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• Digital trends
• Catalyst 9200CX / 9200
Agenda • Catalyst 9300X / 9300

• Catalyst 9400X / 9400
• Summary
Digital trends shaping the future of business
Hybrid work
Work from home | Work from anywhere | Work from office
Industry 4.0
Wireless | Automation | Internet of Things | AI/ML
Hybrid cloud
Private cloud | Hybrid cloud | Public cloud
and the network is the core engine of hybrid work

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Enterprise Access Trends
Higher mGig Port Density Higher and Flexible Uplink Bandwidth
Higher UPOE+ Port Density Higher 10G Port Density
Wifi6E Deployments with mGig
Smart Buildings with 90W Server Connectivity – 10G BaseT
New Access requirements

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Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switching Portfolio
Adding the “X factor” to the industry’s leading switching family
Catalyst
9600X
Catalyst
9500X
Catalyst
Catalyst 9400X Catalyst
9300X
9000 Catalyst
Catalyst 9600 Series
Catalyst
Switching 9500 Series
Catalyst
9200CX Compact 9400 Series Platform
Catalyst
9200 Series
Cisco Open
ASIC IOS XE
Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst

2960-X/XR 3650/3850 4500-E Series 3850-XS/4500-X 6840-X/6880-X 6500-E/6807-XL
Access Switching Core Switching
Catalyst 9300
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series
Extended Catalyst 9300 Series with Catalyst 9300X models
Catalyst® 9300 models with modular uplinks Catalyst 9300 models with Fixed uplinks
1G copper ports with PoE/Cisco UPOE®/UPOE+ 9300 Uplinks 1G Copper Data & PoE
4x1G or 4x10G
4x fixed
Multigigabit Uplinks 48/24 ports data 1G
48/24 ports Data 48/24 ports UPOE+ and UPOE 1G
1G 2x 2-4x 4x1G or 4x10G
Buffers Scale fixed
4x 1G SFP
Uplinks
48/24 ports UPOE 1G – 9300B 8x 1/10G SFP/ 48/24 ports PoE+ 1G
48/24 ports PoE+ 1G
SFP+
Multigigabit models with UPOE
Multigigabit models with UPOE 1G fiber

2x 40G QSFP 4x10G or
2x40G
Uplinks
48/24 ports mGig + UPOE
48/24 ports Multigigabit 48/24 ports SFP 1G 2x 1/10/25G
SFP/SFP+
StackWise® and StackPower Optional StackKit

cables 50CM-1M-3M 30CM-150CM Stack Adapters 50CM-1M-3M
Platinum-rated power supplies Modular fans External Storage
Common USB 3.0

components 120/240GB
315W AC 715W AC/DC 1100W AC 1900W AC
Catalyst 9300X – New High Performance Access
Switch
1/2.5/5/10/25/40/10
500GE 0G
Bandwidth 1T
Supports Different Stacking Capacity
Speeds
Enhanced App
100G Encryption QAT Engine
Hosting (HW Acceleration)
2 x 10G App Gig ports
UADP 2.0sec
48 x mGig-10G + 90W UPOE+ Flexible Uplink Options

Investment protection with Catalyst 9300X
External storage
Redundant fans Redundant power
(240-GB SSD)
Data stack cables Optional power

StackPower cables
1T Stacking BW supplies (AC+DC)
Common components and stacking backward compatible with Catalyst®

9300 Series
Introducing the Catalyst 9300X models UADP
2.0Sec
Multi core
X86 CPU
Open IOS XE
Stacking up the industry firsts X86
Industry
first Terabit stacking Mixed 25/10G fiber stacking with copper 100G uplinks on stackable Extending Catalyst leadership …
Stacks with Densest uplinks: 2x 100/40G, 8x 25/10G, Line-rate non-blocking

Transitions Catalyst 3850-XS fiber switches
Catalyst® 9300 Series switches 8x 10G/Multigigabit
Removable storage (240 GB)
Fiber Copper 256-bit MACsec

Shipping
Hot patching
Catalyst 9300X-48HX
Extended FSU
Catalyst 9300X-24Y Catalyst 9300X-48TX NBAR2
Shipping
Catalyst 9300X-48HXN IEEE 1588 and AVB
Catalyst 9300X-24HX …while seamlessly integrating

