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Cisco Catalyst 9300 - Network Essentials - switch - 48 ports - Managed - rack-mountable
Network Essentials
switch
L3
Managed
48 x 10/100/1000 (PoE+)
rack-mountable
PoE+ (437 W)
Weight: 10.72 KG
- Cloud ready
- Optimized for mobility
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Overview
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series switches are Cisco's lead stackable enterprise access 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.
Main Specifications
- Device Type
- Switch - 48 ports - L3 - Managed - stackable
- Enclosure Type
- Rack-mountable 1U
- Subtype
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Ports
- 48 x 10/100/1000 (PoE+)
- Performance
- Switching capacity: 128 Gbps ¦ Stacking bandwidth: 480 Gbps ¦ Forwarding rate: 190.48 Mpps
- Capacity
- IPv4 routing table entries: 32000 ¦ IPv6 routing table entries: 16000 ¦ Flexible NetFlow entries: 64000 ¦ VLAN IDs: 4000 ¦ Switched virtual interfaces (SVIs): 2000
- MAC Address Table Size
- 32000 entries
- Jumbo Frame Support
- 9198 bytes
- Routing Protocol
- OSPF, IS-IS, RIP-1, RIP-2, IGMP, VRRP, PIM-SM, OSPFv3, PIM-SSM, policy-based routing (PBR), RIPng
- Remote Management Protocol
- SNMP 1, RMON 1, RMON 2, SNMP 3, SNMP 2c, CLI, NETCONF, RESTCONF
- Features
- Trunking, full duplex mode, WRED, STP support, ACL support, QoS, RSPAN, MIB, Cisco StackWise-480 technology, Cisco StackPower technology, FNF, 802.1x authentication, 16MB packet buffer, FTP client, 3 fans, CoPP, SSM, integrated Wireshark, VLAN Double Tagging (Q-in-Q), Private VLAN
- Product Description
- Cisco Catalyst 9300 - Network Essentials - switch - 48 ports - Managed - rack-mountable
- Compliant Standards
- IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3az, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3an, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at
- PoE Budget
- 437 W
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 44.5 cm x 44.5 cm x 4.4 cm
- Weight
- 7.59 kg
- Manufacturer Warranty
- Limited lifetime warranty
Associated Documents
Product Features
What's in the box
Switch with default primary power supply, AC power cord, rack-mount kit
BUILT-IN RESILIENCY
High-end fixed switching for Software-Defined Access, App hosting, high availability, assurance, and smart buildings
HIGH PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY
Support for high-density 10G and 40G uplinks with up to 480 Gbps of stacking bandwidth for robust performance and network expansion.
ADVANCED SECURITY
Features like Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) and Cisco TrustSec provide comprehensive security, including Network Access Control (NAC) capabilities.
UP TO 1TB OF STACKING BANDWIDTH
With Stackwise-1T, Catalyst 9300 switches are the industry's highest-density stacking bandwidth solution with the most flexible uplink architecture.
CLOUD MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING
Cloud management and monitoring provides the ability to manage or view Catalyst 9300 switch statistics, configuration, and troubleshooting capabilities in Meraki dashboard.
Specifications
Environmental Parameters
- Humidity Range Storage
- 5 - 90% (non-condensing)
- Min Operating Temperature
- -5 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 45 °C
- Max Storage Temperature
- 70 °C
- Min Storage Temperature
- -40 °C
- Humidity Range Operating
- 5 - 90% (non-condensing)
Weight & dimensions
- Depth
- 44.5 cm
- Width
- 44.5 cm
- Height
- 4.4 cm
- Weight
- 7.59 kg
Power
- Power Provided
- 715 Watt
- Installed Qty
- 1
- Power Device
- Internal power supply - hot-plug
- Max Supported Qty
- 2
- Power Redundancy
- Optional
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included
- Cisco IOS Universal
General
- Flash Memory
- 16 GB
- Enclosure Type
- Rack-mountable
- PoE Budget
- 437 W
- Subtype
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Encryption Algorithm
- 128-bit AES
- MAC Address Table Size
- 32000 entries
- Jumbo Frame Support
- 9198 bytes
- Device Type
- Switch - 48 ports - L3 - Managed - stackable
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Power Over Ethernet (PoE)
- PoE+
- Capacity
- IPv4 routing table entries: 32000, IPv6 routing table entries: 16000, Flexible NetFlow entries: 64000, VLAN IDs: 4000, Switched virtual interfaces (SVIs): 2000
- Performance
- Switching capacity: 128 Gbps, Stacking bandwidth: 480 Gbps, Forwarding rate: 190.48 Mpps
- Routing Protocol
- OSPF, IS-IS, RIP-1, RIP-2, IGMP, VRRP, PIM-SM, OSPFv3, PIM-SSM, policy-based routing (PBR), RIPng
- Compliant Standards
- IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.3at
- Status Indicators
- Status
- Remote Management Protocol
- SNMP 1, RMON 1, RMON 2, SNMP 3, SNMP 2c, CLI, NETCONF, RESTCONF
- Features
- Trunking, full duplex mode, WRED, STP support, ACL support, QoS, RSPAN, MIB, Cisco StackWise-480 technology, Cisco StackPower technology, FNF, 802.1x authentication, 16MB packet buffer, FTP client, 3 fans, CoPP, SSM, integrated Wireshark, VLAN Double Tagging (Q-in-Q), Private VLAN
Connections & Expansion
- Interfaces
- 48 x 1000Base-T RJ-45 PoE+, 1 x USB 2.0
- Expansion Slots
- 1 (total) / 1 (free) x Expansion Slot
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- Limited warranty - replacement - lifetime - response time: next business day, Technical support - consulting - 90 days
Miscellaneous
- MTBF
- 277,770 hours
- Compliant Standards
- CISPR 22 Class A, CISPR 24, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN55024, EN50082-1, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-4-4, EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-6, CCC, ICES-003 Class A, EN 61000-4-5, UL 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1, RoHS, AS/NZS 3548 Class A, BSMI Class A, VCCI Class A, EN 55022 Class A, FCC CFR47 Part 15 A, EN 300 386, TVCN 7317, VCCI V-3/2009 Class A, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1





