Switch Cisco Catalyst 9500 24x1/10/25G and 4-port 40/100G, Advantage

Cisco Catalyst 9500 models

The Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) ready for next-generation technologies with its programmable pipeline, microengine capabilities, and template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality-of-Service (QoS) entries

• Up to 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with up to 2 Bpps of forwarding performance
• Up to 36 MB of unified buffer per ASIC
• Intel 2.4-GHz x86 CPU with up to 120 GB of USB 3.0 or up to 960 GB of SATA SSD storage for container-based application hosting
• Up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 ports
• Up to 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports
• Up to 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit Ethernet SFP28 ports
• Up to 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports
• Scalable Layer 3 routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables and Layer 2 switching tables
• Hardware support for Application Hosting (e.g. with Cisco ThousandEyes Enterprise Agent).
• IEEE 802.1ba AV Bridging (AVB) built in to provide a better AV experience through improved time synchronization and QoS
• Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588v2) provides accurate clock synchronization with sub-microsecond accuracy, making it suitable for distribution and synchronization of time and frequency over the network
• Support for both static and dynamic NAT and Port Address Translation (PAT)
• Cisco StackWise Virtual technology, a network system virtualization technology that increases operational efficiency and boosts nonstop communications and scaled system bandwidth. Multichassis EtherChannel can be configured across StackWise-Virtual members for high resiliency
• Platinum-rated (Greater than 90% efficient) AC and/pr DC power supplies
• Field-replaceable fan-tray units
• Meraki Cloud monitoring option