Catalyst 9300X-12Y
with Catalyst 9300
Same optics
Industry 100G Layer 3 Stackable Industry Industry App hosting with
StackPower+
first encryption 24x 10/25G first first crypto acceleration Common stacking
IPsec, Common power stacking
10/25G across Enabled through StackPower+ and QAT and ~2x capacity
* WAN MACsec,
all ports in 1RU power supply enhancements (memory, CPU, 2x 10G KR)
* CloudSec* Common power supplies, fans, cables
Modular uplinks StackWise® and StackPower cables Platinum-rated power supplies Modular fan
4x 40/100G 2x 40/100G 8x 10/25G 8x Multigigabit 50CM-1M-3M 30CM-150CM 315W AC 715W AC/DC 1100W AC 1900WAC
*Roadmap.
Cisco Catalyst 9300X Series Switches
The stack ring – StackWise-1T on all C9300X SKUs
One Logical Switch

A
S • 6 rings in total
M • 3 rings go east
M
1T • 3 rings go west
M
M • Each ring is 90 Gbps
M • 540 Gbps unidirectional
M
• Spatial reuse = 1000 Gbps
Stack interface
of doppler
Assuming 4x 24-port Cisco® Catalyst® 9300X Series modular uplink models
C9300X and C9300 Stack: Investment Protection
One Logical Switch
C9300X
9300
X
SDM 9300
480G
9300
C9300
480G
C9300X and C9300* mixed
Stack ( Copper and Fiber )
* C9300 B/L Models is not supported in mixed stack
Catalyst 9300 Stacking Support
Modular Uplink Modular Uplink Fixed Uplink

Catalyst 9300X models (10/25G Fiber) Catalyst 9300 (non –B) and Catalyst Catalyst 9300L models
9300X models
8 switches
8 switches
8 switches
1T 480G 320G
Stacking supported among Catalyst 9300X models and mixed stacking between Stacking supported among
Catalyst 9300 and Catalyst 9300X models Catalyst 9300L models only
Mixed stacking is not supported between Catalyst 9300, 9300X, and 9300L models
Highly available StackPower
1900W 1900W 1900W 1900W
1900W 1900W One shared

1900W PS
1900W
4 pool for 4 X watts
1900W 1900W member 1900W 1900W
switches
1900W 1900W 1900W 1900W
Stack
Power
1900W 1900W 1900W 1900W
1900W 1900W Second shared

1900W 1900W
4 PS pool for 4 X watts
1900W 1900W member 1900W 1900W
switches
1900W 1900W 1900W 1900W
• Pools power from all Power Supplies (PS)

• All switches in StackPower share the available power in the pool
• Each switch is given its minimum power budget
C9300- 17.3.2
Extended Fast Software Upgrade C9300X- 17.7.1
Catalyst® 9300/9300X standalone Catalyst 9300/9300X stack
#Install add file image activate reloadfast commit #Install add file image activate reloadfast commit
Control plane Active control plane
Data plane Data plane
A
< 30 seconds
< 30 of traffic impact
seconds of S for all ports in
traffic the stack
impact
M
Extended Catalyst 9300 Series with Catalyst 9300X models
Catalyst® 9300 models with modular uplinks Catalyst 9300 models with Fixed uplinks
1G copper ports with PoE/Cisco UPOE®/UPOE+ 9300 Uplinks 1G Copper Data & PoE
2x to 4x
scale/
48/24 ports data 1G 48/24 ports UPOE 1G

buffer 4x1G or 4x10G
4x Multigigabit 4x 1G SFP
fixed
48/24 ports UPOE 1G Uplinks 48/24 ports data 1G
48/24 ports PoE+ 1G 48/24 ports UPOE+ 1G
8x 1/10G SFP/ 4x1G or 4x10G
Multigigabit models with UPOE 1G fiber 2x 40G QSFP
SFP+ fixed
Uplinks
48/24 ports PoE+ 1G
48/24 ports SFP 1G 2x 1/10/25G SFP/SFP+

