CORE CISCO CATALYST 9500 SERIES SWITCHES
Introduction
Reimagine, Reinforce, Redefine
The Catalyst 9500 Series, including the new Catalyst 9500X models, continues to shape the future with continued innovation that helps you reimagine connections, reinforce security and redefine the experience for your hybrid workforce big and small.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches based on Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) are Cisco’s lead fixed enterprise core and aggregation switching platform and as part of the Catalyst 9000 family, are built to transform your network to handle a hybrid world where the workplace is anywhere, endpoints could be anything, and applications are hosted all over the place.
Cisco Catalyst 9500X switch based on Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC is purpose built for the next generation core with a programmable pipeline (P4) and is the first network silicon to offer switching capacity upto 25.6 Tbps in the enterprise. The Q200 ASIC offers high-performance along with full routing and switching capabilities without external memories. This is enabled by internal architecture that includes an on-chip High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). The Catalyst 9500X switch leverages a high- performance multiple core x86 CPU, and is Cisco’s leading purpose-built fixed core and edge services enterprise switching platform, built for security, IoT, and cloud.
Cisco Catalyst 9500X switch is the industry’s first purpose-built fixed 40, 100, 200 and 400 Gigabit Ethernet switch targeted for the enterprise campus. The Catalyst 9500X switch delivers unmatched forwarding scale (MAC addresses, IP unicast and multicast routes, MPLS labels) and deep buffering for enterprise applications. The first Catalyst 9500X models includes non-blocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP28) and non-blocking 400 Gigabit Ethernet Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) ports.
Catalyst 9500 Series 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 technology2 that are critical for their placement in the campus core. The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series also supports foundational high-availability capabilities such as patching, Cisco Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO2), redundant platinum-rated power supplies, and fans, while supporting a wide array of optics. Catalyst 9500 Series switches provide operational choice of Cisco DNA Center, or Meraki cloud monitoring.
The foundation of Software-Defined Access
The enterprise network lies at the heart of digital transformation. A network that is open, programmable, integrated, and secure maximizes business agility, allowing new business opportunities to be pursued and captured.
The Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) with Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) is the network fabric that powers business. Cisco SD-Access is an open and extensible, software-driven architecture that accelerates and simplifies your enterprise network operations. SD-Access enables policy-based automation from edge to cloud with foundational capabilities.
Product overview
Cisco Catalyst 9500X models
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is purpose built for the next generation network core + edge switch. It is the first enterprise ASIC to offer speeds up to 25.6 Tbps with 8 Bpps of forwarding performance, while supporting high-performance and full routing and switching capabilities without external memories.
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC is built on 7nm fabrication technology, capable of high performance while maintaining a low power footprint.
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC includes an 8GB on-chip High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), for deep packet buffers and route table expansion.
● Up to 12.0 Tbps switching capacity with 8 Bpps forwarding rate
● 80MB of dedicated low-latency buffer, with up to 8GB of HBM buffer
● Up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 ports
● Up to 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit Ethernet QSFPDD ports
● Intel 2.43-GHz x86 CPU with 8 cores and 32-GB of DDR4 memory
● Up to 960 GB of SSD local storage for container-based application hosting (2x 10G KR ports)
● Flexible routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, Layer 2 tables, ACL tables, and QoS tables.
● ASIC tables for switching scale up to 256K MAC addresses and routing scale up to 2M routes.
● Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations, for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration
● Hardware support for Application Hosting1 (e.g. with Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent).
● Hardware support for Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE 1588v2)1with accurate clock synchronization and sub- microsecond accuracy, suitable for distribution and synchronization of time and frequency.
● Hardware support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1ae MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.
● Platinum-rated (90% efficient) 1500 Watt AC and/or DC power supplies.
● Field-replaceable fan-tray units, with an added flexibility to choose the direction of airflow.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 models
● The Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) ready for next-generation technologies with its programmable pipeline, microengine capabilities, and template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality-of-Service (QoS) entries
● Up to 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with up to 2 Bpps of forwarding performance
● Up to 36 MB of unified buffer per ASIC
● Intel 2.4-GHz x86 CPU with up to 120 GB of USB 3.0 or up to 960 GB of SATA SSD storage for container-based application hosting
● Up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 ports
● Up to 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports
● Up to 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit Ethernet SFP28 ports
● Up to 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports
● Scalable routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables and Layer 2 tables
● Up to 256,000 routing entries (IPv4/IPv6) for high-end campus core and aggregation deployments
● Up to 512,000 Flexible NetFlow (FNF) entries in hardware
● IPv6 support in hardware, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks
● Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations, for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration
● Hardware support for Application Hosting (e.g. with Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent).
