-4G)
Access / downlink ports
- 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45
- PoE / PoE+
- Up to 30W per port on supported devices
Uplinks
- 4 × 1 Gigabit SFP
- Fixed uplink configuration
- Suitable for fiber or compatible copper SFP transceivers
PoE
- 370W total PoE power budget
- IEEE 802.3af PoE
- IEEE 802.3at PoE+
Performance
- 104 Gbps switching capacity
- Approx. 77.38 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
- Static routing
- Dynamic routing features
- IGMP snooping
- DHCP features
Management
- Cisco web-based management
- CLI
- SSH
- SNMP
- Centralized Cisco management options
Physical
- Rack-mountable
- 1RU
- Internal AC power supply
- Active cooling
Where it fits (and when to choose something else)
Perfect for:
- Medium-size offices
- IP phone deployments
- Wireless access points
- Security camera networks
- Branch-office access switching
- Businesses needing lots of PoE ports with basic fiber uplinks
Choose something else if:
- You need 10G uplinks → choose C1300-48P-4X
- You need a larger PoE budget → consider C1300-48FP-4G or C1300-48FP-4X
- You don't need PoE → choose a non-PoE Catalyst 1300 model
- You need advanced enterprise campus features and IOS XE → move to Catalyst 9200 / 9300
TL;DR
C1300-48P-4G is a 48-port Cisco Catalyst managed PoE+ switch with 4× 1G SFP uplinks and a 370W PoE budget — ideal for offices, phones, APs, cameras, and general high-density PoE access networks.
