Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Line Cards Data Sheet

 

Product overview

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches are purpose-built for resiliency at scale with the industry’s most comprehensive security and allows your business to grow at lowest total operational cost. Built upon the foundation of Catalyst 9000, the Catalyst 9600 Series offers scale and security when always on is a must.

As foundational building blocks for the Cisco Digital Network Architecture, Catalyst 9600 Series switches help customers simplify complexity, optimize IT, and reduce operational costs by leveraging intelligence, automation and human expertise that no other vendor can deliver regardless of where you are in the intent-based networking journey.

Catalyst 9600 Series Switches provide security features that help protect the integrity of the hardware as well as the software and all data that flows through the switch. It provides resiliency that keeps your business up and running seamlessly. Combine that with open APIs of Cisco IOS XE and programmability of the UADP ASIC technology, Catalyst 9600 Series switches give you what you need now with investment protection on future innovations.

As the industry’s first purpose-built 40, 100, 200 and 400 Gigabit Ethernet line of modular switches targeted for the enterprise campus core, Catalyst 9600 Series switches deliver unmatched table scale (MAC, route, and Access Control List [ACL]) and buffering for enterprise applications. They support wired switching capacity of up to 25.6 Tbps, with up to 6.4 Tbps of bandwidth per slot and a variety of granular port densities that fit diverse campus needs, including nonblocking 40, 100, 200 and 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) Quad Small Form- Factor Pluggable (QSFP+, QSFP28, QSFP56, QSFP-DD) and 1, 10, 25, and 50 GE Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP, SFP+, SFP28, SFP56) and 10 Gigabit multigigabit (10 Gigabit Ethernet/5 Gigabit Ethernet/2.5 Gigabit Ethernet/1 Gigabit Ethernet/100 Megabit/10 Megabit) RJ45 copper ports. The switches also 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 technology that are critical for their placement in the campus core.

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series also supports 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.

The Foundation of Software-Defined Access

Advanced persistent security threats. The exponential growth of IoT devices. Mobility everywhere. Cloud adoption. All of these require a network fabric that integrates advanced hardware and software innovations to automate, secure, and simplify customer networks. The goal of this network fabric is to enable customer revenue growth by accelerating the rollout of business services.

The Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) with Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) is the network fabric that powers businesses. It is an open, extensible, software-driven architecture that accelerates and simplifies your enterprise network operations. The programmable architecture frees your IT staff from time- consuming, repetitive network configuration tasks so they can focus instead on innovation that positively transforms your business. SD-Access enables policy-based automation from edge to cloud with foundational capabilities. These include:

●      Simplified device deployment

●      Unified management of wired and wireless networks

●      Network virtualization and segmentation

●      Group-based policies

●      Context-based analytics

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Line Cards

Table 1.        Catalyst 9600 Supervisor and Line Card compatibility and bandwidth

C9600X-LC-56YL4C

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 56-port 50/25/10GE, 4-port 100GE Line Card

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 56-port 50/25/10GE, 4-port 100GE (C9600X-LC-56YL4C)

Highlights of the C9600-LC-56YL4C

●      Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps bandwidth), this line card provides up to 56 ports of 50/25/10GE, 4 ports of 100GE non-blocking.

●      50/25/10GE SFP56, 100GE QSFP28 ports.

●      IPv6 support on the Cisco Silicon One Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)^*, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.

●      Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec and WAN MACsec encryption algorithm².

C9600X-LC-32CD

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE Line Card

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 400/200/100GE (C9600X-LC-32CD)

Highlights of the C9600X-LC-32CD

●      Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps bandwidth), this line card provides up to 30 ports of 100/40 GE, 2 ports of 400/200/100 GE non-blocking.

●      100/40 GE QSFP28, 400/200 GE QSFP-DD ports.

●      IPv6 support on the Cisco Silicon One Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)^*, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.

●      Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec and WAN MACsec encryption algorithm².

C9600-LC-40YL4CD

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 40-port 50/25/10GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE Line Card

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 40-port 50GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE Line (C9600-LC-40YL4CD)

Highlights of the C9600-LC-40YL4CD

●      Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps bandwidth), this line card provides up to 40 ports of 50/25/10GE, 2 ports of 100/200 GE and 2 ports of 400 GE non-blocking.