48/24 ports Multigigabit Multigigabit models with UPOE
Catalyst® 9300X models with modular uplinks NEW 9300X Uplinks
4x10G or
Shipping 1/10/25G Fiber mGig Copper models 2x40G
Uplinks
4x 2x 100/40G
100/40G* QSFP 48/24 ports mGig + UPOE
QSFP
48 mGig port Data only
24/12 ports SFP+ 1G/10G/25G 24/48 mGig with UPOE+
StackWise® and StackPower Optional StackKit

8x 25/10
cables 50CM-1M-3M 30CM-150CM
8x 10G-Mgig
/1G** Stack Adapters 50CM-1M-3M
Platinum-rated power supplies Modular fans External Storage
Common USB 3.0

components 120/240GB
315W AC 715W AC/DC 1100W AC 1900W AC
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Cisco Catalyst 9300X models
C9300X-48HX - 48 port 1/2.5/5/10G copper
StackWise®-1T X86 2.4-GHz

quad-core CPU
ASIC 0 Packet buffer (16 MB) ASIC 1 Packet buffer (16 MB)
FPGA
DRAM – 16 GB
Forwarding controller Forwarding controller
Flash 16 GB
Reassembly 540G Reassembly Rewrite
Rewrite
crypto crypto USB 2.0
Ingress FIFO Egress FIFO Ingress FIFO Egress FIFO

USB 3.0
Core 0 Core 0
Mgmt Console
Network interface Network interface
2x 100G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 20G
2x 100G
4x 100/40G
PHY PHY PHY PHY PHY PHY 2x 100/40G
0 1 2 3 4 5 8x 25/10G
8x Multigigabit
Cage 1 Cage 2 Cage 3
1-24 25-48 1-8
Flexible design options with the Catalyst 9300X
in 2- or 3-tier architecture
Campus Branch
Core
9600/9500H
(SVL)
40/100G
40/100G
Collapsed core 9300X
40/100G 40/100G Distribution
9500H(SVL)
Distribution 9300X Collapsed access
fiber stack
(StackWise®-
1T) Mixed stack 40/100G
9300/9300X 40/100G
40/100G
Mixed
Mixed stack stack
Access
9300/9300X 9300/ Mixed stack
Access
9300X 9300/9300X
Small Medium/large
Bringing 10/25/40/100G with StackWise-1 Terabit to access
Enhanced Application Hosting Infrastructure on
C9300X
1 Core
X86 App1
(2 vCPU)
AppGig Ports
4G RAM
1 x 10G
Docker
2 Cores
(4 vCPU) X86 App
ASIC Cisco Signed
External Storage
1 Core
Applications
AppGig Ports
X86 App2
USB 3.0 240G (2 vCPU)
2 x 10G AppGig Ports
8G RAM 4G RAM
1 x 10G
ASIC ASIC
Support for Multiple Docker applications

With Additional RAM Memory and 2 x AppGigabit
Ports, multiple Cisco Signed performance savvy
Applications can be hosted on C9300X
Hardware Acceleration and Security

C9300X QAT is a special engine on the x86 CPU which
helps in accelerating the performance of
Applications
Software
Catalyst 9300X – Purpose built for the New

IOS-XE 17.6.2
With DNA-A license
( HSEC Key for Export Control )
Edge COLO
Original IP Packet
SIG
IP Header TCP Header Data
100G L3 HW DC/HQ
Encryption 128 tunnels IP Header ESP Header IP Header TCP Header Data ESP Trailer ESP Auth
256 SA’s Native IPSEC

Encrypted
+ 128 rekey SA
9300X
Authentication
Cisco Catalyst 9300X
Encryption Authentication
Static Virtual Tunnel Interface NAT Traversal *
AES-128-CBC HMAC/SHA1
AES-128/256-GCM GMAC IPv4/IPv6 Multicast Routing*

Tunnel Mode
OSPF/BGP L3 segmentation over IPSEC*
Encapsulation - ESP
IKEv2 PBR + Set Interface * L2 Extension over IPSEC*
#CiscoLive BRKARC-2098 * Roadmap

