The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series is the first 100/40-Gbps switch purpose built for the enterprise campus. It was recently recognized as CRN's 2017 Overall Network Product of the Year.
1.Features of Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches
The Cisco® Catalyst® 9500 Series switches are the next generation of enterprise-class core and aggregation layer switches, supporting full programmability and serviceability. Based on an x86 CPU, the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series is Cisco’s lead purposebuilt fixed core and aggregation enterprise switching platform, built for security, IoT, and cloud. The switches come with a 4-core
x86, 2.4-GHz CPU, 16-GB DDR4 memory, and 16-GB internal storage.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 series switches provides those models:
(1). Catalyst 9500 100/40-G 32-port switches
Figure 1.C9500-32C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 2.C9500-32QC: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 40 or 16x100 Gigabit Ethernet
• 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)
(2). Catalyst 9500 25-G 24- and 48-port switches
Figure 3.C9500-24Y4C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 24x 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet + 4x 40/100G Uplink
Figure 4.C9500-48Y4C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 48x 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet + 4x 40/100G Uplink
•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)
(3). Catalyst 9500 40-G 12- and 24-port switches
Figure 5.C9500-12Q: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 12x 40G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 6.C9500-24Q: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 24x 40G Gigabit Ethernet
•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)
(4). Catalyst 9500 1/10-G 16- and 40-port switches
Figure 7.C9500-16X: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 16x 1/10G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 8.C9500-40X: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 40x 1/10G Gigabit Ethernet
•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)
2.Why upgrade to the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches?
Table 1.Benefits of upgrading to Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches
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Trends |
Features |
Previous Fixed Core Switches |
Latest Fixed Core Switch |
Benefits |
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Cisco Catalyst 4500-X (32x10) |
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Fiber |
Cisco Catalyst 9500
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Scale and Performance |
Chassis Bandwidth |
800 Gbps |
480 Gbps |
up to 6.4 Tbps |
Support multi-gigabit core 10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G |
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10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G |
10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G |
10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G |
10G, 25G, 40G, and 100G |
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Max 10 G Density |
40 ports |
48 ports |
48 ports |
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Max 100 G density |
N/A |
N/A |
32 ports |
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Advanced Security |
Native Flexible NetFlow |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
Orchestrate role based access to corporate resources by any user, with any device, from any location at any time Uncompromised user experience: assess, monitor and troubleshoot network proactively |
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Cisco TrustSec/SGT for wired/wireless |
wired |
√ |
√ |
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Trustworthy Systems |
N/A |
N/A |
√ |
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Native MACsec-256 encryption |
N/A |
mGig/10G models |
√ |
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Encrypted Traffic Analytics |
N/A |
N/A |
√ |
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Predictive Threat Analysis (SLN) |
N/A |
N/A |
√ |
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BYOD/Mobility |
Fabric-enabled Wireless |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
Enable converged wired-wireless access for operational simplicity and scale |
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Common wired-wireless features |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
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UADP ASIC for wired-wireless convergence |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
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Application visibility across wired-wireless |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
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Hierarchical wireless QoS |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
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Simplicity and Automation |
Common features for wired-wireless |
N/A |
√ |
√ |
Simplicity and business agility |
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GIR/Patching |
N/A |
N/A |
√ |
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Cisco DNA Center/SD-Access programmability |
N/A |
Optional Subscription |
√ |
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