Cisco C9500-32C-A Full English Product Description

Product Overview

Port Configuration

• 32× non-blocking QSFP28 universal fiber ports, supporting 40G or 100G transceivers
• Each QSFP28 port supports breakout via split cables: expandable to 4×10G or 4×25G links per port, maximum 96×25G low-speed fiber connections
• Out-of-band management interfaces: 1×RJ45 console, 1×Mini-USB console, 1×USB Type-A storage port, 1×dedicated 1G out-of-band management port
• All ports support hardware MACsec 256-bit encryption, IEEE 802.3ad LACP link aggregation, jumbo frames up to 9198 bytes
• No built-in copper or PoE ports, fully optimized for high-speed fiber interconnection

Core Hardware Specifications

• Switching Capacity: 6.4 Tbps full-duplex non-blocking
• Forwarding Rate: 2 Bpps wire-speed packet forwarding for 64-byte frames
• Form Factor: 1U rack-mount, front-to-back airflow
• Dimension & Weight: 4.4 × 44.5 × 56.8 cm, 11.63 kg
• Memory & Storage: 16 GB DDR4 DRAM, 16 GB SSD flash storage, large unified deep packet buffer for absorbing burst traffic
• Stacking Technology: StackWise-480 stacking with 480 Gbps stacking bandwidth; supports up to 8 switches in one logical stack; compatible with StackWise Virtual for dual-box chassis-level redundancy
• Power & Cooling: Dual hot-swappable 1600W platinum high-efficiency AC/DC power supply slots; N+1 redundant field-replaceable fan trays
• Environmental Parameters: Operating temperature 0°C–40°C; storage temperature -20°C–65°C; relative humidity 5%–90% non-condensing
• Reliability: Extended MTBF for uninterrupted 24/7 core network operation

Scalability Table Capacities

• MAC Address Table: Up to 82,000 entries
• IPv4 Routes: Up to 212,000 combined direct & indirect routes + 90,000 host ARP entries
• IPv6 Routes: Up to 212,000 combined direct & indirect routes + 90,000 host entries
• Total IPv4/IPv6 Multicast Routes: 48,000
• Hardware-Accelerated Security ACL Entries: 27,000
• Hardware-Accelerated QoS ACL Entries: 16,000
• Flexible NetFlow Records: Up to 512,000
• Supported VLAN IDs & SVIs: 4,094; full Layer 3 inter-VLAN routing via SVIs

Network Advantage (A License) Full Feature Suite

Complete Enterprise Layer 3 Routing Stack

Hardware-Accelerated Zero-Trust Security

• Secure boot, Trust Anchor module, firmware image signature verification
• 256-bit MACsec port-level encryption, 802.1X wired authentication, CoPP control plane protection
• Cisco TrustSec SGT micro-segmentation, native ISE integration, hardware ACL filtering, threat traffic policing and logging

Full Automation & Programmability

• Local management: CLI, on-box Web UI, SNMP v2/v3, NETCONF/YANG, RESTCONF API, Python Guest Shell
• Onboard container hosting supported via SSD storage
• Full compatibility with Cisco DNA Center for Intent-Based Networking, SD-Access fabric orchestration, zero-touch provisioning and unified network automation

Enterprise-Grade High Availability

• SSO/NSF graceful restart, cross-stack LACP aggregation, ISSU hitless stacking firmware upgrade
• Hot-swappable redundant power supplies and fans to enable non-disruptive maintenance without service outage

Advanced QoS & Multicast Optimization

• Hierarchical multi-level QoS, traffic policing/shaping, WRED congestion avoidance
• Dedicated hardware multicast replication engine for IPTV, large-scale video conferencing and media streaming

Typical Deployment Scenarios

• Large enterprise campus core layer with massive 100G backbone aggregation
• Medium-to-large data center leaf-spine fabric high-speed interconnection
• Inter-data-center long-distance fiber backbone links
• SD-Access fabric border node for campus zero-trust segmentation
• Multi-cloud hybrid network high-bandwidth gateway
• Service provider small POP core aggregation with 100G uplink density

Short Catalog Version (For BOM & Quotation)