Full Official English Description – Cisco Catalyst C9300L-24P-4X-M

1. Product Overview

2. Port Hardware Specifications

• Downlink Copper Ports: 24 × 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 ports with full IEEE 802.3at PoE+ support, auto-MDI/MDIX and auto-speed negotiation; each port delivers up to 30W DC power for wireless APs, IP phones and low-power surveillance cameras
• Fixed Integrated Uplinks: 4 built-in dual-rate SFP+ slots supporting 1G / 10G speeds, compatible with 1000BASE-SX/LX and 10GBASE-SR/LR/LRM/ZR optical transceivers as well as 10G direct attach copper (DAC) cables for high-speed inter-switch aggregation links
• Stacking Interfaces: Dual dedicated rear StackWise-320 stacking ports delivering 320 Gbps bidirectional stacking bandwidth; supports stacking of up to 8 physical switches consolidated into a single unified logical switching domain. Separate stacking kit (C9300L-STACK-KIT2) is required for stacking deploymentCisco
• Management Interfaces:
  1 × RJ45 serial console port, 1 × USB Type-A console port
  1 × 1G out-of-band management Ethernet port
  1 × USB 3.0 storage port for offline firmware upgrades, log export and local configuration backup
• Onboard Memory & Storage: 8 GB DDR4 DRAM, 16 GB internal flash memory

3. Switching & Forwarding Performance

• Standalone Full-Duplex Switching Capacity: 176 Gbps
• Standalone Line-Rate Forwarding Rate: 130.95 Mpps
• Aggregated Full Stack Bandwidth: Up to 496 Gbps
• Stack Aggregated Forwarding Throughput: 369.05 Mpps
• MAC Address Table Capacity: 32,000 MAC forwarding entries
• IPv4 Routing Table: 32,000 route entries
• IPv6 Routing Table: 16,000 route entries
• Multicast Group Table: 8,000 multicast group entries
• Shared Hardware Packet Buffer: 16 MB buffer to absorb bursty wireless, video and IoT traffic
• Hardware ACL Scale: 5,120 ingress rules + 5,120 egress ACL rules
• Flexible NetFlow / IPFIX Flow Table: 64,000 flow entries
• Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9198 bytes
• Maximum Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs): 1000 SVIs for inter-VLAN routing

4. Power & Thermal Architecture

• Power Supply Support: 1 or 2 hot-swappable Platinum-efficiency AC power supplies with OIR (Online Insertion and Removal); factory default configuration ships with single 715W Meraki-certified AC PSU (PWR-C1-715WAC-P-M)
• PoE+ Power Budget Scaling:
  Single 715W PSU: 445W total PoE+ power allocation for PoE endpoints
  Dual redundant high-wattage PSUs: Expanded PoE budget to support simultaneous full-power operation of all 24 PoE+ ports
• StackPower Technology: Cross-stack power resource pooling in ring topology, dynamic PoE load balancing and N+1 power redundancy across all stack members
• Cooling System: 3 field-replaceable variable-speed hot-swap fans with redundant cooling design, low acoustic noise suitable for office rack room deployment
• Universal Input Voltage: 100–240V AC, 50/60Hz mains input
• Typical Idle Power Consumption: ~95W under standard operating load

5. Stacking & High Availability Technology

• StackWise-320: 320 Gbps high-speed stacking backplane, sub-50ms traffic convergence upon stack member hardware failure
• SSO/NSF: Stateful Switchover and Nonstop Forwarding to eliminate service interruption during stack supervisor role failover
• Mixed Stack Compatibility: Fully inter-stackable with all Catalyst 9300L-M Meraki-managed switches (T/P/PF fixed-port variants); all stack units are visualized and configured under one unified Meraki Dashboard viewCisco
• Cross-stack EtherChannel, Flexlink+ and Extended Fast Software Upgrade supported to enhance stack-level service resiliency

6. Hardware-Accelerated Security (Tier-Locked by Meraki Subscription)

• MACsec 256-bit AES hardware link encryption supported on all PoE+ copper downlinks and SFP+ fiber uplink ports
• Trustworthy Systems secure boot, runtime integrity verification and digital firmware authenticity validation via onboard Trust Anchor Module
• Endpoint Authentication Suite: IEEE 802.1X, MAB, cloud-managed captive WebAuth portal access control
• Layer 2 Threat Mitigation: Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard, BPDU Guard, broadcast/multicast storm suppression
• Secure Management Transport: SSH, HTTPS, SNMPv3, fully encrypted persistent cloud tunnel to Meraki Dashboard
• Tier-Restricted Advanced Security Functions:
  Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), Adaptive Policy group-based microsegmentation, full IPFIX streaming telemetry and advanced remote packet capture require a Meraki Advanced subscription license; only baseline threat prevention is available under Meraki Enterprise tier

