Introduction

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.

Management features

Switch type

Managed

Switch layer

L2/L3

Quality of Service (QoS) support

Y

MIB support

Y

Ports & interfaces

Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type

None

QSFP28 ports quantity

4

SFP28 ports quantity

24

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

Data transmission

Switching capacity

2000 Gbit/s

MAC address table

82000 entries

Jumbo frames support

Y

Jumbo frames

9198

Security

DHCP features

DHCP snooping

Access Control List (ACL)

Y

IGMP snooping

Y

Security algorithms

256-bit AES

MAC address filtering

Y

Multicast features

Multicast support

Y

Protocols

Management protocols

SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3

Design

Rack mounting

Y

Stackable

Y

Form factor

1U

Product colour

Grey

Performance

Built-in processor

Y

Processor frequency

2400 MHz

Memory type

DRAM

Internal memory

16000 MB

Flash memory

16000 MB

Power

AC input voltage

90 - 264 V

AC input frequency

50 - 60 Hz

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