C9500-40X-2Q-E - Cisco Switch with 40 Ports 10G, Network Essentials

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 switch C9500-40X-2Q-E delivers a switching capacity of 960 Gbps and a forwarding rate of 1440 Mpps. It includes forty 10G SFP+ ports and one C9500-NM-2Q module, which provides two additional 40G QSFP+ uplinks. The MAC address table supports up to 64,000 entries for extensive network scalability,Enhanced security features help protect data traffic, while advanced QoS ensures efficient packet prioritization. Redundant power supply support increases reliability by reducing potential downtime risks. Designed with high-density connectivity options, this model suits organizations requiring strong aggregation capabilities in enterprise networks or core layers within IT deployments where performance consistency is required without excessive complexity in configuration.