Description
The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switches are the next generation of enterprise-class core and aggregation layer switches, supporting full programmability and serviceability. Based on an x86 CPU, the Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series is Cisco’s lead purpose-built fixed core and aggregation enterprise switching platform, built for security, IoT, and cloud. The switches come with a 4-core x86, 2.4-GHz CPU, 16-GB DDR4 memory, and 16-GB internal storage.
Features:
- 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
- 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 6.4-Tbps switching capacity with up to 2 Bpps of forwarding performance
- 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
- Platinum-rated AC/DC power supplies
- Up to 512,000 Flexible NetFlow (FNF) entries in hardware
- Up to 36 MB of unified buffer per ASIC
- Up to 212,000 routing entries (IPv4/IPv6) for high-end campus core and aggregation deployments
- IPv6 support in hardware, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks
- 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
- Dual-stack support for IPv4/IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations, for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration
- Support for both static and dynamic NAT and Port Address Translation (PAT)
- Scalable routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables and Layer 2 tables
