

The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series consist of Modular Uplink Models and Fixed uplink models with variable port speeds and port densities to meet the ever-increasing performance demands of enterprise campus environments and provide an architectural foundation for next-generation hardware features and scalability.Ĭ9300-24T - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 24x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-48T - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 48x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-24P - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 24x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-48P - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 48x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Copper ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-24U - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 24x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Copper ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-48U - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 48x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Copper ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-24UB - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 XL ASIC with 24x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Copper ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-48UB - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 XL ASIC with 48x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Copper ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-24H - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 24x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Copper ports with optional uplink modules.Ĭ9300-48H - Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch 1xUADP 2.0 ASIC with 48x 10M/100M/1G Ethernet Copper ports with optional uplink modules.

Further, it supports all the foundational high-availability capabilities, including Platinum-efficient dual redundant power supplies and variable-speed, high-efficiency, redundant fans. It can also run third-party applications and scripts natively within the switch (by virtue of the x86 CPU architecture, local storage, and a higher memory footprint). The platform runs on the open Cisco IOS ® XE operating system, which supports model-driven programmability, and has the capacity to host containers, with support for up to 120 GB of SSD storage. They are based on the Cisco Unified Access ® Data Plane 2.0 (UADP) architecture, which not only protects your investment but also allows a larger scale and higher throughput. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series platform consists of fixed-configuration switches with airflow from the front and sides to the back. This white paper provides an architectural overview of the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series chassis, including system design, power, cooling, and storage options. The platform also offers optional uplink modules that support nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40G) Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP+), 25G Small Form-Factor Pluggable 28 (SFP28),10G Enhanced Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP+), and 1G Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) to meet diverse campus needs when connecting to aggregation or core devices. The other supports nonblocking Multigigabit speeds varying from 100 Mbps to 1, 2.5, 5, and 10 Gbps over Cisco UPOE capable copper port fiber switches. One provides nonblocking 1 Gigabit Ethernet over Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet (Cisco UPOE ® and UPOE+ ®) capable copper ports with additional support for 10- and 100-Mbps speeds. The switches provide two kinds of models for different access layer requirements. The platform’s stacking capability provides a flexible, pay-as-you-grow model as well as simplicity in the ability to manage multiple switches as a single logical switch. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series platform delivers up to 640 Gbps of switching capacity in standalone mode and 5.2 Tbps when stacked as eight-member switches, with up to 3.8 Billion packets per second (Bpps) of forwarding performance. They deliver exceptional table scales (MAC/route/ACL) and buffering capabilities for enterprise applications. These fixed, stackable switches are available in various configurations, including data, Universal Power over Ethernet (UPoE), and Multigigabit models.


These networks are in dire need of an infrastructure that can scale rapidly and accommodate the new breed of endpoints without the need to replace the complete cabling infrastructure.Ĭisco ® Catalyst ® 9300 Series Switches are the foundation of Cisco’s next-generation enterprise-class access layer solutions. Enterprise campus networks are undergoing profound changes to support ever-increasing bandwidth demands on the access layer, heightened by the introduction of the 802.11ac and 802.11ax standards and the rapid growth of powerful endpoints requiring speeds from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps.
