Data Sheet

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

Built for Security, IoT, Mobility, and Cloud

The Cisco® Catalyst® 9300 Series Switches are Cisco’s lead stackable enterprise switching platform built for
security, IoT, mobility, and cloud. They are the next generation of the industry’s most widely deployed switching
platform. The Catalyst 9300 Series switches form the foundational building block for Software-Defined Access
(SD-Access), Cisco’s lead enterprise architecture. At 480 Gbps, they are the industry’s highest-density stacking
bandwidth solution with the most flexible uplink architecture. The Catalyst 9300 Series is the first optimized
platform for high-density 802.11ac Wave2. It sets new maximums for network scale. These switches are also ready
for the future, with an x86 CPU architecture and more memory, enabling them to host containers and run third-
party applications and scripts natively within the switch.

The Catalyst 9300 Series is designed for Cisco StackWise® technology, providing flexible deployment with support
for nonstop forwarding with stateful switchover (NSF/SSO), for the most resilient architecture in a stackable (sub-
50-ms) solution. The highly resilient and efficient power architecture features Cisco StackPower®, which delivers
high-density Cisco Universal Power Over Ethernet (Cisco UPOE®) and Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) ports.
The switches are based on the Cisco Unified Access™ Data Plane 2.0 (UADP) 2.0 architecture which not only
protects your investment but also allows a larger scale and higher throughput. A modern operating system,
Cisco IOS XE with programmability offers advanced security capabilities and Internet of Things (IoT) convergence.

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 Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA™) with 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. These include:

● Simplified device deployment

● Unified management of wired and wireless networks
● Network virtualization and segmentation
● Group-based policies
● Context-based analytics

Cisco ONE Software

Cisco ONE™ Software offers a valuable and flexible way to buy software for the access, WAN, and data center
domains. At each stage in the product lifecycle, Cisco ONE Software helps make buying, managing, and upgrading
your network and infrastructure software easier. Cisco ONE Software provides:

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 ● 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 Cisco® Software Support Services
(SWSS)
● Lower cost of entry with the new Cisco ONE Subscription for Switching model
Cisco ONE for Access lets you manage your entire switching structure as a single, converged component. With
one management system and one policy for wired and wireless networks, it offers an efficient way to provide more
secure access.

Product Overview: Features

Product Highlights
● Highest wireless scale with Wave 2 access points supported on a single switch with select models
● UADP 2.0 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) with programmable pipeline and microengine
capabilities, along with template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, Access
Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality of Service (QoS) entries
● Intel® x86 CPU complex with 8-GB memory, and 16 GB of flash and external USB 3.0 SSD pluggable
storage slot to host containers
● USB 2.0 slot to load system images and set configurations
● Up to 480 Gbps of local stackable switching bandwidth
● Flexible and dense uplink offerings with 1G, Multigigabit, 10G, and 40G, with platform readiness for 25G
● Flexible downlink options with 1G and Multigigabit links
● Leading PoE capabilities with up to 384 ports of PoE per stack, 60W Cisco UPOE, and PoE+
● Intelligent Power Management with Cisco StackPower technology, providing power stacking among
members for power redundancy
● Line-rate, hardware-based Flexible NetFlow (FNF), delivering flow collection of up to 64,000 flows
● 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
● Cisco IOS XE, a modern operating system for the enterprise with support for model-driven programmability
including NETCONF, RESTCONF, YANG, on-box Python scripting, streaming telemetry, container-based
application hosting, and patching for critical bug fixes. The OS also has built-in defenses to protect against
runtime attacks
● SD-Access: The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches form the foundational building block for SD-Access,
Cisco’s lead enterprise architecture:
◦ Policy-based automation from edge to cloud
◦ Simplified segmentation and micro-segmentation, with predictable performance and scalability
◦ Automation through the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM)
◦ Policy handled through the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
◦ Network assurance provided through the Network Data Platform
◦ Faster launch of new business services and significantly improved issue resolution time

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 ● Plug and Play (PnP) enabled: A simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease new branch or
campus device rollouts or updates to an existing network
● Advanced security:
◦ Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA): You benefit from the power of machine learning to identify and take
actions toward threats or anomalies in your network, including malware detection in encrypted traffic
(without decryption) and distributed anomaly detection
◦ Support for AES-256 with the powerful MACsec 256-bit encryption algorithm available on all models
◦ Trustworthy systems: Hardware anchored Secure Boot and Secure Unique Device Identification (SUDI)
support for Plug and Play, to verify the identity of the hardware and software

Platform Details
Switch Models and Configurations
The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series is made up of seven different switch models. Any of the models can be used
together in a stack of up to eight units.

Figure 1. Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

Table 1 lists port scale and power details for the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series models.

Table 1. Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switch Configurations

Model Total 10/100/1000 or Multigigabit copper ports Default AC Available Cisco Cisco
power supply PoE power StackWise-480 StackPower

C9300-24T 24 350W AC Yes Yes

C9300-48T 48 350W AC Yes Yes
C9300-24P 24 POE+ 715W AC 445W Yes Yes
C9300-48P 48 POE+ 715W AC 437W Yes Yes
C9300-24U 24 Cisco UPOE 1100W AC 830W Yes Yes
C9300-48U 48 Cisco UPOE 1100W AC 822W Yes Yes
C9300-24UX 24 Multigigabit Cisco UPOE 1100W AC 560W Yes Yes
(100 Mbps or 1, 2.5, 5, or 10 Gbps)
C9300-48UXM 48x 2.5G ports (12 mGig – 100 Mbps or 1, 2.5, 5, 1100W AC 490W Yes Yes
or 10 Gbps)

Network Modules
The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches support optional network modules for uplink ports. The default switch
configuration does not include the network module. When you purchase the switch, you can choose from the
network modules described in Table 2.

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 Figure 2. Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Network Modules

Table 2. Network Module Numbers and Descriptions

Network module Description

C9300-NM-4G 9300 Series 4x 1G Network Module
C9300-NM-8X 9300 Series 8x 10G Network Module

C9300-NM-2Q 9300 Series 2x 40G Network Module

Please note: Existing 3850 network modules are also supported in the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series platforms.

For additional details, please read our FAQs:

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-9300-series-switches/nb-09-cat-9k-faq-
cte-en.pdf.

Power Supplies
The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches support dual redundant power supplies. The switches ship with one
power supply by default, and the second power supply can be purchased when the switch is ordered or at a later
time. If only one power supply is installed, it should always be in power supply bay #1. The switches also ship with
three field-replaceable fans.

Figure 3. Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Dual Redundant Power Supplies

Table 3 lists the different power supplies available in these switches and available PoE power.

