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Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

High-density advanced services in a compact form factor

The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series, including the new Catalyst 9500X model based on the Cisco Silicon One ASIC, are purpose-built, fixed core and distribution switches for resilience at scale especially when "always on" is your goal.

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Features and benefits

Defense across the attack continuum

Reduce your attack surface with Cisco trustworthy solutions and MACsec 256-bit encryption. Enhance your ability to detect malware and rapidly contain threats.

IoT readiness

Automate network provisioning, segmentation, and policy management to support IoT without interruption, while limiting where IoT devices go on the network.

Cloud readiness

Simplify, help secure, and transform your cloud environment from the network edge to where applications reside.

Foundational technology

Enjoy high density and high availability with patching, Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR), NSF/SSO, and redundant, platinum-rated power supplies and fans.

Compare Catalyst 9500 models

The Catalyst 9500 Series offers scale and high levels of security when "always on" is your goal. These switches also offer you the choice of Cisco DNA Center or cloud-monitored Catalyst options.

Catalyst 9500X 400G, 100G/40G switches

C9500X-28C8D (new)

28 ports of 100G/40G QSFP28, 8 ports of 400G/200G/100G QSFP-DD
Industry-first 400G enterprise-class switch, 25.6-Tbps capacity
High-performance Cisco Silicon One ASIC
400G QSFP-DD, 100G QSFP28

Catalyst 9500 100G high-performance switches

C9500-32C

32 ports of 100G with rich campus features
Industry-first 100G enterprise-class switch
High-performance UADP 3.0 ASIC with enhanced MAC, IP route, and ACL scale
100G QSFP28

Catalyst 9500 40G high-performance switches

C9500-32QC

32 ports of 40G with rich campus features
High-performance UADP 3.0 ASIC with enhanced MAC, IP route, and ACL scale
40G QSFP

Catalyst 9500 25G high-performance switches

C9500-24Y4C, C9500-48Y4C

24 and 48 ports of multirate 25G/10G/1G with rich campus features
Cisco innovation extending SR reach to 300 meters
High-performance UADP 3.0 with enhanced MAC, IP route, and ACL scale
25G SFP28, 10G SFP+, 1G SFP

Catalyst 9500 40G switches

C9500-12Q, C9500-24Q

12 and 24 ports of 40G with rich campus features
40G QSFP+

Catalyst 9500 10G/1G switches

C9500-16X, C9500-40X

16 to 40 ports of 10G/1G with rich campus features
8 x 10G/1G and 2 x 40G modular uplinks
10G SFP+, 1G SFP

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