Cisco C9500-40X-2Q-E Full English Product Description

Product Overview

Port Configuration

• 40× non-blocking 1/10G SFP+ fiber downlink ports, compatible with 1G/10G transceivers
• Integrated network module with 2×40G QSFP+ uplink ports; each QSFP+ supports breakout to four 10G SFP+ via split cables
• Out-of-band management interfaces: RJ45 console, Mini-USB console, USB Type A, dedicated 1G OOB management port
• No copper RJ45 or PoE ports, fully fiber-based design for high-bandwidth aggregation

Core Hardware Specifications

• Switching Capacity (Full-Duplex): 960 Gbps non-blocking
• Forwarding Rate: 720 Mpps wire-speed packet forwarding
• Form Factor: 1U rack-mount, front-to-back airflow
• Memory & Storage: 16 GB DDR4 DRAM, 16 GB SSD flash, unified deep packet buffer for burst traffic absorption
• Stacking: StackWise-480 (480 Gbps stacking bandwidth), supports up to 8 switches per logical stack; compatible with StackWise Virtual dual-box virtualization
• Power & Cooling: Dual hot-swappable platinum-efficiency AC power supply slots; N+1 redundant field-replaceable fan trays for non-disruptive maintenance
• Environment: Operating temperature 0°C–40°C; storage -20°C–65°C; humidity 5%–90% non-condensing
• MTBF: Extended reliability for 24/7 core network operation

Scalability Table Capacities

• MAC Address Table: 64,000 entries
• IPv4 Routes: 64,000 indirect routes + 32,000 host routes
• IPv6 Routes: 32,000 indirect routes + 16,000 host routes
• Combined IPv4/IPv6 Multicast Routes: 48,000
• Hardware-Accelerated Security/QoS ACLs: 18,000 entries each
• Flexible NetFlow Records: Up to 512,000
• VLAN Support: 4,094 VLAN IDs, full SVI inter-VLAN routing
• Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9198 bytes

Network Essentials (E License) Feature Suite

Layer 2 & Basic Layer 3 Routing

• Complete Layer 2 toolkit: STP/RSTP/MSTP, LACP, Q-in-Q private VLAN, SPAN/RSPAN
• Core routing protocols: Static routing, RIP, single-area OSPF, EIGRP stub mode, HSRP, VRRP
• Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 wire-speed forwarding, basic static NAT/PAT

Foundational Hardware Security

• Secure boot, image signature validation, built-in Trust Anchor module
• 802.1X port authentication, basic 256-bit MACsec port encryption, CoPP control plane policing
• Standard ACL filtering, zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), baseline threat traffic suppression

Monitoring & Limited Automation

• Management access: CLI, local Web UI, SNMP v2/v3, partial NETCONF/YANG support
• Flexible NetFlow, basic telemetry, Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
• Restricted Cisco DNA Center compatibility (only inventory & ZTP; SD-Access, TrustSec and advanced fabric functions require Network Advantage license)Cisco

High Availability

• SSO/NSF graceful restart, cross-stack LACP aggregation, ISSU hitless stacking firmware upgrade
• Hot-swappable redundant power supplies and fans for live maintenance

QoS & Multicast

• Hierarchical QoS, traffic policing/shaping, WRED congestion avoidance
• Standard PIM-SM/SSM multicast for IPTV, video conferencing and media streaming

Key Limitations vs C9500-40X-2Q-A (Network Advantage)

• No full BGP, multi-area OSPF, full EIGRP, IS-IS, MPLS L2/L3 VPN and MVPN
• Lacks VRF-lite multi-tenant segmentation, policy-based routing (PBR), LISP and VXLAN
• No Cisco TrustSec SGT micro-segmentation, SD-Access fabric architecture
• Limited DNA Center automation, unsupported container hosting and full ERSPAN telemetry

Typical Deployment Scenarios

• Mid-size enterprise aggregation layer with mass 10G fiber access and 40G uplink convergence
• Small-scale data center leaf fabric without cross-region inter-domain BGP routing
• Inter-campus fiber backbone links with cost optimization priority
• Branch campus core without zero-trust segmentation requirements
• Mid-market enterprise networks with simplified routing and security policies

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