Table 3. Power Supply Models

Models Default power Available PoE With 350W With 715W With 1100W
supply power Secondary PS Secondary PS Secondary PS
24-port data switch PWR-C1-350WAC –
48-port data switch PWR-C1-350WAC
24-port PoE+ switch PWR-C1-715WAC 445W 795W 1160W 1545W
48-port PoE+ switch PWR-C1-715WAC 437W 787W 1152W 1537W

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 Models Default power Available PoE With 350W With 715W With 1100W
supply power Secondary PS Secondary PS Secondary PS
24-port Cisco UPOE PWR-C1-1100WAC 830W 1180W 1545W 1930W
switch

48-port Cisco UPOE PWR-C1-1100WAC 822W 1172W 1537W 1922W

switch
24-port Multigigabit PWR-C1-1100WAC 560W – Support in 910W 1275W 1660W
Cisco UPOE switch Cisco IOS XE 16.6
48-port 2.5G (12 mGig PWR-C1-1100WAC 490W 840W 1205W 1590W
– 1/2.5/5/10G)

Performance and Scalability

Performance and scalability metrics for the Catalyst 9300 Series are provided in Table 4.

Table 4. Performance Specifications

Description Performance
Switching capacity 208 Gbps on 24-port Gigabit Ethernet model
256 Gbps on 48-port Gigabit Ethernet model
640 Gbps on 24-port Multigigabit Ethernet model
580 Gbps on 48-port 2.5G (12 mGig) Ethernet model
All models are wirespeed non-blocking performance
Stacking bandwidth 480 Gbps
Total number of MAC addresses 32,000
Total number of IPv4 routes (ARP plus learned routes) 32,000 (24,000 direct routes and 8000 indirect routes)
IPv4 routing entries 32,000
IPv6 routing entries 16,000

Multicast routing scale 8000

QoS scale entries 5120
ACL scale entries 5120

Packet buffer per SKU 16 MB buffer for 24- or 48-port Gigabit Ethernet models
32 MB buffer for 24-port Multigigabit
FNF entries 64,000 flow on 24- and 48-port Gigabit Ethernet models
128,000 flows on 24-port Multigigabit
DRAM 8 GB
Flash 16 GB
VLAN IDs 4000
Total Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) 2000
Jumbo frames 9198 bytes
Total routed ports per 9300 Series stack 208
Wireless
Wireless bandwidth per switch Up to 96 Gbps on 48-port Gigabit Ethernet model
Up to 48 Gbps on 24-port Gigabit Ethernet model
Forwarding rate of switch models (with 2x 40 Gigabit Ethernet uplinks for 24-port models and 48‑port models)

Model Forwarding rate

C9300-24T 154.76 Mpps
C9300-24P 154.76 Mpps
C9300-24U 154.76 Mpps
C9300-48T 190.48 Mpps
C9300-48P 190.48 Mpps

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 Description Performance

C9300-48U 190.48 Mpps

C9300-24UX 476.19 Mpps
C9300-48UXM 431.54 Mpps
Forwarding rate for both IPv4 and IPv6

SD-Access Architecture
What if you could give time back to IT? Provide network access in minutes for any user or device to any application
– without compromise? SD-Access is industry’s first policy-based automation from network edge to cloud. Your
foundation for your digital network, Cisco® Software-Defined Access (SD-Access). Built on the principles of the
Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA™), SD-Access provides end-to-end segmentation to keep user,
device and application traffic separate without a redesign of the network. It automates user access policy so
organizations can make sure the right policies are set for any user or device with any application across the
network. This is accomplished with a single network fabric across LAN and WLAN which creates a consistent user
experience anywhere without compromising on security.

There are many challenges today in managing the network to drive business outcomes. These limitations are due
to manual configuration and fragmented tool offerings. SD-Access provides:

● A transformational management solution that reduces operational expenses and enhances business agility
● Consistent management of wired and wireless network provisioning and policy
● Automated network segmentation and group-based policy
● Contextual insights for fast issue resolution and capacity planning
● Open and programmable interfaces for integration with third-party solutions
For an overview of key use-cases SD-Access addresses, refer to SD-Access Solution Overview.

Platform Benefits
Cisco IOS XE opens a completely new paradigm in network configuration, operation, and monitoring through
network automation. Cisco’s automation solution is open, standards-based, and extensible across the entire
lifecycle of a network device. The various automation mechanisms are outlined below.

● Automated device provisioning is the ability to automate the process of upgrading software images and
installing configuration files on Cisco Catalyst switches when they are being deployed in the network for the
first time. Cisco provides both turnkey solutions such as Plug and Play and off-the-shelf tools such as Zero-
Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) that enable an effortless and
automated deployment.
● API-driven configuration is available with modern network switches such as the Cisco Catalyst 9300
Series. It supports a wide range of automation features and provides robust open APIs over NETCONF
using YANG data models for external tools, both off-the-shelf and custom built, to automatically provision
network resources.
● Granular visibility enables model-driven telemetry to stream data from a switch to a destination. The data
to be streamed is identified through subscription to a data set in a YANG model. The subscribed data set is
streamed to the destination at specified intervals. Additionally, Cisco IOS XE enables the push model. It
provides near-real-time monitoring of the network, leading to quick detection and rectification of failures.

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 ● Seamless software upgrades and patching supports OS resilience. Cisco IOS XE supports patching,
which provides fixes for critical bugs and security vulnerabilities between regular maintenance releases.
This support lets you add patches without having to wait for the next maintenance release.

Security
● Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) is a unique capability for identifying malware in encrypted traffic coming
from the access layer. Since more and more traffic is becoming encrypted, the visibility this feature affords
for threat detection is critical for keeping your network secure at different layers.
● AES-256 MACsec encryption is the IEEE 802.1AE standard for authenticating and encrypting packets
between switches. The Catalyst 9300 Series switches support 256-bit and 128-bit Advanced Encryption
Standard (AES) on all ports at all speeds, providing the most secure link encryption.
● Trustworthy systems built with Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies provide a highly secure foundation
for Cisco products. With The Catalyst 9300 Series, these technologies enable hardware and software
authenticity assurance for supply chain trust and strong mitigation against man-in-the-middle attacks that
compromise software and firmware. Trust Anchor capabilities include:
◦ Image signing: Cryptographically signed images provide assurance that the firmware, BIOS, and other
software are authentic and unmodified. As the system boots, the system’s software signatures are
checked for integrity.
◦ Secure Boot: Cisco Secure Boot technology anchors the boot sequence chain of trust to immutable
hardware, mitigating threats against a system’s foundational state and the software that is to be loaded,
regardless of a user’s privilege level. It provides layered protection against the persistence of illicitly
modified firmware.
◦ Cisco Trust Anchor module: A tamper-resistant, strong cryptographic, single-chip solution provides
hardware authenticity assurance to uniquely identify the product so that its origin can be confirmed to
Cisco. This provides assurance that the product is genuine.

Resiliency and High Availability

● StackWise-480: The Catalyst 9300 Series supports the industry’s highest back-panel stacking bandwidth
solution (480 Gbps) with StackWise-480.
● Cisco StackPower: Cisco StackPower is an innovative power interconnect system that allows the power
supplies in a stack to be shared as a common resource among all the switches. This allows you to simply
add one extra power supply in any switch of the stack and either provide power redundancy for any of the
stack members or simply add more power to the shared pool.

