The Cisco C9500-12Q-E Catalyst 9500 Series Switches are the next generation of enterprise-class core and aggregation layer switches, supporting full program ability 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 Catalyst 9500 Series is the industry's first purpose-built 40 Gigabit Ethernet line of switches targeted for the enterprise campus.
| General Specifications |
| Device Type |
Switch - 12 ports - L3 - managed - stackable |
| Enclosure Type |
Rack-mountable 1U |
| Subtype |
40 Gigabit Ethernet |
| Ports |
12 x 40 Gigabit QSFP |
| Performance |
Switching capacity (full duplex): 480 Gbps ¦ Forwarding rate: 720 Mpps |
| Capacity |
Indirect IPv4 routes: 64000 ¦ Host IPv4 routes: 32000 ¦ Indirect IPv6 routes: 32000 ¦ Host IPv6 routes: 16000 ¦ Multicast scale: 48000 ¦ QoS ACL scale: 18000 ¦ Security ACL scale: 18000 ¦ FNF entries: 512000 ¦ VLAN IDs: 4000 ¦ Switched virtual interfaces (SVIs): 4000 |
| MAC Address Table Size |
64K entries |
| Jumbo Frame Support |
9198 bytes |
| Routing Protocol |
OSPF, RIP-1, RIP-2, IGMP, VRRP, PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, policy-based routing (PBR), RIPng |
| Remote Management Protocol |
SNMP 1, RMON 1, RMON 2, SNMP 3, SNMP 2c, NETCONF, RESTCONF |
| Encryption Algorithm |
256-bit AES |
| Features |
NAT support, IPv6 support, Stateful switchover (SSO), Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED), Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) support, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) support, MLD snooping, Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVRST+), Remote Switch Port Analyzer (RSPAN), Management Information Base (MIB), Flexible NetFlow (FNF), 802.1x authentication, MACsec support, Control plane protection (CoPP), VLAN Double Tagging (Q-in-Q), Private VLAN, Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), CoAP support, secure boot, Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN), First Hop Security (FHS) |
| Compliant Standards |
IEEE 802.3z, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1ae, IEEE 802.3ba |
| Processor |
1: 2.4 GHz |
| RAM |
16 GB |
| Flash Memory |
16 GB |
| Built-in Devices |
RFID tag |
