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.
Products specifications
| Attribute name |
Attribute value |
|
SFP28 ports quantity
|
18000 |
|
Internal memory
|
5 - 95 % |
|
Switching capacity
|
2000 Gbit/s |
|
Number of VLANs
|
4000 |
|
DHCP features
|
DHCP snooping |
|
QSFP28 ports quantity
|
4 |
|
Switch Type
|
Managed |
|
Stackable
|
Y |
|
Built-in processor
|
Y |
|
MAC address filtering
|
Y |
|
Harmonized System (HS) code
|
85176990 |
|
Access Control List (ACL)
|
Y |
|
IGMP snooping
|
Y |
|
MIB support
|
Y |
|
Policy-based routing
|
Y |
|
Form factor
|
1U |
|
Product color
|
Gray |
|
Memory type
|
DRAM |
|
Full duplex
|
Y |
|
Processor frequency
|
16000 MB |
|
MAC address table
|
Y |
|
Rack mounting
|
Y |
|
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type
|
None |
|
AC input frequency
|
50 - 60 Hz |
|
AC input voltage
|
90 - 264 V |
|
Jumbo frames
|
8 |
|
Virtual LAN features
|
Private VLAN, Policy-based VLAN |
|
Multicast support
|
Y |
|
Jumbo frames support
|
Y |
|
10G support
|
Y |
|
Quality of Service (QoS) support
|
Y |
|
VLAN support
|
Y |
|
Operating altitude
|
0 - 71968.5" |
|
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 % |
|
Flash memory
|
16000 MB |
|
Switch layer
|
L2/L3 |
|
Security algorithms
|
256-bit AES |
|
Management protocols
|
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3 |