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 Figure 4. Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series StackPower

● High availability: The Catalyst 9300 Series supports high-availability features, including the following:
◦ Cross-stack EtherChannel provides the ability to configure Cisco EtherChannel technology across
different members of the stack for high resiliency.
◦ IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) provides rapid spanning tree convergence
independent of spanning tree timers and also offers the benefit of Layer 2 load balancing and distributed
processing.
◦ Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree (PVRST+) allows rapid spanning tree (IEEE 802.1w) reconvergence on
a per-VLAN spanning tree basis, providing simpler configuration than MSTP. In both MSTP and PVRST+
modes, stacked units behave as a single spanning tree node.
◦ Switch-port auto-recovery (“err-disable” recovery) automatically attempts to reactivate a link that is
disabled because of a network error.
◦ The Catalyst 9300 Series platform delivers the best NSF/SSO resiliency architecture in a stackable
solution with sub-50-ms failover.
Flexible NetFlow
● Flexible NetFlow (FNF): Cisco IOS® Software FNF is the next generation in flow visibility technology. It
enables optimization of the network infrastructure, reduces operation costs, and improves capacity planning
and security incident detection with increased flexibility and scalability. The Catalyst 9300 Series is capable
of up to 64,000 flow entries on 48-port and 24 port models and up to 128,000 flow entries on mGig models.
Application Visibility and Control
● NBAR2: Next-Generation Network-Based Application Recognition (NBAR2) enables advanced application
classification techniques, accuracy with up to 1400 predefined and well-known application signatures and
up to 150 encrypted applications on the Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series. The most popular applications included
are Skype, Office 365, Microsoft Lync, Cisco WebEx®, and Facebook, among many others that are
predefined and easy to configure. NBAR2 provides the network administrator with an important tool to
identify, control, and monitor end-user application usage while helping ensure a quality user experience and
securing the network from malicious attacks. NBAR2 leverages FNF to report application performance and
activities within the network to any supported NetFlow collector, such as Cisco Prime®, Cisco
Stealthwatch®, or any compliant third-party tool.

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 QoS
● Superior QoS: The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series offers Gigabit Ethernet speeds with intelligent services that
keep traffic flowing smoothly, even at 10 times the normal network speed. Industry-leading mechanisms for
cross-stack marking, classification, and scheduling deliver superior performance for data, voice, and video
traffic at wire speed. Superior QoS includes granular wireless bandwidth management and fair sharing,
802.1p Class of Service (CoS) and Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) field classification, Shaped
Round Robin (SRR) scheduling, Committed Information Rate (CIR), and eight egress queues per port.
Service Discovery
● Multicast DNS (mDNS) gateway: This service discovery gateway capability facilitates sharing of services
advertised using the Apple mDNS (Bonjour) protocol, such as printers, Apple TVs, and file services across
the network. Additionally, the administrator can create policies defining which services can be seen and
accessed by the users in the network. This capability facilitates a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) rollout.
Smart Operation
● Bluetooth ready: The Catalyst 9300 Series has hardware support to connect a Bluetooth dongle to your
switch, enabling you to use this wireless interface as an IP management port interface. The port can be
used for configuration and troubleshooting using WebUI or the Command-Line Interface (CLI), and to
transfer images and configurations.
● WebUI: WebUI is an embedded GUI-based device-management tool that provides the ability to provision
the device, to simplify device deployment and manageability, and to enhance the user experience. It comes
with the default image, so there is no need to enable anything or install any license on the device. You can
use WebUI to build configurations, and to monitor and troubleshoot the device without having CLI expertise.
● Efficient switch operation*: Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches provide optimum power saving with
Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) on the RJ-45 ports and low-power operations for industry best-in-class
power management and power consumption capabilities. The ports support reduced power modes so that
ports not in use can move into a lower power utilization state. Other efficient switch operation features are
as follows:
◦ Per-port power consumption command allows customers to specify a maximum power setting on an
individual port.
◦ Per-port PoE power sensing measures actual power being drawn, enabling more intelligent control of
powered devices. The PoE MIB provides proactive visibility into power usage and allows you to set
different power-level thresholds.
● RFID tags: The Catalyst 9300 Series switches have an embedded RFID tag that facilitates easy asset and
inventory management using commercial RFID readers.
● Blue beacon: The Catalyst 9300 Series switches support a blue beacon LED for easy identification of the
switch being accessed.
*
Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) will be fully supported on mGig switches in a future SW release

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 High-Performance IP Routing
The Cisco Express Forwarding hardware routing architecture delivers extremely high-performance IP routing in
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches, based on:

● IP unicast routing protocols (including static, Routing Information Protocol Version 1 [RIPv1], RIPv2, RIPng,
and Open Shortest Path First [OSPF], Routed Access) are supported for small network routing applications
with the Network Essentials stack. Equal-cost routing facilitates Layer 3 load balancing and redundancy
across the stack.
● Advanced IP unicast routing protocols (including Full [OSPF], Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
[EIGRP], Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 [BGPv4], and Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System
Version 4 [IS-ISv4]) are supported for load balancing and for constructing scalable LANs. IPv6 routing
(using OSPFv3 and EIGRPv6) is supported in hardware for maximum performance.
● Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) for IP multicast routing is supported, including PIM sparse mode
(PIM SM), and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM).
● IPv6 addressing is supported on interfaces with appropriate show commands for monitoring and
troubleshooting.
Multigigabit Ethernet technology: Cisco Multigigabit Ethernet technology allows you to achieve bandwidth
speeds from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps over traditional Category 5e cabling or above. This technology addresses the
need for exponential increases in bandwidth with the enormous growth of 802.11ac and new wireless applications
without having to replace current cabling infrastructure.

Power Over Ethernet Leadership

Cisco Universal Power over Ethernet (Cisco UPOE): PoE removes the need for wall sockets to power each
PoE-enabled device and eliminates the cost of additional electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be
necessary in IP phone and WLAN deployments. Cisco UPOE extends the IEEE PoE+ standard to double the
power per port to 60 watts. This facilitates delivery of network power to a broad range of devices requiring higher
power, including virtual desktop terminals, IP turrets, compact switches, building management gateways, LED
lights, wireless access points, and IP phones. The Catalyst 9300 Series supports Cisco UPOE, PoE+ and PoE,
thereby addressing the largest range of network power needs.

Tables 5 and 6 show the power supply combinations required for different PoE needs.

