Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E 8-Port UPOE Industrial DIN-Rail Switch with 2x 10G SFP+ Uplinks, Network Essentials

The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E provides UPOE and 802.3bt (Type 3 and Type 4) power on its eight copper access ports, delivering up to 60 W and 90 W per port from a 480 W system budget. It supports Perpetual PoE, which keeps endpoints powered through a switch reload, and Fast PoE, which delivers power before the operating system finishes booting. The 480 W budget is shared across all powered ports, so device count depends on each endpoint's draw.

The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E has two 1G/10G SFP+ uplink ports, which accept both 1-Gigabit SFP and 10-Gigabit SFP+ optics. For industrial temperature ranges Cisco offers ruggedized (RGD) SFP and SFP+ optics; using non-industrial optics derates the switch's operating temperature. Specific transceiver compatibility should be verified against Cisco's transceiver compatibility matrix for this platform. Transceivers are sold separately.

No. The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E does not support stacking, and the IE3300 Rugged Series has no stacking technology. Multiple units are managed as individual switches. Redundancy is built at the network layer using Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP), Fast REP, or Media Redundancy Protocol (MRP) ring topologies, and at the hardware layer using the switch's dual redundant DC power inputs.

The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E operates from -40 °C to +70 °C in a vented enclosure, from -40 °C to +60 °C in a sealed enclosure, and from -40 °C to +75 °C in a blower-equipped enclosure. It is fanless and convection-cooled with no moving parts, mounts on a DIN rail, and is powered by dual redundant DC inputs (9.6 to 60 VDC; 48 VDC is required for PoE and 54 VDC for PoE+ and 4PPoE). Storage temperature is -40 °C to +85 °C and operating altitude is up to 15,000 feet. It is hardened against vibration, shock, surge, and electrical noise.

The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E and IE-3300-8U2X-A are the same hardware, with eight copper access ports, two 1G/10G SFP+ uplinks, and identical performance, and differ only in license tier. The IE-3300-8U2X-E ships with perpetual Network Essentials, which covers Layer 2 switching with inter-VLAN and IPv4 static routing. The IE-3300-8U2X-A ships with perpetual Network Advantage, which adds full dynamic routing (OSPF, BGP, RIP, IS-IS, EIGRP, PBR, VRRP, and HSRP for IPv4 and IPv6), PIM multicast, VRF-lite, and MACsec-256. Choose the IE-3300-8U2X-E when Layer 2 and static routing are sufficient.

The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E is a Layer 3 switch. With its perpetual Network Essentials license it performs inter-VLAN routing and IPv4 static routing, but it does not run dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP, or EIGRP. For full dynamic routing on the same hardware, the Network Advantage IE-3300-8U2X-A carries those protocols and the 3,000 IPv4 route scale.

No. The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E runs on its perpetual Network Essentials license indefinitely, and no subscription is required for it to operate. Cisco offers optional, separately purchased Cisco Catalyst Center Essentials or Advantage licenses that add discovery, assurance, analytics, and automation; the Catalyst Center Advantage tier also requires the switch to carry Network Advantage. These Catalyst Center licenses are management add-ons, are not mandatory, and do not change the switch's network feature tier.

No. Cisco has not published a hardware End-of-Sale or End-of-Life notice for the Catalyst IE3300 Rugged Series or the IE-3300-8U2X-E. The published end-of-life notices for the series cover specific Cisco IOS XE software releases and the 4GB SD card accessory, not the switch hardware, so the IE-3300-8U2X-E remains an actively available product. It carries a five-year limited hardware warranty from Cisco.

The Cisco Catalyst IE-3300-8U2X-E is sold new and factory-sealed. It is covered by a Network Devices Inc. one-year warranty and a 30-day return policy.