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Catalyst 9300X – Purpose built for the New Edge
Secure connectivity to anywhere
Branch/Campus/DC COLO
Regional
Point-of-Presence
Secure Secure
Tunnels Tunnels
Secure Web Usage & Control Up to 100G low latency
Faster time to Deployment IPsec Encryption
Lower TCO Unicast & Multicast* Routing
Investment protection L3 Segmentation & L2 Extension*
Remote Remote
Branch Branch
Cisco Catalyst 9300X Cisco Catalyst 9300X
Site-to-Cloud Site-to-Site
Standards based IPSEC for secure Direct 100G Line-rate IPsec encryption
Internet Access & Cloud Native Workloads with low latency forwarding
*SD-WAN is not supported #CiscoLive BRKARC-2098 * Roadmap

DNAC: 2.3.4
Catalyst 9k Edge – Automation & Monitoring IOS-XE: 17.9.1
Turnkey* DIY
Day 0: Onboarding DNA Center ZTP
Day 1: Tunnel Provisioning DNA Center NETCONF/RESTCONF, Python, Ansible,

Terraform, CLI
Day N: Tunnel Monitoring DNA Center SNMP, Telemetry
Catalyst 9300
Mini Switch
Introducing 9300LM(mini) Series Switches in C9300L Family
Fixed Uplink replacement for Catalyst 3650-mini IBN Innovations
HA, Hot Patching,

UPOE
UADP 2.0 X86 CPU Cisco Open IOS-XE MACsec 256,

ETA
On-box
App hosting
SD-Access, BGP EVPN

AVC,FNF
40 X 1G + 8 x mGig-10G Fixed 25G Uplinks

19.2
Catalyst C9300L inches
12-13.2
Catalyst C9300LM inches
UPOE Cisco StackWise 320 USB type-A front Panel
mGig Platform Depth <14 inches
Next-gen IT/OT Stackable with Wifi 6E deployments SSD*
Workspaces Application hosting AC PSU DC PSU
C9300L
UPOE 13.2 in 12.8 in
*Roadmap
Data 12.4 in 12.0 in
Catalyst 9000 Innovations#CiscoLive

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IOS-XE 17.9.1
Cisco Catalyst 9300LM Series Target FCS: July

CY22
Fixed Uplinks ( C9300LM Models )

Multigigabit model UPOE models
4 x10/25G 4 x10/25G
Fixed 25GUplinks Fixed 25G
Uplinks
C9300LM-48UX-4Y 40 x 1 G +8 x 100/1/2.5/5/10G uplinks
UPOE Ports
C9300LM-24U-4Y 24 x 1G UPOE Ports uplinks
1G Data model
4 x10/25G 4 x10/25G
Fixed 25G
Fixed 25GUplinks Uplinks
uplinks C9300LM-48U-4Y 48 x 1G UPOE Ports uplinks
C9300LM-48T-4Y 48 x 1G Ports
NEW Modular Stacking NEW Newer Higher-Efficiency C9300LM only Power supplies Modular Fans*
Stack Adapters Stack Cables 600W AC 715W DC 1000W AC FAN Module
* Data SKU utilize Fixed Fan

Catalyst
9200
Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series highlights
UADP 2.0 mini

UADP 2.0 Mini Cisco IOS-XE Lite
Cisco IOS XE Software
Limited-scale SD-Access
MACsec-128 link encryption
Trustworthy solutions
Perpetual/Fast PoE
Programmability
Cold patching
Cisco Smart building ready
6MB Enhanced Security Full Flexible NetFlow
Up to 100GE StackWise Green builds, 802.3bt
Packet Buffer MACsec 128
Bandwidth 160/80 PoE streaming telemetry
Right Sized Switching for simple Branch Deployments

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Next generation of entry-level access switches for intent-based networking
Fixed Uplinks Modular Uplinks
Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series highlights
Recommended for small scale SDA deployments
Security 48 ports Full POE+/Partial POE+/Data,1G/10G Uplink

48 ports Full POE+/Partial PoE+/Data UADP 2.0 mini
48 port Full POE+ with 32 VN**
48 ports Full POE+, 12xmGig, 10G Uplink
Cisco IOS XE Software
48 ports Full POE+, 8xmGig
Resiliency Limited-scale SD-Access
24 ports Full POE+/Data, 1G/10G Uplink 24 ports Full POE+/Data

24 ports Full PoE+ with 32 VN**
MACsec-128 link encryption
Application 24 ports Full POE+, 8xmGig, 10G Uplink Trustworthy solutions

experience 24 ports Full POE+, 8xmGig
Perpetual/Fast PoE
Modular
fans
Higher Efficiency AC FRU Power Supplies Modular uplinks
Programmability
FRU Fan FRU PSU FRU Uplinks*