Table 5. Power Supply Requirements

24-port PoE switch 48-port PoE switch

PoE on all ports (15.4W per port) 1 PWR-C1-715WAC 1 PWR-C1-1100WAC or 2 PWR-C1-715WAC
PoE+ on all ports (30W per port) 1 PWR-C1-1100WAC or 2 PWR-C1-1100WAC or 1 PWR-C1-1100WAC and
2 PWR-C1-715WAC 1 PWR-C1-715WAC

Power Supply Requirements for Cisco UPOE

24-port Cisco UPOE switch 48-port Cisco UPOE switch 24-port Multigigabit Cisco
UPOE switch
Cisco UPOE (60W per port) on all 1 PWR-C1-1100WAC and 1 PWR- 2 PWR-C1-1100WAC 2 PWR-C1-1100WAC
ports (24-port switch) or up to C1-715WAC
30 ports (48-port switch)

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 ● Perpetual PoE: With Perpetual PoE, the PoE power is maintained during a switch reload. This is important
for IoT endpoints such as PoE-powered lights, so that there is no disruption during switch reboot.
● Fast PoE: When power is restored to a switch, PoE starts delivering power to endpoints without waiting for
the operating system to fully load, thereby speeding up the time for the endpoint to start up.

Software Requirements
Cisco ONE Software for Access Switching is available for the Cisco Catalyst 9300.

Cisco ONE Software for Access Switching offers comprehensive solutions for the enterprise campus and branch
offices. Cisco ONE for Access Switching introduces a simpler and more economical way to deploy access,
aggregation, and core switches across enterprise campus and branch locations.

The Cisco ONE Subscription for Switching offer delivers an unbound network on an open and extensible
architecture to help you navigate the digital journey. This subscription offer simplifies the buying process and
includes lower initiation costs and flexible terms. It includes: Cisco ONE Advantage with full Cisco Digital Network
Architecture (DNA) capabilities and Cisco Software-Defined Access (SD-Access).

For ordering information for Cisco ONE Software for the Cisco Catalyst 9300, go
to https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/software/one-access/switching-part-numbers.html.

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches run on Cisco IOS XE 16.5.1a release or later. This software release includes
all the features listed earlier in the Platform Benefits section.

Packaging
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family of switches introduces a new and simplified licensing package in the form of base
and add-on licenses.

● The base licensing package includes the Network Essentials and Network Advantage licensing options
that are tied to the hardware. Between them, the base licensing packages cover switching fundamentals,
management automation, troubleshooting, and advanced switching features.
● The add-on licensing package includes the Cisco DNA Essentials and Cisco DNA Advantage options. In
addition to on-box capabilities, the features available with this package provide Cisco innovations on the
switch, as well as on Cisco DNA Center, in the APIC-EM.
License consumption is easily determined by the package itself. While base licenses are always permanent and
without an expiration date, add-on licenses have to be purchased for a 3-, 5-, or 7-year term (and hence are also
known as term-based licenses). Table 7 shows the combinations of base and add-on licenses that must be
purchased.

Licensing Combinations
Cisco DNA Essentials Cisco DNA Advantage
Network Essentials Yes No
Network Advantage No* Yes

*
At the time of DNA license renewal, the DNA Essentials license can be purchased to be used with Network
Advantage.

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 Ordering and managing licenses with Smart Accounts: Creating Smart Accounts by using the Cisco Smart
Software Manager (SSM) enables you to order devices and licensing packages and also manage your software
licenses from a centralized website. You can set up Cisco SSM to receive daily email alerts and to be notified of
expiring add-on licenses that you want to renew.

You must order an add-on license in order to purchase a switch. When the license term expires, you can either
renew the add-on license to continue using it or deactivate the add-on license and then reload the switch to
continue operating with the base license capabilities.

Both the base and add-on licenses are also available for a 90-day evaluation period. An evaluation license is
activated temporarily, without purchase. An expired evaluation license cannot be reactivated after reload.

Note: It is not required to deploy Cisco DNA Center just to use one of the above packages.

Table 6 shows the features included in the Essentials and Advantage packages.

Table 6. Essentials and Advantage Package Features

Features Network Network Cisco DNA Cisco DNA Cisco ONE

Essentials Advantage Essentials Advantage Advantage
Switch features
Switch fundamentals ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Rapid STP (RSTP), VLAN Trunking
Protocol (VTP), trunking, Private VLAN (PVLAN), dynamic voice VLAN,
IPv6, PnP, Cisco Discovery Protocol, 802.1Q tunneling (Q-in-Q), Routed
Access – OSPF and RIP, Policy-Based Routing (PBR), Virtual Router
Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Internet Group Management Protocol
(IGMP), PIM Stub, Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED), First
Hop Security (FHS), 802.1X, MACsec-128, Control Plane Policing
(CoPP), Cisco TrustSec® SGT Exchange Protocol (SXP), IP SLA
Responder, SSO, EIGRP Stub, Microflow Policing, Class-Based
Weighted Fair Queuing (CBWFQ), hierarchical QoS (H-QoS),
Application Reporting, Syslog, SNMP
Advanced switch capabilities and scale ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
BGP, EIGRP, Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), IS-IS, Bootstrap
Router (BSR), Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP),
Bidirectional PIM (PIM-BIDIR), Label Switched Multicast (LSM), IP SLA,
Full OSPF
Network segmentation ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
VPN Routing and Forwarding (VRF), Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN),
Cisco Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP), Cisco TrustSec, SD-
Wireless, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN),
Multicast VPN (mVPN)
Optimized network deployments ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
mDNS gateway
Automation ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Netconf/YANG, PnP Agent, ZTP/Open PnP
Advanced automation ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Containers, Python, Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM),
Autonomic Networking Infrastructure
Telemetry and visibility ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
Streaming telemetry, sampled NetFlow, Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN),
Remote SPAN (RSPAN)
Advanced telemetry and visibility ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Flexible NetFlow, Wireshark
Optimized telemetry a visibility ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN), Application Visibility and
Control (AVC), NBAR2
High availability and resiliency ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
NSF, Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR)

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 Features Network Network Cisco DNA Cisco DNA Cisco ONE
Essentials Advantage Essentials Advantage Advantage

High availability and resiliency ✗ ✓ (CLI) ✗ ✓ ✓

Patching
Security ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
MACsec-256

Advanced security ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA)
Cisco DNA Center Features

Day 0 network bring-up automation ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓

Cisco Network Plug-n-Play application, network settings, device
credentials

Element management ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Discovery, inventory, topology, software image, licensing, and
configuration management

Element management ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
Patching
Network monitoring ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) compliance, end-of-
life/end-of-sale reporting, telemetry quotient, client 360, device 360, top
talkers/ NetFlow/streaming telemetry collection and correlation
Static QoS configuration and monitoring ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
EasyQoS application
Policy-based automation ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
SD-Access, group-based policy for access, app prioritization, monitoring,
and path selection;
SD-Access with Integrated Wireless
Network assurance and analytics ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓
Insights driven from analytics and machine learning for the network,
clients and applications that cover onboarding, connectivity, and
performance
Security analytics and endpoint profiling
Advanced security analytics (Visibilty and threat detection across the ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
network with Stealthwatch*)
*
Flow collector and management licenses included
Endpoint based policy (Granular SD-Access with endpoint ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓
profiling from ISE)

Dimensions, Weight, Acoustic, Mean Time Between Failures

Table 7 shows the dimensions, weights, acoustic and mean time between failures of all models of 9300
Series switches.