●      Paired with C9600-SUP-1 (1.2 Tbps bandwidth), this line card provides up to 40 ports of 25/10/1GE and 2 ports of 40/100GE non-blocking.

●      50/25/10GE SFP56, 200GE QSFP56 and 400 GE QSFP-DD ports.

●      IPv6 support on the Cisco Silicon One Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)^*, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.

●      Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec and WAN MACsec encryption algorithm².

C9600-LC-24C

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 24-port 40GE/12-port 100GE Line Card

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 24-Port 40GE/12-Port 100GE Line Card (C9600-LC-24C)

Highlights of the C9600-LC-24C

●      Paired with C9600-SUP-1, this line card provides up to 24 ports of 40 GE or 12 ports of 100 GE nonblocking.

●      Paired with C9600X-SUP-2, this line card provides up to 24 ports of 100/40 GE nonblocking.

●      40 GE, 100 GE QSFP28 ports.

●      IPv6 support on the UADP Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)^*, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.

●      Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP ASIC¹.

C9600-LC-48YL

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port 50³ /25GE/10GE/1GE Line Card

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 50³ /25GE/10GE/1GE line card (C9600-LC-48YL)

Highlights of the C9600-LC-48YL

●      48 ports nonblocking.

●      50, 25, 10, and 1 GE¹ SFP28, SFP+ ports.

●      IPv6 support on the UADP Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)², providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.

●      Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP ASIC².

C9600-LC-48S

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port 1GE Line Card

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 1GE Line Card (C9600-LC-48S)

Highlights of the C9600-LC-48S

●      48 ports nonblocking.

●      IPv6 support on the UADP Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)¹, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.

●      Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP ASIC¹.

●      Supported only on C9600-SUP-1.

C9600-LC-48TX

Cisco Catalyst 9600 48-port Multigigabit RJ45 Copper Line Card

Cisco Catalyst 9600 48-port RJ45 Copper - 10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100Mbps/10Mbps multigigabit Line Card (C9600-LC-48TX)

Highlights of the C9600-LC-48TX

●      48 ports nonblocking.

●      10GE, 5GE, 2.5GE, 1GE, 100Mbps, 10Mbps multigigabit RJ45 Copper ports¹.

●      IPv6 support on the UADP Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.

●      Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP ASIC².

Features and benefits

Functional Transparency

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches offer a line of modules that support numerous speeds and physical media combinations. These line cards are functionally transparent; all the packet processing, queuing, buffering, and Quality of Service (QoS) occur in the supervisor engine. To that end, the line cards acquire the features and capabilities of the installed supervisor engine. The architecture lets you easily upgrade all Ethernet line cards on your Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series to newer switching functions and higher throughput by adding a new supervisor engine. The simple design of the line cards results in a very high Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), helping ensure high availability for a single connection to an end user.

Modular Versatility

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series is a modular architecture that is designed to provide dedicated wire-speed bandwidth to each line-card slot within the chassis. Each line card has a dedicated bandwidth to the supervisor engine for packet processing. All network data that flows into the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series through the various line cards goes through the supervisor engine for processing, even in single-slot port-to-port communications.

A modular design allows you to use your investment in high-performance line cards across the entire line of Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series chassis and supervisor engines. With the architecture of the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series, all line cards deployed in a chassis benefit from the enhanced features that the supervisor engine provides, including QoS; Layer 2 3, and 4 routing; and hardware-based IPv6.

Smart Operation

●      RFID Tags: The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches have an embedded RFID tag that facilitates easy asset and inventory management using commercial RFID readers.

●      Blue Beacon: The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches support a blue beacon LED for easy identification of the switch being accessed.

Specifications

Ports for Line Cards

The following table summarizes the port specifications for the Line Cards.

Table 2.        Port information for Line Cards

Power details

The following table gives power details information for the Line Cards.

Table 3.        Rated Power Details by line card

MTBF information

The following table gives MTBF information for the Line Cards.

Table 4.        MTBF Details

Optics

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Line Cards provide a variety of optical port types and port speeds. For details about the different optical modules supported by each line card and the minimum Cisco software release required for each of the supported optical modules, visit https://tmgmatrix.cisco.com/.

