Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches has 16 common models. Each of them supports Network Essentials or Network Advantage IOS.
This table shows the details.
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Product Number |
IOS |
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24 port Switch |
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Network Essentials |
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Network Advantage |
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Network Essentials |
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Network Advantage |
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Network Essentials |
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Network Advantage |
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Network Essentials |
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Network Advantage |
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48 port Switch |
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Network Essentials |
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Network Advantage |
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Network Essentials |
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Network Advantage |
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Network Essentials |
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Network Advantage |
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C9300-48UXM-E |
Network Essentials |
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C9300-48UXM-A |
Network Advantage |
So, what is the difference between Essentials and Advantage?
Here is the comparison chart.
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Features |
Network Essentials |
Network Advantage |
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Switch Fundamentals Layer 2, Routed Access (RIP, EIGRP, OSPF – 1000 routes), PBR, PIM Stub Multicast (1000 routes)), PVLAN, VRRP, PBR, CDP, QoS, FHS, 802.1X, MACsec-128, CoPP, SXP, IP SLA Responder, SSO |
√ |
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Advanced switch capabilities and scale BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, IS-IS, BSR, MSDP, PIM-BIDIR, IP SLA, OSPF |
× |
√ |
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Network segmentation VRF, VXLAN, LISP, SGT, MPLS, mVPN |
× |
√ |
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Automation NETCONF, RESTCONF, gRPC, YANG, PnP Agent, ZTP/Open PnP, GusetShell (On-Box Python) |
√ |
√ |
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Telemetry and visibility Model-driven telemetry, sampled NetFlow, SPAN, RSPAN |
√ |
√ |
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High availability and resiliency NSF, GIR, ISSU/FSU |
× |
√ |
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IOT integration AVB, PTP, CoAP |
× |
√ |
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Security MACsec-256 |
× |
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