Table 7. Model Dimensions, Weight, and Mean Time Between Failures Metrics

Dimensions (H x W x D)

Model Inches Centimeters

C9300-24T 1.73 x 17.5 x 17.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 44.5
C9300-24P 1.73 x 17.5 x 17.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 44.5
C9300-24U 1.73 x 17.5 x 17.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 44.5
C9300-24UX 1.73 x 17.5 x 18.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 47.0`
C9300-48T 1.73 x 17.5 x 17.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 44.5
C9300-48P 1.73 x 17.5 x 17.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 44.5
C9300-48U 1.73 x 17.5 x 17.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 44.5
C9300-48UXM 1.73 x 17.5 x 18.5 4.4 x 44.5 x 47.0

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 Dimensions (H x W x D)

Weight

Model Pounds Kilograms

C9300-24T 16.03 7.27

C9300-24P 16.33 7.4

C9300-24U 16.63 7.54
C9300-24UX 18.18 8.25

C9300-48T 16.43 7.45

C9300-48P 16.73 7.59
C9300-48U 17.03 7.72

C9300-48UXM 20.50 9.34

Mean time between failures (hours)
C9300-24T 314,790
C9300-24P 299,000
C9300-24U 238,410
C9300-24UX 214,760
C9300-48T 305,870
C9300-48P 277,770
C9300-48U 227,410
C9300-48UXM 202,160
Environmental Ranges
Acoustic noise With AC power supply (with 24 PoE+ ports loaded):
Measured per ISO 7779 and declared per ISO 9296 ● LpA: 45dB typical, 48 dB max
Bystander positions operating to an ambient temperature of 25°C ● LwA: 5.6B typical, 5.9B max
Typical: Noise emission for a typical configuration
Maximum: Statistical maximum to account for variation in production

Connectors
Table 8 shows the supported connectors for the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series.
Table 8. Connectors

Connectors and cabling ● 1000BASE-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Cat 5E UTP cabling
● Multigigabit-T ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Cat 5E, Cat 6, Cat 6A UTP cabling
● 1000BASE-T SFP-based ports: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Cat 5E UTP cabling
● 100BASE-FX, 1000BASE-SX, -LX/LH, -ZX, -BX10, dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) and
Coarse Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (CWDM) SFP transceivers: LC fiber connectors (single-mode or
multimode fiber)
● 10GBASE-SR, LR, LRM, ER, ZR, DWDM SFP+ transceivers: LC fiber connectors (single-mode or
multimode fiber)
● QSFP
● SFP+ connector
● Cisco StackWise-480 stacking ports: copper-based Cisco StackWise cabling
● Cisco StackPower: Cisco proprietary power stacking cables
● Ethernet management port: RJ-45 connectors, 4-pair Cat 5 UTP cabling
● Management console port: RJ-45-to-DB9 cable for PC connections

Power connectors ● Customers can provide power to a switch by using either the internal power or Cisco StackPower from
another member in the power stack. The connectors are located at the back of the switch.
● Internal power supply connector: The internal power supply is an auto-ranging unit. It supports input
voltages between 100 and 240 VAC. Use the supplied AC power cord to connect the AC power connector
to an AC power outlet.

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 For the latest Cisco transceiver module compatibility information, refer to
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/interfaces-modules/transceiver-modules/products-device-support-tables-
list.html.

Management and Standards Support

Table 9 shows management and standards support for the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series.
*
Table 9. Management and Standards Support

Description Specification

Management BRIDGE-MIB CISCO-PROCESS-MIB

CISCO-BRIDGE-EXT-MIB CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB
CISCO-BULK-FILE-MIB CISCO-RF-MIB
CISCO-CABLE-DIAG-MIB CISCO-RTP-METRICS-MIB
CISCO-CALLHOME-MIB CISCO-RTTMON-ICMP-MIB
CISCO-CEF-MIB CISCO-STACKWISE-MIB
CISCO-CIRCUIT-INTERFACE-MIB CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB
CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB
CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB CISCO-TCP-MIB
CISCO-DEVICE-LOCATION-MIB CISCO-UDLDP-MIB
CISCO-DHCP-SNOOPING-MIB CISCO-VLAN-IFTABLE-RELATIONSHIP-MIB
CISCO-EIGRP-MIB ENTITY-MIB
CISCO-EMBEDDED-EVENT-MGR-MIB HC-ALARM-MIB
CISCO-ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL-MIB HC-RMON-MIB
CISCO-ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB IEEE8023-LAG-MIB
CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB IF-MIB
CISCO-ERR-DISABLE-MIB IP-FORWARD-MIB
CISCO-FLASH-MIB IP-MIB
CISCO-FLOW-MONITOR-MIB LLDP-EXT-MED-MIB
CISCO-FTP-CLIENT-MIB LLDP-MIB
CISCO-HSRP-EXT-MIB MAU-MIB
CISCO-HSRP-MIB MPLS-L3VPN-STD-MIB
CISCO-IETF-BFD-MIB MPLS-LSR-STD-MIB
CISCO-IETF-PPVPN-MPLS-VPN-MIB MPLS-VPN-MIB
CISCO-IETF-PW-MPLS-MIB OLD-CISCO-CHASSIS-MIB
CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB OLD-CISCO-CPU-MIB
CISCO-IGMP-FILTER-MIB OLD-CISCO-INTERFACES-MIB
CISCO-IMAGE-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB OLD-CISCO-IP-MIB
CISCO-IMAGE-MIB OLD-CISCO-MEMORY-MIB
CISCO-IP-CBR-METRICS-MIB OLD-CISCO-SYS-MIB
CISCO-IP-STAT-MIB OLD-CISCO-TCP-MIB
CISCO-IP-TAP-MIB OLD-CISCO-TS-MIB
CISCO-IP-URPF-MIB POWER-ETHERNET-MIB
CISCO-IPSEC-FLOW-MONITOR-MIB RFC1213-MIB
CISCO-IPSEC-MIB RMON-MIB
CISCO-IPSEC-PROVISIONING-MIB RMON2-MIB
CISCO-IPSLA-AUTOMEASURE-MIB SMON-MIB
CISCO-IPSLA-ECHO-MIB SNMPv2-MIB
CISCO-IPSLA-JITTER-MIB SONET-MIB
CISCO-L2-CONTROL-MIB TCP-MIB
CISCO-L2L3-INTERFACE-CONFIG-MIB UDP-MIB
CISCO-LAG-MIB
CISCO-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB
CISCO-LOCAL-AUTH-USER-MIB
CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB

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 Description Specification
CISCO-MDI-METRICS-MIB
CISCO-MEDIA-METRICS-MIB
CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB
CISCO-MPLS-LSR-EXT-STD-MIB
CISCO-NBAR-PROTOCOL-DISCOVERY-MIB
CISCO-NHRP-EXT-MIB
CISCO-NTP-MIB
CISCO-PAGP-MIB
CISCO-PORT-SECURITY-MIB
CISCO-PORT-STORM-CONTROL-MIB
CISCO-POWER-ETHERNET-EXT-MIB
CISCO-PRIVATE-VLAN-MIB
Standards EEE 802.1s RMON I and II standards
IEEE 802.1w SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
IEEE 802.1x
IEEE 802.1x-Rev
IEEE 802.3ad
IEEE 802.3af
IEEE 802.3at
IEEE 802.3x full duplex on 10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T ports
IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.1p CoS prioritization
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN
IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T specification
IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification
IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T specification
IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X specification
IEEE 802.3bz 10G BASE-T specification

Power Supply Specifications

Table 10 lists the power specifications for the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series based on the kind of power supply used.

