The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series, including the Catalyst 9500X models, continues to shape the future with continued innovation that helps you reimagine connections, reinforce security and redefine the experience for your hybrid workforce big and small.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches, based on the Cisco® Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), are Cisco’s lead fixed enterprise core and aggregation switching platform and, as part of the Catalyst 9000 family, are built to transform your network to handle a hybrid world where the workplace is anywhere, endpoints could be anything, and applications are hosted all over the place.
The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series switch C9500-32C-A Catalyst 9500 With its 32x 100GB QSFP28 F-B Airflow ports, this switch offers flexible and scalable connectivity options,Boasting an impressive switching capacity of up to 6.4 Tbps and a forwarding rate of up to 2 Bpps, the switch ensures smooth transmission even in demanding environments. Also, with a large MAC Address Table Size of up to 82,000 entries, this switch can handle extensive network traffic efficiently,This switch is future-proofed for evolving network demands featuring advanced technologies like stackable architecture for increased scalability and intelligence capabilities through Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML).
| Model | Brand |
| C9500-32C-A | Cisco |
| Series | ASIC |
| Catalyst 9500 Series | UADP 3.0 |
| Switching capacity | Forwarding rate |
| Up to 6.4 Tbps | Up to 2 Bpps |
| Total number of MAC addresses | Total number of IPv4 routes (Address Resolution Protocol [ARP] plus learned routes) |
| Up to 82,000 | Up
to 256,000 indirect + direct Up to 90,000 host |
| Total number of IPv6 routes | Multicast scale |
| Up to 256,000 indirect + direct Up to 90,000 host |
Up to 32,000 (IPv4 or IPv6) |
| QoS ACL scale | Security ACL scale |
| Up to 16000 | Up to 27000 |
| FNF entries | DRAM |
| Up to 256,000 | 16 GB |
| Flash | VLAN IDs |
| 16 GB | 4,094 |
| Total Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) | Jumbo frame |
| 4,000 | 9216 bytes |
| Rack Units (RU) | Input voltage |
| 1 RU | 90 to 264 VAC |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | Chassis with 2 power supplies and built-In fan |
| 1.73 x 17.5 x 18.0 in | 25.64 lb (11.63 kg) |
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