Cold patching
Silver Platinum Platinum
Rated Rated Rated
Full Flexible NetFlow
4x 1G 4x 10G 2x 25G 2x 40G streaming telemetry
125W 600W 1000W
*C9200 1G skus support 1/10G uplinks while C9200 mGig will support 10/25/40G uplinks
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Lookup tables
Forwarding Resources Feature Resources
9200 9200L 9200 9200L
MAC 32k 16k Security ACL 1k 1k

• PACL
Host Route 10k 8k • VACL
IGMP Groups 1k 1k • RACL
Indirect Route 4k 3k QoS ACL 1k 1k
Multicast Route 1k 1k
Netflow ACEs 128 128
SGT 2k 2k
Netflow Netflow Entries: 16k per ASIC
App Hosting
Fixed Access Positioning NAT

Advanced Features
IPSec
Security
StackWIse-1T
Security
HA StackPower
HA EVPN
L3 L3
BGP
L2 L2 10/25/40G/100G
Catalyst 9200 Catalyst 9300
Branch Office and Small Campus #CiscoLive Small to Large Campus

Catalyst 9000
Compact Switch
Orderable
Aug CY22
The New Catalyst 9200CX Series Switches
Next Generation of Compact Catalyst Switches Flexible Deployment Option
UADP 2.0 Mini Cisco IOS-XE Lite Architecture options

Fabric or Traditional 2-Tier
Flexible powering
Traditional Outlet, UPOE+
Deployment flexibility
Any space, mount or enclosure
12x 1G PoE+ 2x 1G Copper + 2x 1/10G SFP+

Fiber to the edge
Shorter copper runs
6MB Smart building ready Small branches

Up to 60GE Enhanced Security
Packet Buffer Green builds, 802.3bt Zero touch provisioning
Bandwidth MACsec 256
PoE
Catalyst 9000 Feature Richness#CiscoLive

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Cisco Catalyst 9200CX Series
Data and PoE+ Models
1G Downlink and 1G/10G Uplink Models
Data SKU PoE+ SKUs
C9200CX-12T-2X2G
12x1G Downlinks + (3x1G + 2x10G SPP+ Uplinks) C9200CX 12 Port PoE+
Power adapter 12x1G Downlinks + (2x1G + 2x10G SPP+ Uplinks)
80W AC External
• External power adapter (80W) Power Adapter
• UPOE+ powered (70W)
Powering Option Available Power (W)

C9200CX 8 Port PoE+
8x1G Downlinks + (2x1G + 2x10G SPP+ Uplinks)
Auxiliary Input 80W
1 UPOE+ Uplink 71W • 310W Internal AC power supply

• 240W PoE power budget
1 Class 6 802.3bt (60W) 51W
Catalyst 9200CX – Next Generation Compact
Switches
Catalyst® 3560CX models Catalyst® 9200CX models
Market-Leading Encryption AES 128-Bit MACsec AES 256-Bit MACsec
Network Visibility Limited Flexible NetFlow Full Flexible NetFlow
SD Bonjour Services Not Available Bonjour Service Peering

YANG Models
Programmability Basic Scripting with Python (RESTCONF, NETCONF, gNMI), ZTP
Streaming Telemetry
Smart Logging, Limited Flexible Net Flow,
Application Visibility (NETCONF Dial-In and gRPC Dial-Out)
and AVC
SD-AVC w/ NBAR2
SDA Fabric SDA Extended Node Capability SDA Edge Node Capability (16VNs)
Assurance w/ Cisco DNAC Wired assurance, ETA, Cisco

IBN innovations SD-Access, AVC, FNF MACsec-256 TrustSec
Catalyst 9200CX Mounting Options
Wall Mount Table-Top/Bottom/Shelf Mount
• With mounting tray and screws • With mounting tray and screws
• With mounting tray and magnet • With mounting tray with magnet (in case
(in case of metal wall) of metal desk or shelf)
Rack Mount Din Rail Mount
• With mounting screws • With a mounting tray and rail mount
Flexible mounting options for all mounting use-cases