Table 10. Power Specifications

Description Specification
PWR-C1-1100WAC PWR-C1-715WAC PWR-C1-350WAC
Power supply rated maximum 1100W 715W 350W
Total output BTU (note: 1000 3793 BTU/hr, 1100W 2465 BTU/hr, 715W 1207BTU/hr, 350W
BTU/hr = 293W)
Input-voltage range and 115V to 240 VAC, 100 to 240 VAC, 100 to 240 VAC,
frequency 50 to 60 Hz 50 to 60 Hz 50 to 60 Hz
Input current 12-6A 10-5A 4-2A
Output ratings -56V at 19.64A -56V at 12.8A -56V at 6.25A
Output holdup time 10 ms minimum at 102.5VAC 16.7 ms minimum at 100VAC 16.7 ms minimum at 100VAC
Power-supply input IEC 320-C16 IEC 320-C16 IEC 320-C16 (IEC60320-C16)
receptacles (IEC60320-C16) (IEC60320-C16)
Power cord rating 13A 13A 10A
Physical specifications (H x W x D): 1.58 x 3.25 s 13.7 in (H x W x D): 1.58 x 3.25 x 12.20 in (H x W x D): 1.58 x 3.25 x 12.20 in
Weight: 3 lb (1.4 kg) Weight: 2.8 lb (1.3 kg) Weight: 2.6 lb (1.2 kg)
Operating temperature 23° to 113°F (-5° to 45°C)
Storage temperature -40° to 158°F (-40° to 70°C)

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 Description Specification

Relative humidity operating 5% to 90% noncondensing

and non-operating
noncondensing
Altitude 10,000 ft. (3000 meters), up to 45°C
Mean Time Between Failures C9300-48UXM: 209,430
(MTBF) C9300-24UX: 223,480
C9300-24T: 314,790
C9300-48T: 305,870
C9300-24P: 299,000
C9300-48P: 277,770
C9300-24U: 238,410
C9300-48U: 227,410
EMI and EMC compliance FCC Part 15 (CFR 47) Class A
ICES-003 Class A
EN 55022 Class A
CISPR 22 Class A
AS/NZS 3548 Class A
BSMI Class A (AC input models only)
VCCI Class A
EN 55024, EN300386, EN 50082-1, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3
EN61000-4-2, EN61000-4-3, EN61000-4-4, EN61000-4-5, EN61000-4-6, EN 61000-6-1
Safety compliance UL 60950-1, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1, EN 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, CCC, CE Marking
LED indicators “AC OK”: Input power to the power supply is OK
“PS OK”: Output power from the power supply is OK

Power Consumption of Standalone 9300 Series Switches

Table 11 shows the power consumption of standalone Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches based on Alliance for
Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) testing using Internet Mix (IMIX) distribution stream traffic, with input
voltage of 115VAC at 60 Hz and no PoE loading. The values given are the maximum possible power consumption
numbers under the respective test scenarios.

Table 11. Power Consumption of Standalone 9300 Series Switches

Measured P(W)

Half Port Traffic Full Port Traffic Weighted No Link PoE Test (No Traffic)
Average
Pw

SKU FEP Uplink Input 0.01 10% 30% 50% 100% 0.01% 10% 30% 50% 100% 25% 50% 90% 100%
%/ / EEE
EEE

C9300- 350W Not 115Vac 77.7 86.1 89.1 89.5 89.7 77.5 91.0 91.7 91.9 92.5 89.8 78.1
24T Installed
230Vac 77.4 85.4 88.5 88.7 88.8 77.0 89.8 90.7 90.9 91.3 88.7 77.7

NM-4-1G 115Vac 82.5 88.4 92.1 93.3 94.1 85.9 96.0 98.9 99.7 100.0 95.4 81.2

230Vac 81.8 87.6 90.4 92.0 92.9 84.9 94.2 96.9 97.9 98.3 93.7 80.5

NM-4-10G 115Vac 86.4 96.3 98.0 98.2 98.7 90.2 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.9 102.6 87.0

230Vac 85.4 95.1 96.6 96.8 97.3 89.1 102.1 102.9 103.3 104.2 101.0 86.0

NM-2-40G 115Vac 84.0 94.7 95.7 95.9 96.1 87.1 101.1 101.7 102.1 103.0 99.9 83.9

230Vac 83.2 93.6 94.4 94.6 95.1 86.2 99.2 100.1 100.5 101.4 98.1 83.2

NM-8-10G 115Vac 86.3 95.6 97.5 97.8 98.2 90.7 103.9 104.7 105.1 106.1 102.8 85.0

230Vac 85.4 94.5 96.2 96.4 97.0 89.7 102.2 103.2 103.6 104.5 101.2 84.3

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 Measured P(W)

Half Port Traffic Full Port Traffic Weighted No Link PoE Test (No Traffic)
Average
Pw

SKU FEP Uplink Input 0.01 10% 30% 50% 100% 0.01% 10% 30% 50% 100% 25% 50% 90% 100%
%/ / EEE
EEE

C9300- 715W Not 115Vac 82.6 91.0 93.4 93.7 93.9 82.0 94.8 95.9 96.1 96.6 93.7 82.9 202.3 325.8 527.5 579.0
24P Installed
230Vac 81.6 89.8 92.2 92.4 92.6 81.7 93.7 94.6 94.7 95.2 92.6 82.3 199.0 318.2 510.6 559.9

NM-4-1G 115Vac 87.5 93.0 96.5 97.7 98.5 89.8 99.5 102.4 103.0 103.4 98.9 85.4 211.4 334.5 537.8 585.7

230Vac 86.1 91.3 94.4 95.8 96.6 88.9 98.5 101.5 101.9 102.4 97.9 84.6 207.9 328.0 520.3 568.2

NM-4-10G 115Vac 90.4 100.4 101.6 101.9 102.3 94.1 106.8 107.8 108.2 109.1 105.7 90.8 214.9 337.9 539.4 590.8

230Vac 89.4 99.1 100.3 100.5 100.7 92.8 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.8 104.9 89.6 211.0 329.7 522.2 571.0

NM-2-40G 115Vac 88.1 98.6 99.5 99.6 99.9 91.1 104.4 105.2 105.6 106.5 103.3 88.4 212.2 335.2 536.2 586.5

