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.

The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series is the industry’s first purpose-built 25, 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet line of switches targeted for the enterprise campus. These switches deliver unmatched table scale (MAC/route/ACL) and buffering for enterprise applications. The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series includes nonblocking 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP+, QSFP28) and 1, 10 and 25 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP/SFP+/SFP28) switches with granular port densities that fit diverse campus needs. The switches support advanced routing and infrastructure services (such as Multiprotocol Label Switching [MPLS] Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, Multicast VPN [MVPN], and Network Address Translation [NAT]); Cisco Software-Defined Access capabilities (such as a host tracking database, cross-domain connectivity, and VPN Routing and Forwarding [VRF]-aware Locator/ID Separation Protocol [LISP]); and network system virtualization with Cisco StackWise® virtual technology that are critical for their placement in the campus core. The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series also supports foundational high-availability capabilities such as patching, Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR), Cisco Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover  (NSF/SSO), redundant platinum-rated power supplies, and fans.

Specifications

Switching capacityUp to 1.6 Tbps

Forwarding rateUp to 1 Bpps

Total number of MAC addressesUp to 82,000

Total number of IPv4 routesUp to 212,000 indirect + direct

Total number of IPv6 routesUp to 212,000 indirect + direct

QoS ACL scaleUp to 16000

Security ACL scaleUp to 27000

FNF entriesUp to 98,000

DRAM16 GB

Flash16 GB

VLAN IDs4000

Total Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs)4000

Jumbo frame9216 bytes

Power supply specifications

Power Supply SelectionC9K-PWR-650WAC-R or C9K-PWR-930WDC-R

Dimensions, physical specifications, weight, and MTBF

Dimensions (H x W x D)1.73 x 17.5 x 18.0 in

Rack units (RU)1 RU

Chassis with 2 power 

supplies and built-In fan        20.99 lb (9.52 kg)

Input voltage    90 to 264 VAC

Operating temperature32 to 104F (0 to 40C)

Storage temperature-4 to 149F (-20 to 65C)

Relative humidity operatingAmbient (noncondensing) operating: 5% to 90%

Altitude        Operation up to 13,000 feet at 40°C

MTBF (hours)336,780