Catalyst 9200CX Hardware Comparison
Catalyst 9200CX Series Catalyst 9200CX Series Catalyst 3560CX
POE+ switches Data-Only switch Series switches
4 Core @375Mhz Embedded 4 Core @375Mhz
CPU Dual Core CPU@600MHz
ARM Embedded ARM
DRAM (DDR3) 4GB 4GB 512MB
Flash On board 4GB 4GB 128MB
Buffer 6MB/ASIC 6MB/ASIC 4MB/ASIC
80W (External) or UPOE+ UL 300W (Internal) or UPOE+ UL

Power Supply 310W (Internal)
Powered Powered
Switching Bandwidth 60GB 60GB 32GB
802.1X-2010(MKA) PSK
MACSEC 256-Bit MACSEC 256-Bit MACSEC
Support for Switch-2-Switch
Max PoE Budget 240W - 240W
Max Depth 9.6” (24.3cm) 6.5” (16.5cm) 10.6” (26.9cm)
Catalyst 9200CX Scale Enhancements
Forwarding Resources Feature Resources
C9200/CX C3560CX C9200/CX C3560CX
MAC 32k 16k Security ACL 1k 375

• PACL
Host Route 10k 4k • VACL
IGMP Groups 1k 1k • RACL
Indirect Route 4k 1k
QoS ACL 1k 375
Multicast Route 1k 1k
SGT 2k 2k Netflow Entries 16k 8k
Higher Scale in the Same Form Factor

Catalyst 9300 Series – Market leading Fixed
switches
Mixed (Catalyst
Catalyst 9300X Catalyst 9300 9300+C9300X)
Deployment Type High-speed Access and

Access Access + Distribution
Distribution
Stacking 1 Terabit 480G 480G
Stackpower (+ higher power budget)
HW-based IPSEC
Dense Uplinks Up to 100G Up to 40G Up to 100G
Fiber models Up to 25G/10G SFP+ Up to 1G SFP Up to 25G/10G SFP+
Max 10G copper ports (1RU) 48 24 48
App Hosting (~2x App Hosting capacity)
Full SD-Access, Fabric-in-a-Box, Wired Assurance, ETA, Macsec256 On-box HA, Hot Patching, Cloud Integrations: Stealthwatch,
IBN Innovations Embedded wireless controller SD-Access, AVC, FNF App Hosting Stackpower, UPOE+ Umbrella, DNA Spaces
Catalyst
9400X/9400
Modular Access delivering ever-increasing value
✓ No oversubscription per slot on any chassis (w/ Sup 2XL) ✓ 100 Gbps ports on Supervisors
✓ Higher non-oversubscribed port density ✓ More Active Ports on Supervisors
✓ Higher Access Point (AP) Density ✓ Higher TCAM scale
✓ Perpetual and Fast PoE hardware capable ✓ Proven 25 Gbps value
Catalyst 9400 SUP 2XL
Catalyst 9400 SUP 2
Catalyst 9400 SUP 1/1XL
Cisco Catalyst 9400X
New Supervisor 2/2XL powered by Cisco UADP 3.0sec ASIC
UADP 3.0sec
UADP 2.0XL Up to 1.6T 1/2.5/5/10/25/40/100G

Bandwidth Supports Different Speeds
Up to 240G 1/2.5/5/10/25/40G
Supports Different
bandwidth Speeds
Increased Up to 36 MB
Forwarding + ACL Scale Unified packet
Up to 128K MACs* buffer
Up to 256K Routes*
Forwarding + ACL Scale Up to 32 MB

Up to 96K MACs (2 x 16MB)
Up to 64K Routes packet buffer
Sup-1/1XL Sup-2/2XL Up to 100G Customizable

Encryption Templates for
480Gbps/Slot with Sup-2XL
IPSec*, WAN-MACsec* higher Scale*
240/120/80Gbps/Slot with Sup-1XL (4/7/10 Slot Chassis)
80Gbps/Slot with Sup-1 (All Chassis) 240Gbps/Slot with Sup-2
* Hardware Capable, Software Support not committed
Unmatched Flexibility Maximum Investment Protection 100G Leadership in Access
Same Series, Chassis options – New SUPs and

