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 Catalyst 9500 Series is Cisco’s lead purpose-built fixed core and aggregation enterprise switching platform, built for security, IoT, and cloud. The switches come with a 4-core, 2.4-GHz CPU, 16-GB DDR4 memory, and 16-GB internal storage.
The Catalyst 9500 Series is the industry’s first purpose-built 40 Gigabit Ethernet line of switches targeted for the enterprise campus. These switches deliver unmatched table scale (MAC/route/ACL) and buffering for enterprise applications. The Catalyst 9500 Series includes nonblocking 40G Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable (QSFP+) and 1G/10G Small Form-factor Pluggable Plus (SFP/SFP+) switches with granular port densities that fit diverse campus needs. The switches support advanced routing and infrastructure services (such as Multiprotocol Label Switching [MPLS] Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, Multicast VPN [MVPN], and Network Address Translation [NAT]); software-defined access border capabilities (such as a host tracking database, cross-domain connectivity, and VPN Routing and Forwarding [VRF]-aware Locator/ID Separation Protocol [LISP]); and network system virtualization with Cisco StackWise® virtual technology that are critical for their placement in the campus core. The platform also supports all the foundational high-availability capabilities such as patching, Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR), Cisco Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO), redundant platinum-rated power supplies, and fans.
| Ports & interfaces |
| Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type | None |
| QSFP28 ports quantity | 4 |
| SFP28 ports quantity | 24 |
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| Power |
| AC input voltage | 90 - 264 V |
| AC input frequency | 50 - 60 Hz |
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| Operational conditions |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 40 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -20 - 65 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 5 - 90% |
| Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 5 - 95% |
| Operating altitude | 0 - 1828 m |
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| Protocols |
| Management protocols | SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3 |
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| Network |
| 10G support | Y |
| Full duplex | Y |
| Policy-based routing | Y |
| VLAN support | Y |
| Virtual LAN features | Private VLAN, Policy-based VLAN |
| Number of VLANs | 4000 |
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| Data transmission |
| MAC address table | 82000 entries |
| Switching capacity | 2000 Gbit/s |
| Jumbo frames support | Y |
| Jumbo frames | 9198 |
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| Security |
| DHCP features | DHCP snooping |
| Access Control List (ACL) | Y |
| IGMP snooping | Y |
| Security algorithms | 256-bit AES |
| MAC address filtering | Y |
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| Management features |
| Switch type | Managed |
| Switch layer | L2/L3 |
| Quality of Service (QoS) support | Y |
| MIB support | Y |
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| Design |
| Rack mounting | Y |
| Stackable | Y |
| Form factor | 1U |
| Product colour | Grey |
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| Performance |
| Built-in processor | Y |
| Processor frequency | 2400 MHz |
| Memory type | DRAM |
| Internal memory | 16000 MB |
| Flash memory | 16000 MB |
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| Logistics data |
| Harmonized System (HS) code | 85176990 |
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| Multicast features |
| Multicast support | Y |
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