| Stratix 2000 Unmanaged Switch | Stratix 2500 Lightly Managed Switch | |
| Ports | 4...16 | 5, 8 |
| Fiber Ports (Maximum) | 2 | 0 |
| Gig Ports (Maximum) | 6 | 0 |
| Redundant Power Inputs | ✓ | — |
| STP, RSTP, MTSP Resiliency Protocols | — | ✓ |
| EtherChannel (Link Aggregation) | — | ✓ |
| MAC ID Port Security, Crypto (SSH, SNMP), HTTPS Access | — | ✓ |
| Port Thresholds (Storm Control) | — | ✓ |
| Port Mirroring | — | ✓ |
| CIP Interface (Studio 5000 AOP and Faceplate) | — | ✓ |
| VLANS | — | ✓ |