Introduction

he 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 purpose-built 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.

The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series is the industry’s first purpose-built 25, 40 and 100 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 Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series includes nonblocking 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP+, QSFP28) and 1, 10 and 25 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP/SFP+/SFP28) 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]); Cisco Software-Defined Access 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 Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series also supports 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.

Logistics data

Harmonized System (HS) code

85176990

Management features

Switch type

Managed

Switch layer

L2/L3

Quality of Service (QoS) support

Yes

MIB support

Y

Ports & interfaces

Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type

No

QSFP28 ports quantity

4

SFP28 ports quantity

48

Network

Networking standards

IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3ba, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3z

10G support

Yes

Full duplex

Yes

Policy-based routing

Yes

VLAN support

Yes

Number of VLANs

4094

Data transmission

Switching capacity

3200 Gbit/s

MAC address table

82000 entries

Security

Security algorithms

256-bit AES

Multicast features

Multicast support

Yes

Multicast features

Multicast FIB

Protocols

Management protocols

SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3

Design

Rack mounting

Yes

Stackable

Yes

Form factor

1U

Product colour

Grey

Performance

Built-in processor

Yes

Processor frequency

2400 MHz

Memory type

DRAM

Internal memory

16000 MB

Flash memory

16000 MB

Power

Redundant power supply (RPS) support

Yes

AC input voltage

90 - 264 V

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%