C9300-24H-E Full Official English Specification Description

1. Short SKU Definition

2. Product Overview

Port & PoE Hardware Specifications

• 24×RJ45 10/100/1000BASE-T downlink copper ports, each supports IEEE802.3bt UPOE+ up to 90W single-port power output
• Default factory configuration: single PWR-C1-1100WAC AC modular power supply, baseline PoE total budget = 830W. Add redundant second 1100W AC PSU to expand total PoE budget up to 2160W via Cisco StackPower power aggregation technology, enabling full 90W power supply across all 24 ports simultaneously.
• One rear modular uplink expansion slot, compatible with full official C9300 network interface modules: C9300-NM-4G (4×1G SFP), C9300-NM-4M (4×10G SFP+), C9300-NM-2Q (2×40G QSFP+), C9300-NM-8X (8×10G SFP+), flexible uplink bandwidth selection from 1Gbps to 40Gbps.

Core Switch Performance Parameters

• Standalone Switch Fabric Capacity: 208 Gbps
• Wire-rate IPv4/IPv6 Forwarding Throughput: 154.76 Mpps
• Stacking: Cisco StackWise-480 with total 480Gbps stacking bandwidth; maximum 8 identical C9300 series switches can be stacked into single logical chassis with dedicated stacking cables.
• System hardware: 8GB DRAM +16GB onboard flash storage, three hot-swappable redundant internal cooling fans; embedded onboard wireless controller supports centralized management of up to 200 Cisco enterprise wireless access pointsCisco.
• Table capacity: Max 4094 configurable VLAN instances, 32000 MAC address entries, supports jumbo frame up to 9198 Bytes.

3. Software & License Features (Network Essentials /-E vs Network Advantage /-A Core Difference)

1. Complete Layer2 switching feature suite: 802.1Q VLAN, STP/RSTP/MSTP, LACP link aggregation, Energy Efficient Ethernet IEEE802.3az, basic port security, DHCP Snooping, DAI, basic ACL filtering.
2. Basic Layer3 routing functions only: Static Routing + RIP protocol; no native support for OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VRF, MPLS, VXLAN and SD-Access fabric features (above advanced routing needs license upgrade to Network Advantage).
3. Limited security toolkit: Basic 802.1X port authentication; no hardware MACsec AES-256 link encryption, TrustSec SGT segmentation, Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) native support (ETA & TrustSec require Advantage license upgrade).
4. Basic QoS: Standard per-port egress queue scheduling and CoS/DSCP marking; partial programmable API & ZTP zero-touch provisioning functions, compatible with basic Cisco DNA Center monitoring only.

4. Physical & Environmental Specifications

• Dimension: 44.5mm(H) × 445mm(W) × 488mm(D) / 1.73in × 17.5in × 19.2in, standard 19-inch 1U rack installation
• Approximate net weight: 7.55kg (16.62lb)
• Operating ambient temperature: -5℃ ~ +45℃; storage temperature: -40℃ ~ +70℃; operating relative humidity: 5%~90% non-condensing
• Compliance certification: UL60950-1, CE, FCC Class A, RoHS & WEEE compliant; Cisco Limited Lifetime Hardware WarrantyCisco.

5. Suffix Annotation Summary

• -H = UPOE+ High Power, IEEE802.3bt Type4 max 90W per RJ45 port
• -E = Network Essentials Perpetual License (Base L2 + Basic L3, no advanced routing & enterprise security features)