● IEEE 802.1ba AV Bridging (AVB) built in to provide a better AV experience through improved time synchronization and QoS
● Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588v2) provides accurate clock synchronization with sub-microsecond accuracy, making it suitable for distribution and synchronization of time and frequency over the network
● Support for both static and dynamic NAT and Port Address Translation (PAT)
● Cisco StackWise Virtual technology, a network system virtualization technology that increases operational efficiency and boosts nonstop communications and scaled system bandwidth. Multichassis EtherChannel can be configured across StackWise-Virtual members for high resiliency
● Platinum-rated (90% efficient) AC and/pr DC power supplies
● Field-replaceable fan-tray units
● Meraki Cloud monitoring option
Cisco IOS XE
This modern operating system for the enterprise provides support for model-driven programmability, on-box Python scripting, streaming telemetry, container-based application hosting, and patching for critical bug fixes. Cisco IOSXE also has built-in defenses to protect against runtime attacks.
● Cisco Plug and Play (PnP) enabled: A simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease new branch or campus device rollouts or updates to an existing network
● Automated device provisioning: This is the ability to automate the process of upgrading software images and installing configuration files on Cisco Catalyst switches when they are being deployed in the network for the first time. Cisco provides both turnkey solutions such as Plug and Play (PnP) and off-the-shelf tools such as Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) that enable an effortless and automated deployment.
● API-driven configuration: Modern network switches such the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series support a wide range of automation features and provide robust open APIs over Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF, RESTCONF and gNMI) using YANG data models for external tools, both off-the-shelf and custom built, to automatically provision network resources.
● Granular visibility: Model-driven telemetry provides a mechanism to stream data from a switch to a destination. The data to be streamed is driven through subscription to a data set in a YANG model. The subscribed data set is streamed out to the destination at configured intervals. Additionally, Cisco IOS XE enables the push model, which provides near- real-time monitoring of the network, leading to quick detection and rectification of failures.
● Seamless software upgrades and patching: To enhance OS resilience, Cisco IOS XE supports patching, which provides fixes for critical bugs and security vulnerabilities between regular maintenance releases. This support allows customers to add patches without having to wait for the next maintenance release.
● WebUI: Embedded GUI-based device-management tool that provides the ability to provision the device, to simplify device deployment and manageability and to enhance the user experience. WebUI comes with the default image. There is no need to enable anything or install any license on the device. You can use WebUI to build a day-1 configuration and from then on monitor and troubleshoot the device without having to know how to use the CLI.
Platform benefits
| Model | Catalyst 9500 | Catalyst 9500X |
| Resiliency and High Availability | ||
| Software Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) | Yes | Yes |
| Cisco StackWise Virtual | Yes | No2 |
| Stateful Switchover (SSO) | Yes (SVL) | No2 |
| In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) | Yes (SVL) | No2 |
| Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR) | Yes | Yes |
| MKA High Availability | Yes | No2 |
| Enterprise Security | ||
| Trustworthy Solutions | Yes | Yes |
| Image Signing | Yes | Yes |
| Secure Boot | Yes | Yes |
| Cisco Trust Anchor Module | Yes | Yes |
| MACsec Encryption (256-bit AES-GCM) | Yes | Yes |
| Cisco WAN MACsec (256-bit AES-GCM) | No | Yes1 |
| Object-Group ACLs (IPv4/IPv6) | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise QoS | ||
| Modular QoS CLI (MQC) | Yes | Yes |
| Strict Priority Queuing | Yes | Yes |
| Class/Color-aware Queuing | Yes (WFQ) | Yes (VoQ) |
| Policing/Metering | Yes | Yes |
| Shaping/Bandwidth | Yes | Yes |
| Hierarchical QoS | Yes (2-level) | Yes (2-level) |
| IP Routing | ||
| Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2), and next generation [RIPng] | Yes | Yes |
| Open Shortest Path First version 2 (OSPFv2), and OSPFv3 | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and EIGRPv6 | Yes | Yes |
| Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Version 4 (IS-ISv4) | Yes | Yes |
| Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 (BGPv4), and BGPv6 | Yes | Yes |
| Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM) | Yes | Yes |
| Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Source-Specific Mode (PIM-SSM) | Yes | Yes |
| Bidirectional PIM BIDIR-PIM | Yes | No2 |
| IPv6 routing | Yes | Yes |
| L3 Routed Sub-Interfaces | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) | ||
| MPLS L3 VPN | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) | Yes | No2 |
| MPLS over GRE | Yes | No2 |
| MPLS Traffic-Engineering (MPLS-TE) | Yes | No2 |
| Ethernet VPN (EVPN) | ||
| Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) | Yes | No2 |
| L2 Virtual Network Interface (VNI) | Yes | No2 |
| L3 Virtual Network Interface (VNI) | Yes | No2 |
| Distributed Anycast Gateway | Yes | No2 |
| EVPN Spine | Yes | No2 |
| EVPN Border | Yes | No |
| EVPN Leaf | Yes | No2 |
| Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) | ||
| Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) | Yes | Yes |
| L2 Virtual Network Interace (VNI) | Yes | Yes |
| L3 Virtual Network Interace (VNI) | Yes | Yes |
| Distributed Anycast Gateway | Yes | Yes |
| SDA Control-Plane | Yes | Yes |
| SDA Border | Yes | Yes |
| SDA Edge | Yes | No |
| Flexible NetFlow (FNF) | ||
| FNF IPv4 flow records | Yes | Yes1 (software) |
| FNF IPv6 flow records | Yes | Yes1 (software) |
| FNF sampler | Yes | Yes1 |
| FNF data export | Yes | Yes1 |
| NetFlow version 9 (NFv9) export | Yes | Yes1 |
| IPFIX export | Yes | Yes1 |
| Programmability | ||
| NETCONF | Yes | Yes |
| RESTCONF | Yes | Yes |
| gNMI/gNOI | Yes | Yes |
| YANG Config models | Yes | Yes |
| YANG Oper models | Yes | Yes |
| ZTP/PTP | Yes | Yes |
| Smart Operations | ||
| Bluetooth Ready | Yes | Yes2 |
| RFID Tags | Yes | Yes |
| Blue Beacon | Yes | Yes |
| Out of Band Device Mgmt | Yes (RJ45 and USB-mini type B) | Yes (RJ-45 and USB-C) |
| Meraki Cloud Monitoring | Yes | No |
1 C9500X models: minimum IOS XE software release 17.8.1
2 C9500X models: feature is not available at FCS, but will be available in future software releases
Platform details
Switch models and configurations
All switches ship with the 650W/950W/1500W/1600W AC power supply as default
Figures 1 through 9 show the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches
Figure 1.
C9500X-28C8D: Cisco Catalyst 9500X switch with 28x40/100G QSFP28 ports + 8x40/100/2001/400G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 2.
C9500-32C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 3.
C9500-32QC: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 40 or 16x100 Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 4.
C9500-48Y4C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 48x 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet + 4x 40/100G Uplink
Figure 5.
C9500-24Y4C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 24x 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet + 4x 40/100G Uplink
Figure 6.
C9500-24Q: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 24x 40G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 7.
C9500-12Q: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 12x 40G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 8.
C9500-40X: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 40x 1/10G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 9.
C9500-16X: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 16x 1/10G Gigabit Ethernet
OVERVIEW
Product overview
Cisco Catalyst 9500X models
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is purpose built for the next generation network core + edge switch. It is the first enterprise ASIC to offer speeds up to 25.6 Tbps with 8 Bpps of forwarding performance, while supporting high-performance and full routing and switching capabilities without external memories.
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC is built on 7nm fabrication technology, capable of high performance while maintaining a low power footprint.
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC includes an 8GB on-chip High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), for deep packet buffers and route table expansion.
● Up to 12.0 Tbps switching capacity with 8 Bpps forwarding rate
● 80MB of dedicated low-latency buffer, with up to 8GB of HBM buffer
● Up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 ports
● Up to 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit Ethernet QSFPDD ports
● Intel 2.43-GHz x86 CPU with 8 cores and 32-GB of DDR4 memory
● Up to 960 GB of SSD local storage for container-based application hosting (2x 10G KR ports)
● Flexible routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, Layer 2 tables, ACL tables, and QoS tables.
● ASIC tables for switching scale up to 256K MAC addresses and routing scale up to 2M routes.
● Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations, for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration
● Hardware support for Application Hosting1 (e.g. with Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent).