230Vac 87.1 97.2 98.1 98.3 98.8 90.0 103.3 103.9 104.3 105.2 102.1 87.5 208.0 326.8 519.3 567.6

NM-8-10G 115Vac 90.0 99.4 101.0 101.2 101.6 94.2 107.1 107.9 108.3 109.2 106.0 88.7 215.3 339.6 541.4 591.3

230Vac 89.0 97.9 99.8 100.0 100.5 93.1 105.8 106.7 107.1 108.1 104.8 87.8 211.7 331.9 524.2 572.3

C9300- 1100 Not 115Vac 87.4 95.9 99.0 99.2 99.4 87.0 100.8 101.5 101.8 102.3 99.6 87.8 313.7 547.9 940.3 1041.4
24U W Installed
230Vac 85.9 94.7 97.3 97.6 97.8 85.5 98.0 99.6 99.8 100.3 96.9 86.4 306.2 529.1 895.6 988.7

NM-4-1G 115Vac 92.2 97.8 101.2 102.7 103.6 95.4 105.2 108.3 109.0 109.4 104.6 94.4 321.0 554.0 943.5 1045.5

230Vac 90.6 96.1 99.4 100.9 101.7 93.7 103.4 106.4 107.2 107.6 102.8 93.2 313.5 536.6 901.5 994.6

NM-4-10G 115Vac 96.0 106.2 107.6 107.8 108.4 99.7 113.4 114.2 114.6 115.6 112.3 96.1 325.7 559.0 950.6 1053.0

230Vac 94.3 104.5 105.8 106.1 106.6 97.9 112.1 112.8 113.2 114.0 110.8 94.4 318.3 541.9 906.2 997.8

NM-2-40G 115Vac 93.4 103.9 104.8 105.0 105.5 96.5 110.4 111.3 111.5 112.4 109.2 93.4 323.2 555.8 946.7 1048.6

230Vac 91.8 102.0 103.0 103.3 103.7 94.8 108.7 109.4 109.8 110.6 107.5 91.8 314.9 538.4 902.2 994.5

NM-8-10G 115Vac 95.8 105.4 107.3 107.6 108.1 100.2 114.0 114.8 115.2 116.2 112.8 94.4 324.4 557.7 946.6 1049.0

230Vac 94.0 103.0 105.1 105.4 106.0 98.4 112.0 113.1 113.5 114.5 110.9 93.2 317.8 541.8 907.7 999.1

C9300- 350W Not 115Vac 81.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.4 80.8 98.6 100.2 101.3 102.3 97.2 82.2
48T Installed
230Vac 80.5 93.7 94.6 94.8 95.3 80.1 97.3 99.5 99.9 100.8 96.0 81.5

NM-4-1G 115Vac 86.4 94.9 97.8 99.4 100.4 89.3 104.6 107.6 108.6 108.9 103.5 85.7

230Vac 85.3 93.8 96.6 98.4 99.1 88.2 103.4 106.2 106.9 107.2 102.3 84.8

NM-4-10G 115Vac 89.6 103.4 104.2 104.6 105.4 93.0 112.7 113.5 114.1 115.7 111.0 90.6

230Vac 89.0 102.0 102.8 103.1 103.9 91.9 111.0 111.8 112.4 114.0 109.4 89.3

NM-2-40G 115Vac 88.3 102.4 102.9 103.3 104.2 91.0 110.5 111.3 112.1 113.9 108.9 88.6

230Vac 87.3 100.9 101.4 101.8 102.7 89.9 108.8 109.6 110.3 112.1 107.2 87.6

NM-8-10G 115Vac 92.1 105.2 106.1 106.5 107.4 98.6 117.6 118.4 119.1 120.9 116.0 91.0

230Vac 91.1 103.9 104.7 105.1 106.0 97.3 115.8 116.6 117.3 119.0 114.3 90.0

C9300- 715W Not 115Vac 90.5 103.2 104.5 104.7 105.2 89.9 104.9 107.8 109.2 110.2 103.9 91.3 206.1 324.1 514.4 563.2
48P Installed
230Vac 89.4 102.2 103.4 103.6 104.1 88.9 103.7 106.9 108.4 109.3 102.7 89.9 202.9 316.9 500.6 547.5

NM-4-1G 115Vac 95.3 103.5 106.2 108.1 108.8 98.0 112.1 114.9 115.9 116.2 111.1 94.3 215.0 332.6 523.4 572.1

230Vac 94.0 102.2 105.2 106.9 107.8 96.4 111.3 114.1 115.2 115.5 110.2 93.1 211.2 324.8 509.3 555.8

NM-4-10G 115Vac 98.7 111.5 112.3 112.7 113.5 101.5 119.7 120.5 121.2 122.8 118.2 99.2 219.1 336.5 528.8 576.6

230Vac 97.1 110.7 111.5 111.9 112.7 100.6 119.2 120.0 120.7 122.3 117.6 97.9 215.5 329.5 514.2 560.5

NM-2-40G 115Vac 96.9 110.1 110.7 111.0 111.9 99.3 118.2 119.0 119.7 121.5 116.7 97.6 217.4 335.4 527.4 577.8

230Vac 95.6 109.2 109.7 110.1 111.0 98.1 117.5 118.2 119.0 120.6 115.8 96.0 213.0 326.9 511.9 558.8

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 Measured P(W)

Half Port Traffic Full Port Traffic Weighted No Link PoE Test (No Traffic)
Average
Pw

SKU FEP Uplink Input 0.01 10% 30% 50% 100% 0.01% 10% 30% 50% 100% 25% 50% 90% 100%
%/ / EEE
EEE

NM-8-10G 115Vac 100.5 113.4 114.2 114.6 115.5 106.4 124.5 125.4 126.1 128.0 123.0 99.5 215.1 334.7 520.8 568.8

230Vac 99.4 112.8 113.5 113.9 114.9 105.3 124.0 124.9 125.6 127.4 122.5 98.4 212.3 327.4 507.4 553.1

C9300- 1100 Not 115Vac 96.0 110.2 110.9 111.2 111.7 95.6 112.5 114.3 115.9 116.9 111.3 97.0 315.1 544.0 925.9 1023.0
48U W Installed
230Vac 94.8 108.5 109.2 109.4 109.9 94.2 110.0 112.5 114.1 115.0 108.9 95.6 308.6 529.4 889.9 978.8

NM-4-1G 115Vac 97.4 105.8 109.0 110.7 111.0 99.9 115.1 117.8 118.9 119.2 114.0 96.4 319.2 547.3 928.0 1026.3

230Vac 95.4 103.9 107.4 108.7 110.0 98.8 113.4 116.2 117.0 117.4 112.4 94.9 314.3 535.6 896.0 984.3

NM-4-10G 115Vac 104.4 118.5 119.0 119.5 120.1 107.4 126.8 127.6 128.3 130.0 125.2 104.9 326.2 556.0 938.6 1035.6

