Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches Hardware Installation Guide

Chassis overview

Updated: February 5, 2026

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Overview

Cisco C9610 series smart switch overview.

The Cisco C9610 switch is a ten-slot chassis, with two redundant supervisor module slots, eight line card slots, eight power supply modules, and four fan tray modules.

Table 1. Cisco C9610 switch features
Feature	Description
Product ID	Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switch
Chassis	Has ten horizontal slots. Slots are numbered 1 to 10 from top to bottom.
Supervisor modules	Accommodates two supervisor modules. The supported models are Cisco C9610 series Supervisor 3 Module (C9610-SUP-3). Cisco C9610 series Supervisor 3XL Module (C9610-SUP-3XL) For more information about installing a supervisor module, see the Cisco C9610 Series Supervisor Engine Installation Note.
Line cards	Accommodates up to eight line cards. The supported line cards are Cisco C9610 series 30-port 100G/40G, 2-port 400G/100G/40G (C9610-LC-32CD): 30 QSFP28 ports that support 100G/40G and 2 QSFP-DD ports that support 400G/200G/100G/40G. Cisco C9610 series 40-port 50G, 2-port 200G/100G/40G, 2-port 400G/200G/100G/40G (C9610-LC-40YL4CD): 40 SFP56 ports of 50G/25G/10G, two QSFP56 ports of 200G/100G/40G, and two QSFP-DD ports of 400G/200G/100G/40G With the line card adapter C9610-LC-ADPT, the switch supports these line cards: Cisco Catalyst 9600 series 40-port 50G/25G/10G, 2-port 200G/100G/40G, 2-port 400G/200G/100G/40G (C9600-LC-40YL4CD): 40 SFP56 ports of 50G/25G/10G, two QSFP56 ports of 200G/100G/40G, and two QSFP-DD ports of 400G/200G/100G/40G Cisco Catalyst 9600 series 48-port 10G (C9600-LC-48TX): 48 Multigigabit Ethernet RJ45 copper ports that support 10G. Cisco Catalyst 9600 series 30-port 100G/40G, 2-port 400G/100G/40G (C9600X-LC-32CD): 30 QSFP28 ports that support 100G/40G and 2 QSFP-DD ports that support 400G/100G/40G. Cisco Catalyst 9600 series 56-port 25G/10G, 4-port 100G/40G (C9600X-LC-56YL4C): 56 SFP56 ports of 25G/10G and 4 QSFP28 ports of 100G/40G For more information about installing a line card, see the Cisco C9610 Series Line Card Installation Note.
Fan tray assembly	Provides 4 rear serviceable and hot-swappable fan tray with 6 fans per tray.
Power supplies	Has 8 power supply slots that supports up to 8 AC or DC power supply modules.
Backplane	Provides 6.4Tbps bandwidth per slot.

Figure 1. Front view of a Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switch


1	Line card slots	4	Power supply modules
2	Supervisor module latch	5	Supervisor module slots
3	Line card slots covered with blanks	6	Chassis handholds

The figure shows a rear view of the chassis, with the major components identified.

Figure 2. Rear view of a Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switch


1	Fan trays	3	Chassis handholds
2	Fan tray assembly handles	4	Captive installation screws

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