Ordering information

To place an order, visit the Cisco Ordering homepage. The following table details ordering information.

Table 5.        Ordering information

Product specifications

Standards, Technologies, Environmental Specifications

The following table lists additional Line Card product specifications.

Table 6.        Product specifications

Safety and compliance

The following table lists the safety and compliance information for the Cisco Catalyst 9600 line cards.

Table 7.        Safety and Compliance Information

Cisco environmental sustainability

Information about Cisco Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives, performance, and policies for our products, solutions, operations, and extended operations or supply chain is provided in the Cisco ESG Reporting Hub website, including the Cisco Purpose Report.

Referenced links to information about key environmental sustainability topics are provided in the following table:

Table 8.        Product Sustainability

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Cisco enhanced limited lifetime hardware warranty

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches come with an Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW) that includes Next-Business-Day (NBD) delivery of replacement hardware where available and 90 days of 8x5 Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support. Your formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the information packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to carefully review the warranty statement shipped with your specific product before use. Cisco reserves the right to refund the purchase price as its exclusive warranty remedy. For further information about warranty terms, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/warranty.

The following table provides information about the Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW).

Table 9.        E-LLW details

Cisco services

Successfully deploy, manage, and support Cisco Catalyst 9000 switches with a full life cycle of Cisco Services including implementation, optimization, technical, managed and training services. Our team of experts can help you speed deployment, reduce costs and minimize risk as you introduce new hardware, software and protocols into the network. As your trusted advisor, we help you achieve extraordinary business outcomes, minimize risk and disruption so you can anticipate change and pivot quickly, securely, and confidently.

Table 10.     Technical Services

Learn more about available services.

Software Policy for Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

Cisco DNA Software for Access Switching is available for the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series.

There are two choices for software subscription: Cisco DNA or Cisco Catalyst. They provide:

●      Flexible licensing models to smoothly distribute customers’ software spending over time.

●      Investment protection for software purchases through software services–enabled license portability.

●      Access to updates, upgrades, and new technology from Cisco through Cisco Software Support Services (SWSS).

●      Base product-level support for hardware, software, and Cisco IOS (Catalyst Software only).

●      ISE licenses included in the Advantage tier to facilitate zero-trust network security* (Catalyst Software only).

●      Access to end-to-end network visibility with Cisco Spaces and service assurance through Cisco ThousandEyes Network and Application Synthetics (included with the Advantage license).

Manage your entire switching structure as a single, converged component. With one management system and one policy for wired and wireless networks, it offers an efficient way to provide more secure access.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches can be ordered through Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW) as a Cisco Catalyst or DNA Advantage subscription. Both options include switch hardware coupled with Cisco IOS XE and the Network Stack software.

The Cisco DNA Subscription for Switching offer delivers an unbound network on an open and extensible architecture to help you navigate the digital journey. This subscription offer simplifies the buying process and includes lower initiation costs and flexible terms. It includes Cisco DNA Advantage with full Cisco DNA capabilities and Cisco SD-Access.

The Catalyst Software Subscription for Switching includes base software and hardware support for the Essentials (N/A for Catalyst 9600) and Advantage tiers. This support delivers a TAC service for severity 1 and 2 service requests. In addition, if you opt for the Advantage tier, you also receive ISE licenses (quantity dependent on switch model). Catalyst 9600 series receive 40 endpoint sessions per Catalyst Advantage license.

For a more detailed overview on Cisco Licensing, go to cisco.com/go/licensing guide.

Software Policy for Network Stack Components

Customers with the Network Essential Stack and Network Advantage Stack software feature sets will be provided with maintenance updates and bug fixes. These are designed to maintain compliance of the software with published specifications, release notes, and industry standards as long as the original end user continues to own or use the product or for up to one year from the end-of-sale date for the product, whichever occurs earlier.

Cisco Embedded Support for Cisco DNA Term components

Cisco Embedded Support delivers the right support for Cisco software products and suites. It will keep your business applications performing as expected and protect your investment. Cisco Embedded Support for the Cisco DNA Advantage term components is included as part of the switch value.

Embedded Support provides access to TAC support, major software updates, maintenance and minor software releases, and the Cisco Software Support site, for increased productivity with anytime access.

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