• Highest wireless scale for Wi-Fi 6 and 802.11ac Wave 2 access points supported on a single switch with select models
• Catalyst 9300 and Catalyst 9300L/LM models are based on the Cisco UADP 2.0 ASIC with programmable pipeline and micro-engine capabilities, along with template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality-of-Service (QoS) entries
• Catalyst 9300X models are based on UADP 2.0sec ASIC, which adds line-rate support for crypto, including 100G hardware-based IPsec
• x86 CPU complex with 8 GB memory, 16 GB of flash, and an external USB 3.0 SSD pluggable storage slot (delivering up to 240 GB of storage with an optional SSD drive) to host containers. Catalyst 9300X models support 16 GB of memory
• USB 2.0 slot to load system images and set configurations
• Up to 1 Tbps of local stackable switching bandwidth with the Catalyst 9300X models
• Deeper buffer and higher scale model options for rich multimedia content delivery applications
• Flexible and dense uplink offerings with 100G, 40G, 25G, Multigigabit, 10G, and 1G as fixed or modular uplinks
• Easy transition from 40G to 100G and 10G to 25G with dual-rate optics
• Flexible downlink options with 25G, 10G and 1G copper and fiber as well as the densest Multigigabit links
• With a mix of copper (1G up to 10G) and fiber (1G up to 25G) supported in a single stack, multiple flexible deployment scenarios are enabled, including 2-tier, 3-tier, and hybrid architectures
• Leading Power over Ethernet (PoE) capabilities with up to 384 ports of PoE per stack, PoE+, and 288 ports of high-density IEEE 802.3bt-90W UPOE+ and 60W Cisco UPOE®
• Intelligent power management with Cisco StackPower technology, providing power stacking among members for power redundancy. StackPower pools the power supplies across the stack to be used for redundancy and supplemental power purposes
• Flexible power source options from line voltage AC, low voltage DC to High Voltage DC (HVDC) provide the choices for customers to migrate to efficient DC micro grid powered by renewable energy sources for a sustainable future
• Line-rate, hardware-based Flexible NetFlow (FNF), delivering flow collection of up to 128,000 flows with select models
• IPv6 support in hardware, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks
• Dual-stack support for IPv4/IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations, for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration
• Support for both static and dynamic Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT)
• IEEE 802.1ba Audio Video Bridging (AVB) built in to provide a better audio and video experience through improved time synchronization and QoS
• Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588v2) provides accurate clock synchronization with sub-microsecond accuracy, making it suitable for distribution and synchronization of time and frequency over the network

Built to reimage connection, reinforce security, and redefine experience

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.

The Catalyst 9300 Series, including the Catalyst 9300X models, continues to shape the future with continued innovation that helps you reimagine connections, reinforce security and redefine the experience for your hybrid workforce, big or small. With Catalyst 9300 Series switches, you choose how you want to manage your network – on-premises, virtual, or from the cloud.

The many industry firsts of the Catalyst 9300 Series include:

● Up to 1 TB of stacking bandwidth: With Cisco StackWise-1T, Catalyst 9300 Series switches are the industry’s highest-density stacking bandwidth solution with the most flexible uplink architecture.

● Flexible and dense uplink offerings with 100 Gigabit Ethernet (G), 40G, 25G, Multigigabit, 10G, and 1G modular uplinks.

● Mixed stacking with backward compatibility: Stack your Catalyst 9300X fiber switches with Catalyst 9300 and Catalyst 9300X Multigigabit switches, bringing stackable high-speed fiber to the access layer.

● Highest number of Multigigabit ports: With standalone and StackWise-1T, Catalyst 9300X models enable 48 Multigigabit ports in standalone mode and 448 Multigigabit ports with an 8-member stack.

● Highest 90W UPOE+ density: Enable your OT/IT needs with up to 48 ports of 90W Cisco UPOE+ in standalone mode or 384 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-member stack.

● StackPower with backward compatibility: Enable power resiliency with higher power budgets in a mixed Catalyst 9300 and Catalyst 9300X stack.

● 100G IPsec in hardware: Built on the Cisco® Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) 2.0sec Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), the Catalyst 9300X models come with 100G line-rate IPsec to enable various options for new edge connectivity.

● Secure tunnel connectivity: With the new edge, the Catalyst 9300X enables secure connections to secure internet gateways, cloud service providers, and site-to-site connectivity using IPsec tunnels with 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard encryption (AES-256) and speeds up to 100G.

● Enhanced application hosting: With twice the capacity and additional RAM, Intel® QuickAssist Technology (QAT), and 2x 10G AppGig ports, the Catalyst 9300X models can host multiple Cisco Signed performance-savvy applications.

● ThousandEyes enabled: Enable end-to-end visualization of the path from campus/branch to clouds/data center with Cisco ThousandEyes® Network and Application Synthetics (included with Cisco DNA Advantage licenses).

● Cisco ASAc firewall enabled: Using application hosting, Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAc) and stateful inspection of traffic can be seamlessly added to existing networks without any additional hardware.

● Cloud management: Migrate Catalyst 9300 Series switches to the Cisco Meraki® dashboard to unlock centralized management and monitoring of devices while retaining advanced features like a cloud-hosted command-line interface terminal. Learn more.

● Investment protection: Catalyst 9300X redundant fans and power supplies, data stack, and StackPower cables are backward compatible with the Catalyst 9300 Series.

The Foundation of Software-Defined Access

Advanced persistent security threats. The exponential growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Mobility everywhere. Cloud adoption. All of these require a network fabric that integrates advanced hardware and software innovations to automate, secure, and simplify customer networks. The goal of this network fabric is to enable customer revenue growth by accelerating the rollout of business services.

The Cisco Networking Cloud with Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) is the network fabric that powers business. It is an open and extensible, software-driven architecture that accelerates and simplifies your enterprise network operations. The programmable architecture frees your IT staff from time-consuming, repetitive network configuration tasks so they can focus instead on innovation that positively transforms your business. SD-Access enables policy-based automation from edge to cloud with foundational capabilities that include:

● Simplified device deployment

● Unified management of wired and wireless networks

● Network virtualization and segmentation

● Group-based policies

● Context-based analytics

Cloud Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) fabric capabilities are supported for Cisco Catalyst 9300/X models being managed from the Meraki dashboard. Learn more about cloud management and cloud fabric here.

Cisco Catalyst, Cisco DNA, and Meraki software

Cisco Catalyst, Cisco DNA, and Meraki software subscriptions offer a valuable and flexible way to buy software for the access layer, WAN, and data center domains. At each stage in the product lifecycle, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco DNA, and Meraki software helps make buying, managing, and upgrading your network and infrastructure software easier. Cisco software provides:

● Flexible licensing models to smoothly distribute customers’ software spending over time.

● Investment protection for software purchases through software services–enabled license portability.

● Access to updates, upgrades, and new technology from Cisco through CiscoSoftware Support Service (SWSS).

● Lower cost of entry with the new Cisco Catalyst Software Subscription for Switching support model.

● Choose what management model works best for you – on-premises, virtual, or in the cloud.

● Access to end-to-end network visibility with Cisco Spaces, service assurance through Cisco ThousandEyes Network and Application Synthetics, and Cisco ASAc firewall (with Cisco Catalyst and Cisco DNA Advantage licenses).

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches let you manage your entire switching structure as a single, converged component. With one management system, whether on-premises or in the cloud, and one policy for wired and wireless networks, they offer an efficient way to provide more secure access.