Cisco Catalyst 9500X models
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC is purpose built for the next-generation network core plus edge switch. It is the first enterprise ASIC to offer speeds up to 12.8 Tbps full duplex with 8 Bpps of forwarding performance, while supporting high performance and full routing and switching capabilities without external memories.
● The Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC is built on 7nm fabrication technology, capable of high performance while maintaining a low power footprint.
● Up to 12.8 (switching ASIC capacity) Tbps switching capacity with 8 Bpps forwarding rate.
● 80 MB of dedicated low-latency buffer, with up to 8 GB of HBM buffer for deep packet buffers.
● Up to 28 native nonblocking 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 ports.
● Up to 60 native nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet SFP56 ports.
● Up to 8 native nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit Ethernet QSFPDD ports.
● Intel 2.3-GHz x86 CPU with 8 cores and 32 GB of DDR4 memory.
● Up to 960 GB of SSD local storage for container-based application hosting (2x 10G KR ports).
● Flexible routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, Layer 2 tables, Access Control List (ACL) tables, and Quality-of-Service (QoS) tables.
● ASIC tables for switching scale up to 256,000 MAC addresses and routing scale up to 2 million routes.
● Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations, for ease of IPv4-to-IPv6 migration.
● Hardware support for application hosting.
● Hardware support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1ae MACsec and WAN-MACsec data encryption.
● Cisco StackWise Virtual technology, a network system virtualization technology that increases operational efficiency and boosts nonstop communications and scaled system bandwidth. Multichassis EtherChannel can be configured across StackWise Virtual members for high resiliency.
● Platinum-rated (90% efficient) 1500-watt AC and/or DC power supplies.
● Field-replaceable, N+1 redundant fan-tray units, with added flexibility to choose the direction of airflow.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 models
● The Cisco UADP ASIC is ready for next-generation technologies with its programmable pipeline, microengine capabilities, and template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, ACLs, and QoS entries.
● Up to 6.4-Tbps switching capacity with up to 2 Bpps of forwarding performance.
● Up to 36 MB of unified buffer per ASIC.
● Intel® 2.4-GHz x86 CPU with up to 120 GB of USB 3.0 or up to 960 GB of SATA SSD storage for container-based application hosting.
● Up to 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP28 ports.
● Up to 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports.
● Up to 48 nonblocking 25 Gigabit Ethernet SFP28 ports.
● Up to 48 nonblocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+ ports.
● Scalable Layer 3 routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables and Layer 2 switching tables.
● Hardware support for application hosting.
● IEEE 802.1ba Audio Video Bridging (AVB) built in to provide a better AV 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.
● Support for both static and dynamic NAT and Port Address Translation (PAT).
● Cisco StackWise Virtual technology, a network system virtualization technology that increases operational efficiency and boosts nonstop communications and scaled system bandwidth. Multichassis EtherChannel can be configured across StackWise Virtual members for high resiliency.
● Platinum-rated (greater than 90% efficient) AC and/or DC power supplies.
● Field-replaceable fan-tray units.
● Meraki cloud monitoring option.