● Hardware support for Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE 1588v2)1with accurate clock synchronization and sub- microsecond accuracy, suitable for distribution and synchronization of time and frequency.
● Hardware support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1ae MACsec and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.
● Platinum-rated (90% efficient) 1500 Watt AC and/or DC power supplies.
● Field-replaceable fan-tray units, with an added flexibility to choose the direction of airflow.
SPESIFIKASI
Cisco Catalyst 9500 models
● The Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) ready for next-generation technologies with its programmable pipeline, microengine capabilities, and template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality-of-Service (QoS) entries
● Up to 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with up to 2 Bpps of forwarding performance
● Up to 36 MB of unified buffer per ASIC
● Intel 2.4-GHz x86 CPU with up to 120 GB of USB 3.0 or up to 960 GB of SATA SSD storage for container-based application hosting
● Up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 ports
● Up to 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports
● Up to 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit Ethernet SFP28 ports
● Up to 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports
● Scalable routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables and Layer 2 tables
● Up to 256,000 routing entries (IPv4/IPv6) for high-end campus core and aggregation deployments
● Up to 512,000 Flexible NetFlow (FNF) entries in hardware
● IPv6 support in hardware, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks
● Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations, for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration
● Hardware support for Application Hosting (e.g. with Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent).
● IEEE 802.1ba AV Bridging (AVB) built in to provide a better AV experience through improved time synchronization and QoS
● Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588v2) provides accurate clock synchronization with sub-microsecond accuracy, making it suitable for distribution and synchronization of time and frequency over the network
● Support for both static and dynamic NAT and Port Address Translation (PAT)
● Cisco StackWise Virtual technology, a network system virtualization technology that increases operational efficiency and boosts nonstop communications and scaled system bandwidth. Multichassis EtherChannel can be configured across StackWise-Virtual members for high resiliency
● Platinum-rated (90% efficient) AC and/pr DC power supplies
● Field-replaceable fan-tray units
● Meraki Cloud monitoring option
Cisco IOS XE
This modern operating system for the enterprise provides support for model-driven programmability, on-box Python scripting, streaming telemetry, container-based application hosting, and patching for critical bug fixes. Cisco IOSXE also has built-in defenses to protect against runtime attacks.
● Cisco Plug and Play (PnP) enabled: A simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease new branch or campus device rollouts or updates to an existing network
● Automated device provisioning: This is the ability to automate the process of upgrading software images and installing configuration files on Cisco Catalyst switches when they are being deployed in the network for the first time. Cisco provides both turnkey solutions such as Plug and Play (PnP) and off-the-shelf tools such as Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) that enable an effortless and automated deployment.
● API-driven configuration: Modern network switches such the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series support a wide range of automation features and provide robust open APIs over Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF, RESTCONF and gNMI) using YANG data models for external tools, both off-the-shelf and custom built, to automatically provision network resources.
● Granular visibility: Model-driven telemetry provides a mechanism to stream data from a switch to a destination. The data to be streamed is driven through subscription to a data set in a YANG model. The subscribed data set is streamed out to the destination at configured intervals. Additionally, Cisco IOS XE enables the push model, which provides near- real-time monitoring of the network, leading to quick detection and rectification of failures.
● Seamless software upgrades and patching: To enhance OS resilience, Cisco IOS XE supports patching, which provides fixes for critical bugs and security vulnerabilities between regular maintenance releases. This support allows customers to add patches without having to wait for the next maintenance release.
● WebUI: Embedded GUI-based device-management tool that provides the ability to provision the device, to simplify device deployment and manageability and to enhance the user experience. WebUI comes with the default image. There is no need to enable anything or install any license on the device. You can use WebUI to build a day-1 configuration and from then on monitor and troubleshoot the device without having to know how to use the CLI.
