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Catalyst 9500 Series Switches Install and Upgrade Guides

Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series: Up to 6.4 Tbps/stack.

Cisco Catalyst 9500 Switches upgrade from: Cisco Catalyst 6880-X, 6840-X, 4500-X Series: 800 Gbps/stack; Catalyst 3850 Series fiber: 480 Gbps/stack;

Designed for security, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the cloud, Catalyst 9500 fixed-core switches are high-density building blocks for a next-generation, intent-based network.

The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series offers switch models with downlink ports of the following types:

16 and 32 ports of 100G QSFP28
12, 24 and 32 ports of 40G QSFP
24 and 48 ports of 25G SFP28
16, 24, 40 and 48 ports of 10G SFP/SFP28

Catalyst 9500

Catalyst 9500 100/40-G 32-port switches: C9500-32C, C9500-32QC	Catalyst 9500 25-G 24- and 48-port switches: C9500-24Y4C, C9500-48Y4C	Catalyst 9500 40-G 12- and 24-port switches: C9500-12Q, C9500-24Q	Catalyst 9500 1/10-G 16- and 40-port switches: C9500-16X, C9500-40X
32 ports of 100 G and 40 G with rich campus features Industry-first 100 G and 40 G enterprise-class switch High performance, QSFP+ Secure segmentation with SD-Access MPLS L2/L3 VPNs, MVPN; flexible design templates Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW)	24 and 48 ports of 25 G with rich campus features Cisco innovation extending SR reach to 300 million High performance, SFP28 Secure segmentation with SD-Access MPLS Level 2/3 VPNs, MVPN; flexible design templates Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW)	32 ports of 40 G with rich campus features QSFP+, 10/40 G uplinks Secure segmentation with SD-Access MPLS Level 2/3 VPNs, MVPN; flexible design templates Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW)	16 to 40 ports of 1/10 G with rich campus features SFP/SFP+, 8 x 1/10 G or 2 x 40 G uplinks Secure segmentation with SD-Access MPLS Level 2/3 VPNs, MVPN; flexible design templates Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW)

The Catalyst 9500 Series Switches provide support for the following features:

Uplink connectivity

Network modules with SFP and QSFP uplink ports that provide 10G and 40G connectivity on C9500-16X and C9500-40X switches.
Fixed QSFP uplink ports that support 40G/100G connectivity on C9500-24Y4C and C9500-48Y4C switches.

Advanced security capabilities like ETA, MACSec-256 and TrustWorthy systems.
IoT integration and policy-based automation from the edge to the cloud with SD-Access solution.
RJ-45 and USB Mini-Type B console ports.
Supports SATA SSD storage for container-based application hosting on select switch models.

Read the following Catalyst 9500 Series Switch Installation Guide