Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series is the next generation of the industry’s most widely deployed stackable switching platform. Built for security, IoT, and the cloud, these network switches form the foundation for Cisco’s Software-Defined Access, our leading enterprise architecture. Cisco Catalyst 9300L switches are the Catalyst 9300 switches with fixed modules.
C9500-48Y4C-A Specification |
Performance specifications |
Switching capacity | Up to 3.2 Tbps |
Forwarding rate | Up to 1 Bpps |
Total number of MAC addresses | Up to 82,000 |
Total number of IPv4 routes (Address Resolution Protocol [ARP] plus learned routes) | Up to 212,000 indirect + direct Up to 90,000 host/ARP |
Total number of IPv6 routes | Up to 212,000 indirect + direct Up to 90,000 host |
QoS ACL scale | Up to 16000 |
Security ACL scale | Up to 27000 |
FNF entries | Up to 98,000 |
DRAM | 16 GB |
Flash | 16 GB |
VLAN IDs | 4000 |
Total Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) | 4000 |
Jumbo frame | 9216 bytes |
Power supply specifications |
Power Supply Selection | C9K-PWR-650WAC-R or C9K-PWR-930WDC-R |
Dimensions, physical specifications, and MTBF |
Dimensions (H x W x D) | 1.73 x 17.5 x 18.0 in |
Rack units (RU) | 1 RU |
Input voltage | 90 to 264 VAC |
Operating temperature | 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C) |
Storage temperature | -4° to 149°F (-20° to 65°C) |
Relative humidity operating and nonoperating noncondensing | Ambient (noncondensing) operating: 5% to 90% Ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 5% to 95% |
Altitude | Operation up to 13,000 feet at 40°C |
MTBF (hours) | 316,960 |
C9500-48Y4C-A Specification |
Performance specifications |
Switching capacity | Up to 3.2 Tbps |
Forwarding rate | Up to 1 Bpps |
Total number of MAC addresses | Up to 82,000 |
Total number of IPv4 routes (Address Resolution Protocol [ARP] plus learned routes) | Up to 212,000 indirect + direct Up to 90,000 host/ARP |
Total number of IPv6 routes | Up to 212,000 indirect + direct Up to 90,000 host |
QoS ACL scale | Up to 16000 |
Security ACL scale | Up to 27000 |
FNF entries | Up to 98,000 |
DRAM | 16 GB |
Flash | 16 GB |
VLAN IDs | 4000 |
Total Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) | 4000 |
Jumbo frame | 9216 bytes |
Power supply specifications |
Power Supply Selection | C9K-PWR-650WAC-R or C9K-PWR-930WDC-R |
Dimensions, physical specifications, and MTBF |
Dimensions (H x W x D) | 1.73 x 17.5 x 18.0 in |
Rack units (RU) | 1 RU |
Input voltage | 90 to 264 VAC |
Operating temperature | 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C) |
Storage temperature | -4° to 149°F (-20° to 65°C) |
Relative humidity operating and nonoperating noncondensing | Ambient (noncondensing) operating: 5% to 90% Ambient (noncondensing) nonoperating and storage: 5% to 95% |
Altitude | Operation up to 13,000 feet at 40°C |
MTBF (hours) | 316,960 |
Cisco Catalyst 9300L Switches Specification |
Designed to replace | Catalyst 3850 |
Supported IOS | Network Advantage, Network Essentials |
Network modules options | Fixed Modules |
Stack Technology | StackWise-320 |
Stacking bandwidth | 320 Gbps |
Total number of MAC addresses | 32,000 |
Total number of IPv4 routes (ARP plus learned routes) | 32,000 (24,000 direct routes and 8000 indirect routes) |
IPv4 routing entries | - |
IPv6 routing entries | 16,000 |
Multicast routing scale | 8,000 |
QoS scale entries | 5,120 |
ACL scale entries | 5,120 |
Packet buffer per SKU | 16 MB buffer for 24 and 48 port Gigabit Ethernet models |
Flexible NetFlow (FNF) entries | 64,000 flow on 24- and 48-port Gigabit Ethernet models |
DRAM | 8 GB |
Flash | 16 GB |
VLAN IDs | 4094 |
Total Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) | 1000 |
Jumbo frames | 9198 bytes |
Switching capacity | 56 Gbps - 176 Gbps |
Forwarding rate | 41.66 Mpps - 130.95 Mpps |