Platform benefits
| Model | Catalyst 9500 | Catalyst 9500X |
| Resiliency and High Availability | ||
| Software Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) | Yes | Yes |
| Cisco StackWise Virtual | Yes | No2 |
| Stateful Switchover (SSO) | Yes (SVL) | No2 |
| In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) | Yes (SVL) | No2 |
| Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR) | Yes | Yes |
| MKA High Availability | Yes | No2 |
| Enterprise Security | ||
| Trustworthy Solutions | Yes | Yes |
| Image Signing | Yes | Yes |
| Secure Boot | Yes | Yes |
| Cisco Trust Anchor Module | Yes | Yes |
| MACsec Encryption (256-bit AES-GCM) | Yes | Yes |
| Cisco WAN MACsec (256-bit AES-GCM) | No | Yes1 |
| Object-Group ACLs (IPv4/IPv6) | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise QoS | ||
| Modular QoS CLI (MQC) | Yes | Yes |
| Strict Priority Queuing | Yes | Yes |
| Class/Color-aware Queuing | Yes (WFQ) | Yes (VoQ) |
| Policing/Metering | Yes | Yes |
| Shaping/Bandwidth | Yes | Yes |
| Hierarchical QoS | Yes (2-level) | Yes (2-level) |
| IP Routing | ||
| Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2), and next generation [RIPng] | Yes | Yes |
| Open Shortest Path First version 2 (OSPFv2), and OSPFv3 | Yes | Yes |
| Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and EIGRPv6 | Yes | Yes |
| Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Version 4 (IS-ISv4) | Yes | Yes |
| Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 (BGPv4), and BGPv6 | Yes | Yes |
| Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM) | Yes | Yes |
| Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Source-Specific Mode (PIM-SSM) | Yes | Yes |
| Bidirectional PIM BIDIR-PIM | Yes | No2 |
| IPv6 routing | Yes | Yes |
| L3 Routed Sub-Interfaces | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) | ||
| MPLS L3 VPN | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) | Yes | No2 |
| MPLS over GRE | Yes | No2 |
| MPLS Traffic-Engineering (MPLS-TE) | Yes | No2 |
| Ethernet VPN (EVPN) | ||
| Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) | Yes | No2 |
| L2 Virtual Network Interface (VNI) | Yes | No2 |
| L3 Virtual Network Interface (VNI) | Yes | No2 |
| Distributed Anycast Gateway | Yes | No2 |
| EVPN Spine | Yes | No2 |
| EVPN Border | Yes | No |
| EVPN Leaf | Yes | No2 |
| Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) | ||
| Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) | Yes | Yes |
| L2 Virtual Network Interace (VNI) | Yes | Yes |
| L3 Virtual Network Interace (VNI) | Yes | Yes |
| Distributed Anycast Gateway | Yes | Yes |
| SDA Control-Plane | Yes | Yes |
| SDA Border | Yes | Yes |
| SDA Edge | Yes | No |
| Flexible NetFlow (FNF) | ||
| FNF IPv4 flow records | Yes | Yes1 (software) |
| FNF IPv6 flow records | Yes | Yes1 (software) |
| FNF sampler | Yes | Yes1 |
| FNF data export | Yes | Yes1 |
| NetFlow version 9 (NFv9) export | Yes | Yes1 |
| IPFIX export | Yes | Yes1 |
| Programmability | ||
| NETCONF | Yes | Yes |
| RESTCONF | Yes | Yes |
| gNMI/gNOI | Yes | Yes |
| YANG Config models | Yes | Yes |
| YANG Oper models | Yes | Yes |
| ZTP/PTP | Yes | Yes |
| Smart Operations | ||
| Bluetooth Ready | Yes | Yes2 |
| RFID Tags | Yes | Yes |
| Blue Beacon | Yes | Yes |
| Out of Band Device Mgmt | Yes (RJ45 and USB-mini type B) | Yes (RJ-45 and USB-C) |
| Meraki Cloud Monitoring | Yes | No |
1 C9500X models: minimum IOS XE software release 17.8.1
2 C9500X models: feature is not available at FCS, but will be available in future software releases
Platform details
Switch models and configurations
All switches ship with the 650W/950W/1500W/1600W AC power supply as default
Figures 1 through 9 show the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches
Figure 1.
C9500X-28C8D: Cisco Catalyst 9500X switch with 28x40/100G QSFP28 ports + 8x40/100/2001/400G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 2.
C9500-32C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 3.
C9500-32QC: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 40 or 16x100 Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 4.
C9500-48Y4C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 48x 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet + 4x 40/100G Uplink
Figure 5.
C9500-24Y4C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 24x 1/10/25G Gigabit Ethernet + 4x 40/100G Uplink
Figure 6.
C9500-24Q: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 24x 40G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 7.
C9500-12Q: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 12x 40G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 8.
C9500-40X: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 40x 1/10G Gigabit Ethernet
Figure 9.
C9500-16X: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch with 16x 1/10G Gigabit Ethernet