The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family of switches (including Cat9500, Cat9400 & Cat9300) are next-generation enterprise switches purpose-built for a new era in intent-based networking with full fabric control with Cisco DNA™ and Software-Defined Access (SD-Access).
These switches deliver industry-leading performance and functionality, with up to a 10x performance upgrade at similar prices. Built around the completely programmable Cisco Unified Access™ Data Plane (UADP) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and running the newest converged operating system, open Cisco IOS® XE, these switches showcase significant Cisco innovations in advanced security, mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), and the cloud.
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 switching family also offers the new Cisco ONE™ subscription-based software licenses, allowing customers to purchase the features and capabilities they need.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Switches
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches are our lead fixed-core and aggregation enterprise switching platforms built for security, mobility, IoT, and cloud. They are the industry’s leading purpose-built 25, 40 and 100 Gbps switches targeted for the enterprise campus, delivering unmatched table scales (MAC, route, and ACL) and buffering for enterprise applications.
- Offers up to 6.4 Tbps nonblocking with a wide range of port densities, including 100 Gbps (QSFP28) and 40 Gbps (QSFP+) and 25 (SFP28) and 10 Gbps (SFP+)
- Supports advanced routing and infrastructure services (Multiprotocol Label Switching [MPLS] Layer 2 and 3 VPNs, Multicast VPN [MVPN], Network Address Translation [NAT]), SD-Access border capabilities, and network system virtualization with Cisco StackWise® Virtual technology
- Supports all the foundational high availability capabilities such as patching, Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR), Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/ SSO), redundant platinum-rated power supplies, and fans Protected by the Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty (E-LLW)
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Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series is the lead modular enterprise switching access and aggregation platform built for security, mobility, IoT, and cloud. These switches form the foundational building block for Cisco DNA and SD-Access – Cisco’s lead enterprise intent-based architecture.
- Provides unparalleled investment protection with a chassis architecture that is capable of supporting up to 9 Tbps system bandwidth and unmatched power delivery for high-density IEEE 802.3bt (60W Power over Ethernet [PoE]) Optimized for enterprise with an innovative dual serviceable fan-tray design and side-to-side airflow, and is crammed closet friendly with a ~16-inch depth
- Can scale up to 384 access ports with a choice of Multigigabit, 1 Gbps copper, 10 Gbps SFP+, and Cisco Universal Power Over Ethernet (Cisco UPOE®) and Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) options, as well as flexible uplink support for 1 Gbps, Multigigabit, 10 Gbps, and 40 Gbps, and .25 Gbps ready
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Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series is Cisco’s lead stackable enterprise access switching platform built for security, mobility, IoT, and cloud and is the next generation of the industry’s most widely deployed switching platform.
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches are the industry’s first optimized platform for 802.11ax and 802.11ac Wave 2, with support for 1G/2.5G/5G/10G Multigigabit downlinks, Cisco UPOE, and PoE+
- Provides support for the highest density of 802.11ax and 802.11ac Wave 2 access points.
- Offers the most flexible uplink architecture with support for 1 Gbps, Multigigabit, 10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, and 40 Gbps
- Offers a choice of Multigigabit (including 2.5, 5 and 10 Gbps), 5 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, and 1 Gbps copper Ethernet switches with 80 Gbps uplink bandwidth and the industry leading 480 Gbps stacking bandwidth solution. StackWise Virtual technology provides flexibility of deployment for the platform, with support for the best NSF/SSO resiliency architecture for a stackable solution (sub-50 ms)
- Only switching platform in the industry with supportfront- and back-panel stacking, optimizing it for a variety of deployments
- Protected by the Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty (E-LLW)
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