#CiscoLive
Line cards
Same Chassis with New Supervisors and Line
cards
C9400X-SUP-
2XL
Q1CY22
C9400X-SUP-
2
Q1CY22
C9400-LC-
48HX
Q2CY22
C9400-LC-
48XS
Q2CY22
C9400-LC-
48HN
Shipping
NOTE: Same Supervisor model required in Dual SUP/SSO configuration
IOS-XE 17.7.1
C9400X-SUP-2 / 2XL 4.8 Tbps

Gen2 Supervisor Modules with UADP 3.0sec
3x UADP 3.0sec ASIC CPU & Memory

• Sup 2XL – 480Gbps per Slot (Full duplex)
• 2.4Ghz 8C Intel Broadwell DE-NS CPU
• Sup 2 – 240Gbps per Slot (Full duplex) • 16GB DDR4 DRAM
RJ45 Mgmt port

SFP28 (1/10/25G) Uplink ports
480-960GB M.2 Drive (optional)
USB3.0 Type A port (installed inside of the Supervisor)
QSFP28 (40/100G) Uplink ports

USB Type B-Mini + RJ45 Console port
• StackWise Virtual
Exceptions • Perpetual and Fast PoE
Sup1-XL Feature Parity at FCS (Roadmapped)
•
•
MACSEC HA on LC
MACSEC XPN Support on SUP
• Auto Neg on Passive cable
Architecture
Centralized architecture
Supervisor
Forwarding features Open Control plane

Cisco
embedded CPUs IOS® XE container
HA communication
Passive backplane
Up to 480G bandwidth per slot
…
Line card Line card Line card
Stub ASIC Stub ASIC Stub ASIC
Sup 2 / 2XL Uplinks – Single Supervisor
Allows Different port Speed Combinations
Default mode (4x 1/10/25G + 3x mix

40/100G)*
4x mix 40/100G
Active Disabled
*QSA and Breakout support on Roadmap

Sup 2 / 2XL Uplinks – Dual Supervisors
Default mode
(4x 1/10/25G + 1x 40/100G
4x 1/10/25G + 1x 40/100G*)
4x mix 40/100G*
Active Disabled
*QSA and Breakout support on Roadmap
IOS-XE 17.8.1
Introducing Catalyst 9400 Gen 2 Line Cards

Higher Bandwidth & Higher Density Line Cards
C9400-LC-48HX
(48 x 10G mGig UPOE+)
C9400-LC-48XS
Shipping
Supported
(48 x 10G SFP+)
with Sup1 &
Sup2 C9400-LC-48HN
(48 x 5G mGig UPOE+)
Up to 384 mGig Ports at Line rate w/ Sup2XL Up to 384 10G Fiber Ports at Line rate w/ Sup2XL
All ports support 90W UPOE+/802.3BT
C9400-LC-48UX C9400-LC-24XS
(24 x mGig UPOE+24 x UPOE) (24 x 10G SFP+)
Up to 192 mGig Ports with Oversubscription w/ Sup1 Up to 192 10G Ports with Oversubscription w/ Sup1
Access Aggregation
New Line Cards are supported only on Supervisor-2/2XL
Concurrent 60W/90W POE Port Density with C9400-LC-
48HX
With 3200W Power Supply in Combined Mode(Fully loaded PSUs):
C9410
C9407
C9404
Total 96 ports 240 ports 384 ports

Ports
UPOE + 96 ports 226 ports 224 ports

(Fully loaded chassis) (Up to 4 fully loaded LCs + 34 (Up to 4 fully loaded LCs + 32
90W Ports) Ports)
UPOE
96 ports 240 ports 336 ports
60W (Fully loaded chassis) (Fully loaded chassis) (Up to 7 fully loaded LCs)
Bandwidth Boost with Gen2 Supervisors
Cisco C9400X Cisco C9400X
Cisco C9400 SUP 1/1XL
SUP2 SUP2XL
Type C9404R C9407R C9410R C9404R/C9407R/C9410R C9404R/C9407R/C9410R
C9400-LC-48HX
New UPOE+ - - - 240 480
Not Supported
New C9400-LC-48XS Fiber - - - 240 480
C9400-LC-48UX UPOE 80 / 240 80 / 120 80 240 240
C9400-LC-24XS Fiber 80 / 240 80 / 120 80 240 240

