- 8x 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 2x 1G SFP and RJ-45 combo uplinks, with external PS.
- 8 Gigabit Ethernet with line-rate forwarding.
- 2 fixed 1 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP)/RJ-45 Combo uplinks.
- CLI and/or intuitive web UI manageability options.
- Network monitoring through sampled flow (sFlow).
- Security with 802.1X support for connected devices, Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN), and Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard.

Specifications
| Model | C1000-8T-E-2G-L |
| General | |
| Gigabit Ethernet / FE ports | 8 10/100/1000 RJ45 Data |
| Uplink interfaces | 2 SFP/ RJ-45 combo |
| Fanless | Y |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 10.56 x 7.28 x 1.73 inch |
| Weight | 1.55kg |
| RJ-45 Ethernet | 1 |
| USB mini-B | 1 |
| USB-A port for storage and Bluetooth console | 1 |
| Memory and processor | |
| CPU | ARM v7 800 MHz |
| DRAM | 512 MB |
| Flash memory | 256 MB |
| Performance | |
| Forwarding bandwidth | 10 Gbps |
| Switching bandwidth | 20 Gbps |
| Forwarding rate (64‑byte L3 packets) | 14.88 Mpps |
| MAC addresses | 16000 |
| IPv4 unicast direct routes | 542 |
| IPv4 unicast indirect routes | 256 |
| IPv6 unicast direct routes | 414 |
| IPv6 unicast indirect routes | 128 |
| IPv4 multicast routes and IGMP groups | 1024 |
| IPv6 multicast groups | 1024 |
| IPv4/MAC security ACEs | 600 |
| IPv6 security ACEs | 600 |
| Maximum active VLANs | 256 |
| VLAN IDs available | 4094 |
| Maximum STP instances | 64 |
| Maximum SPAN sessions | 4 |
| MTU-L3 packet | 9198 bytes |
| Jumbo Ethernet frame | 10,240 bytes |
| Dying Gasp | Yes |
| MTBF in hours | 1,706,649 |