Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE 16-Port PoE/4PPoE IP67 M12 Industrial Switch, Network Essentials

The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE provides PoE and PoE+ on its twelve Gigabit M12 ports and 802.3bt 4PPoE on its two multigigabit ports, from a 240 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 budget is shared across powered ports, so device count depends on each endpoint draw.

The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE has two 1G/10G SFP ports, which accept both 1-Gigabit SFP and 10-Gigabit SFP+ optics; its other ports are fixed M12 copper. For industrial temperature ranges Cisco offers ruggedized (RGD) optics; using non-industrial optics derates the operating temperature. Specific transceiver compatibility should be verified against Cisco's transceiver compatibility matrix for this platform. Transceivers are sold separately.

The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE is rated IP66 and IP67, meaning it is dust-tight and protected against water submersion, so it can be wall-mounted directly in harsh environments without a housing cabinet. It uses M12 connectors (X-coded for Gigabit, D-coded for Fast Ethernet, and a mini-change connector for power), is fanless and convection-cooled, and operates from -40 °C to +75 °C with airflow. It is powered by a single DC input.

No. The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE does not support stacking, and it has a single power input rather than dual redundant power supplies. Multiple units are managed as individual switches. Network-layer resiliency is supported through REP and MRP. DLR is supported only on IE3505H variants, not on IE-3500H models. The HSR and PRP lossless-redundancy protocols are available on the separate IE3505H variants, not on the IE-3500H models.

The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE and IE-3500H-12P2MU2XA are the same IP67 M12 hardware and identical performance, and differ only in license tier. Both are Layer 3 switches that route with OSPF, OSPFv3, RIP, and policy-based routing. The IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE ships with perpetual Network Essentials. The IE-3500H-12P2MU2XA ships with perpetual Network Advantage, which adds BGP, IS-IS, EIGRP, and HSRP routing, VRF-lite, SGT/SGACL Cisco TrustSec segmentation, and MACsec-256. SD-Access Fabric Edge is planned to be supported with a future Cisco IOS XE release. Choose the IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE when OSPF or RIP routing is sufficient and TrustSec segmentation and SD-Access fabric are not required.

Yes. The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE is a Layer 3 switch at the Network Essentials tier: it runs OSPF, OSPFv3, RIP, and policy-based routing along with inter-VLAN and static routing, and holds up to 7,000 IPv4 routes. Advanced protocols such as BGP, IS-IS, and EIGRP and Cisco TrustSec segmentation require the Network Advantage IE-3500H-12P2MU2XA.

No. The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE runs on its perpetual Network Essentials license indefinitely, and no subscription is required to operate. The switch runs on a perpetual Network Essentials license. Cisco Cyber Vision and Secure Equipment Access licensing is not included as part of the Network Essentials tier. Optional Cisco Catalyst Center licenses add discovery, assurance, and automation; the Catalyst Center Advantage tier also requires Network Advantage. These are management add-ons and do not change the switch network feature tier.

No. The Cisco IE3500 Heavy Duty Series is a newly introduced product, and Cisco has published no End-of-Sale or End-of-Life notice for the series or the IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE. It is a current-generation switch running Cisco IOS XE and carries a five-year limited hardware warranty from Cisco.

The Cisco IE3500H IE-3500H-12P2MU2XE is sold new and factory-sealed. It is covered by a Network Devices Inc. one-year warranty and a 30-day return policy.