C9400-LC-48HN UPOE+ 80 / 120 80 / 120 80 240 240
Bandwidth in Gbps Bold indicates Line Rate
3x Bandwidth Uplift for Gen1 LCs (80G -> 240G) on 10 Slot Chassis w/ SUP2XL
2x Bandwidth Uplift for Gen1 LCs (120G -> 240G) on 7 Slot Chassis w/ SUP2XL
Catalyst 9400 Deployment Flexibility
C9400X enables dense 10G SFP+ aggregation and multigigabit access use cases
Core
Campus Branch
C9600/C9500H
(SVL)
Dense 10G Agg 40/100G 40/100G 40/100G

Collapsed Agg
Agg
Dense (Up to 384 ports) 10G SFP+ Agg (48XS)
Mixed SFP+, SFP, RJ45 LCs 9500H(SVL) Mixed SFP+, SFP, RJ45 LCs
Agg Collapsed Collapsed
Agg Agg
Dense mGig
Mixed SFP, 1G/mGig RJ45 LCs
Access
Acces
s
Note: StackWise Virtual support on Sup2/XL Roadmap
Acces
s
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Catalyst 9000 Series Switching

Minhaj Uddin, Leader Technical Marketing

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by the speaker until June 17, 2022.

Agenda • Catalyst 9300X / 9300

and the network is the core engine of hybrid work

Higher mGig Port Density Higher and Flexible Uplink Bandwidth

Higher UPOE+ Port Density Higher 10G Port Density

Wifi6E Deployments with mGig

Smart Buildings with 90W Server Connectivity – 10G BaseT

New Access requirements

Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst Catalyst

Access Switching Core Switching

Multigigabit models with UPOE 1G fiber

StackWise® and StackPower Optional StackKit

Platinum-rated power supplies Modular fans External Storage

Common USB 3.0

48 x mGig-10G + 90W UPOE+ Flexible Uplink Options

Data stack cables Optional power

Common components and stacking backward compatible with Catalyst®

Stacking up the industry firsts X86

Stacks with Densest uplinks: 2x 100/40G, 8x 25/10G, Line-rate non-blocking

Fiber Copper 256-bit MACsec

Catalyst 9300X-24HX …while seamlessly integrating

One Logical Switch

Assuming 4x 24-port Cisco® Catalyst® 9300X Series modular uplink models

One Logical Switch

Modular Uplink Modular Uplink Fixed Uplink

1900W 1900W 1900W 1900W

1900W 1900W One shared

1900W 1900W Second shared

• Pools power from all Power Supplies (PS)

Extended Fast Software Upgrade C9300X- 17.7.1

Catalyst® 9300/9300X standalone Catalyst 9300/9300X stack

Control plane Active control plane

Data plane Data plane

48/24 ports data 1G 48/24 ports UPOE 1G

48/24 ports SFP 1G 2x 1/10/25G SFP/SFP+

StackWise® and StackPower Optional StackKit

Platinum-rated power supplies Modular fans External Storage

Common USB 3.0

StackWise®-1T X86 2.4-GHz

Ingress FIFO Egress FIFO Ingress FIFO Egress FIFO

Cage 1 Cage 2 Cage 3

1-24 25-48 1-8

Bringing 10/25/40/100G with StackWise-1 Terabit to access

Support for Multiple Docker applications

Hardware Acceleration and Security

Catalyst 9300X – Purpose built for the New

256 SA’s Native IPSEC

Cisco Catalyst 9300X

AES-128/256-GCM GMAC IPv4/IPv6 Multicast Routing*

#CiscoLive BRKARC-2098 * Roadmap

Cisco Catalyst 9300X Cisco Catalyst 9300X

*SD-WAN is not supported #CiscoLive BRKARC-2098 * Roadmap

Catalyst 9k Edge – Automation & Monitoring IOS-XE: 17.9.1

Day 0: Onboarding DNA Center ZTP

Day 1: Tunnel Provisioning DNA Center NETCONF/RESTCONF, Python, Ansible,

HA, Hot Patching,

UADP 2.0 X86 CPU Cisco Open IOS-XE MACsec 256,

SD-Access, BGP EVPN

SD-WAN is not supported #CiscoLive BRKARC-2098 Roadmap