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 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.
Management features |
MIB support |
Y |
Quality of Service (QoS) support |
Yes |
Switch layer |
L2/L3 |
Switch type |
Managed |
Ports & interfaces |
QSFP28 ports quantity |
4 |
SFP28 ports quantity |
48 |
Fiber ports quantity |
52 |
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type |
No |
Network |
Number of VLANs |
4094 |
VLAN support |
Yes |
Full duplex |
Yes |
Policy-based routing |
Yes |
10G support |
Yes |
Networking standards |
IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3ba, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z |
Data transmission |
Switching capacity |
3200 Gbit/s |
MAC address table |
82000 entries |
Security |
Security algorithms |
256-bit AES |
Multicast features |
Multicast features |
Multicast FIB |
Multicast support |
Yes |
Protocols |
Management protocols |
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3 |
Design |
Product colour |
Grey |
Stackable |
Yes |
Rack mounting |
Yes |
Performance |
Flash memory |
16000 MB |
Internal memory |
16000 MB |
Memory type |
DRAM |
Processor frequency |
2400 MHz |
Built-in processor |
Yes |
Power |
Redundant power supply (RPS) support |
Yes |
Operational conditions |
Storage relative humidity (H-H) |
5 - 95% |
Operating relative humidity (H-H) |
5 - 90% |
Storage temperature (T-T) |
-20 - 65 °C |
Operating temperature (T-T) |
0 - 40 °C |
Logistics data |
Harmonized System (HS) code |
85176990 |