7. Layer 2 & Layer 3 Protocol Support

Full Layer 2 Feature Set

Layer 3 Routing Protocols

• Limitation: Advanced routing protocols including BGP and full Policy-Based Routing (PBR) are unlocked exclusively with the Meraki Advanced subscription license

8. Software & Meraki Cloud Licensing Ecosystem

• Operating System: Custom hybrid Cisco IOS XE image optimized exclusively for Meraki Dashboard cloud orchestration
• Core Licensing Difference vs C9300L-24P-4X-E / C9300L-24P-4X-A: No perpetual Cisco DNA Network Essentials / Network Advantage licenses. The switch requires mandatory time-based Meraki term subscriptions (1/3/5/7/10-year) in two tiers:
  1. Meraki Enterprise: Base Layer 2 / lightweight Layer 3 routing, basic telemetry, zero-touch provisioning, real-time dashboard monitoring, email/SMS event alerts
  2. Meraki Advanced: Adds ETA malware detection, full IPFIX streaming telemetry, Adaptive Policy microsegmentation, advanced remote diagnostics and expanded routing scale
• Unified Management Channels:
  1. Meraki Cloud Dashboard (primary): Graphical centralized configuration, template-based mass deployment, scheduled automatic firmware upgrades, historical traffic analytics, cross-site topology visualization
  2. Local CLI via console / SSH for emergency on-prem troubleshooting
• Programmability: Meraki REST API, on-box Python guest shell, limited NETCONF/YANG streaming telemetry export

9. Physical & Environmental Specifications

• Form Factor: 1 Rack Unit (1RU) standard 19-inch EIA rack-mount chassis
• External Dimensions: 445 mm (W) × 410 mm (D) × 44 mm (H) / 17.5 × 16.1 × 1.73 inches
• Chassis Weight (single 715W PSU installed): 7.2 kg (15.87 lbs)
• Operating Ambient Temperature: 0°C ~ +45°C
• Storage Temperature: -40°C ~ +70°C
• Operating Humidity: 5% – 90% non-condensing
• Typical MTBF Rating: 340,710 hours under standard factory operating conditions
• Compliance Certifications: UL, CSA, CE, FCC Class A, ICES-003, RoHS, TAA, ENERGY STAR certified

10. Model Naming Breakdown

• C9300L: Catalyst 9300 Lite cost-optimized fixed-uplink stackable switching platform equipped with StackWise-320
• 24P: 24-port 10/100/1000BASE-T IEEE 802.3at PoE+ copper downlinks
• 4X: Four fixed dual-rate 1G/10G SFP+ fiber uplink ports
• M: Meraki Cloud-Managed variant, requires term-based Meraki Enterprise/Advanced subscription licenses; no perpetual Cisco DNA entitlements

11. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Multi-site enterprise campus wired access powering IP phones, Wi-Fi 6/6E APs and low-power PoE surveillance cameras with low-latency 10G fiber uplinks to distribution layers, managed centrally via Meraki cloud
2. Multi-branch office access layer combining wired workstations and wireless APs with zero-touch remote provisioning and unified cross-location monitoring
3. Education classrooms and training labs equipped with PoE IP cameras, VoIP handsets and wireless access points requiring high upstream bandwidth
4. Light-density smart building IoT aggregation for access control panels, low-power lighting sensors and digital signage across geographically distributed sites
5. Cloud-first entry-level PoE access deployments prioritizing remote lifecycle management without on-premises DNA Center infrastructure

Key Distinction Note

• -M: Meraki cloud subscription-managed, feature tiers split by Enterprise/Advanced term licenses
• -E: On-prem DNA Center managed, baseline perpetual Cisco DNA Network Essentials license with limited Layer 3 routing and no advanced security/fabric features
• -A: On-prem DNA Center managed, full-feature perpetual Cisco DNA Network Advantage license with ETA analytics, TrustSec segmentation, BGP/EIGRP and SD-Access fabric support