Benefits of Upgrading to Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches Feature Comparison
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Why upgrade to the Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Switches?
Simple, Secure, Ready
Digital disruption is changing how we think about our networks. Whether customers or employees, the “experience” has become a strategic imperative. The Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series modular access/distribution/ core switches are designed to help you bridge your network to your business and your business to your customers. The first purpose-built platforms designed for full fabric-control with Cisco DNA and Software- Defined Access (SD-Access), support large selection of copper, multigigabit, 90W Cisco UPOE+ and 60W Cisco UPOE, and up to 100G fiber line cards for flexible and scalable access and backbone deployments. With higher performance supervisor engines, resilient power supplies and enhanced scale, Catalyst 9400 Series extends Cisco’s networking leadership with significant innovations in security, mobility, IoT and cloud.
| Trends |
Features |
Previous Modular Access Switches |
Latest Unified Access Switches |
Benefits |
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| Cisco Catalyst 4500 |
Cisco Catalyst 6500 |
Cisco Catalyst 9400 |
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| Scale and Performance Versatility |
Chassis Bandwidth |
960 Gbps |
2 Tbps |
9.2 Tbps |
Better mix and variety of higher speeds up to 100G with longevity of future upgrades without replacing switch. Up to 90 Watts PoE with Cisco UPOE+. |
| Throughput |
250 Mpps |
450 Mpps |
300 BPPS |
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| mGig1 + Cisco UPOE |
mGig or Cisco UPOE |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Cisco UPOE+ |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| 100G/40G uplinks |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| 100G/40G, 25G line card option |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Functionality |
SD-Access2 programmability |
Limited |
N/A |
✓ |
Next generation overlay support for segmentation and policy based management with integrated threat detection and mitigation. Advanced L2+L3 functionality for aggregation and border nodes with open programmable interfaces. Gain visibility outside of your campus perimeter with native hosted ThousandEyes Enterprise Agents. |
| Cisco Spaces IoT Gateway** |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| ThousandEyes Enterprise Agents* |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| MPLS-VPN |
N/A |
✓ |
✓ |
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| Programmability |
Limited |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Application Hosting/Containers |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Audio Visual Bridging (AVB)3 |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| High Availability |
Stackwise Virtual |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
Higher reliability by way of link, component and switch redundancy. Better manageability via hitless software upgrades. |
| ISSU |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| GIR/NSF |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Hot Patching |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Security |
MACsec 256 bit encryption |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
Enable converged wired-wireless access for operational simplicity and scale. |
| TrustSec end-point security |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| 100G IPsec in hardware |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Trustworthy Solutions |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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| Cisco Umbrella |
N/A |
N/A |
✓ |
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No matter where you are in your journey, Cisco and our partners offer services expertise to help you accelerate your digital network transformation – from upgrade and optimization services to award-winning support. We help you speed your upgrade deployments, reduce risk and complexity and provide business continuity as you refresh your network. To simplify and support your upgrade Cisco offers services to streamline the process and help you get the most out of your investment. The upgrade Service helps control costs, improve operational excellence and mitigate risk during your refresh.
Learn more about all Services for Switches.
● Reduced cost, complexity and downtime with Cisco Software-Defined Access. Automate policy, enable fast service creation and get 360-degree contextual insights across users, devices, and applications. Assure network performance with real-time and historical data analytics, to learn, adapt, and even detect problems before they happen.
● Create better customer and employee experiences through higher performance, improved support for mobility, and service assurance with embedded ThousandEyes network testing.
● Advanced end-to-end security designed to work together to detect and stop threats, simplify security complexity, keep your business more secure and make your IT more productive.
The Catalyst 9000 family is also the first in the line to offer the Cisco IOS XE and Cisco DNA subscription-based software licenses, allowing customers to purchase the features and capabilities they need. See the benefits you could be receiving now by comparing the Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series to older switches (see table 1).
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