230Vac 102.8 116.0 117.1 117.5 118.2 106.4 124.8 125.5 126.2 127.7 123.2 103.6 320.4 541.4 903.0 991.6

NM-2-40G 115Vac 102.9 117.2 117.6 118.0 119.0 104.8 123.8 124.6 125.3 127.0 122.2 102.5 324.1 552.4 934.4 1032.6

230Vac 101.2 114.9 115.5 115.9 117.0 103.9 123.0 123.7 124.4 126.1 121.4 101.7 316.9 537.9 898.2 988.3

NM-8-10G 115Vac 106.7 120.4 121.1 121.5 122.3 112.7 131.5 132.4 133.0 134.8 130.0 105.7 330.0 563.7 941.8 1043.4

230Vac 105.0 118.5 119.2 119.6 120.2 110.9 129.4 130.2 131.0 132.6 127.9 104.1 324.5 549.0 908.0 998.9

C9300- 1100 NM-8-10G 115Vac 188.0 195.7 196.8 197.4 198.9 208.8 224.6 227.0 228.6 232.0 223.8 168.6 364.2 521.6 784.3 851.4
24XU W
230Vac 184.4 192.2 192.9 193.5 195.1 204.6 220.0 222.0 223.5 226.9 219.2 165.3 354.2 505.0 749.7 810.6

Safety and Compliance

Table 12 lists the safety and compliance information for the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series.

Table 12. Safety and Compliance Information

Description Specification
Safety certifications ● UL 60950-1
● CAN/CSA-C222.2 No. 60950-1
● EN 60950-1
● IEC 60950-1
● AS/NZS 60950.1
● IEEE 802.3

Electromagnetic emissions certifications ● 47 CFR Part 15

● CISPR22 Class A
● EN 300 386 V1.6.1
● EN 55022 Class A
● EN 55032 Class A
● CISPR 32 Class A
● EN61000-3-2
● EN61000-3-3
● ICES-003 Class A
● TCVN 7189 Class A
● V-3 Class A
● CISPR24
● EN 300 386
● EN55024
● TCVN 7317

Environmental Reduction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS) 5

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 Cisco Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty
The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches come with a Cisco Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW) that
includes Next-Business-Day (NBD) delivery of replacement hardware where available and 90 days of 8x5 Cisco
Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support.

Your formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the information
packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to review the warranty statement shipped with
your specific product carefully before use.

Cisco reserves the right to refund the purchase price as its exclusive warranty remedy.

For further information about warranty terms, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/warranty. Table 13 provides
information about the E-LLW.

Table 13. E-LLW Details

Cisco E-LLW
Devices covered Applies to Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches.
Warranty duration As long as the original customer owns the product.
End-of-life policy In the event of discontinuance of product manufacture, Cisco warranty support is limited to 5 years from the
announcement of discontinuance.
Hardware replacement Cisco or its service center will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship a replacement for NBD delivery,
where available. Otherwise, a replacement will be shipped within 10 working days after receipt of the Return
Materials Authorization (RMA) request. Actual delivery times might vary depending on customer location.
Effective date Hardware warranty commences from the date of shipment to customer (and in case of resale by a Cisco reseller,
not more than 90 days after original shipment by Cisco).

TAC support Cisco will provide during business hours, 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, basic configuration, diagnosis, and
troubleshooting of device-level problems for up to a 90-day period from the date of shipment of the originally
purchased Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series product. This support does not include solution or network-level support
beyond the specific device under consideration.
Cisco.com access Warranty allows guest access only to Cisco.com.

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Software Policy For Network Stack Components
Customers with the Network Essential Stack and Network Advantage Stack software feature sets are provided with
maintenance updates and bug fixes designed to maintain compliance of the software. This includes compliance
with published specifications, release notes, and industry standards as long as the original end user continues to
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 Cisco Embedded Support for Cisco DNA Term Components
Cisco Embedded Support delivers the right support for Cisco software products and suites. It will keep your
business applications performing as expected and protect your investment. Cisco Embedded Support for the DNA
Essentials and DNA Advantage term components is included. Cisco Embedded Support provides access to TAC
support, major software updates, maintenance and minor software releases, and the Cisco Embedded Support
site, for increased productivity with anytime access.

Ordering Information
Table 16 lists ordering information for the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series. To place an order, visit the Cisco Ordering
home page at https://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/or13/or8/order_customer_help_how_to_order_listing.html.

Table 14. Ordering Information

Switches
Product Number Product Description
C9300-24T-E Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Essentials
C9300-24T-A Catalyst 9300 24-port data only, Network Advantage
C9300-24P-E Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Essentials
C9300-24P-A Catalyst 9300 24-port PoE+, Network Advantage
C9300-24U-E Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Essentials
C9300-24U-A Catalyst 9300 24-port UPOE, Network Advantage
C9300-24UX-E Catalyst 9300 24-port mGig UPOE, Network Essentials
C9300-24UX-A Catalyst 9300 24-port mGig UPOE, Network Advantage
C9300-48T-E Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Essentials
C9300-48T-A Catalyst 9300 48-port data only, Network Advantage

C9300-48P-E Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Essentials

C9300-48P-A Catalyst 9300 48-port PoE+, Network Advantage
C9300-48U-E Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Essentials

C9300-48U-A Catalyst 9300 48-port UPOE, Network Advantage

C9300-48UXM-E Catalyst 9300 48-port 2.5G (12 mGig) UPOE, Network Essentials
C9300-48UXM-A Catalyst 9300 48-port 2.5G (12 mGig) UPOE, Network Advantage
Network modules
Product Number Product Description
C9300-NM-4G Catalyst 9300 4 x 1GE Network Module
C9300-NM-4G= Catalyst 9300 4 x 1GE Network Module, spare
C9300-NM-8X Catalyst 9300 8 x 10GE Network Module
C9300-NM-8X= Catalyst 9300 8 x 10GE Network Module, spare
C9300-NM-2Q Catalyst 9300 2 x 40GE Network Module
C9300-NM-2Q= Catalyst 9300 2 x 40GE Network Module, spare
Stacking cables
Product Number Product Description
STACK-T1-50CM 50CM Type 3 Stacking Cable
STACK-T1-50CM= 50CM Type 3 Stacking Cable, spare

STACK-T1-1M 1M Type 3 Stacking Cable

STACK-T1-1M= 1M Type 3 Stacking Cable, spare

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STACK-T1-3M 3M Type 3 Stacking Cable

STACK-T1-3M= 3M Type 3 Stacking Cable, spare

Software licenses
Product Number Product Description
C1A1TCAT93001* C9300 C1 Advantage Term, 24-Port: Includes Term Licenses for DNA Advantage, 25 ISE Base &
25 ISE Plus Endpoints, 25 Stealthwatch Flows (including Virtual Flow Collector & Management
Console). Requires separate purchase of ISE appliance/ISE VM and DNA Center appliance
C1A1TCAT93001-3Y C9300 C1 Advantage, 24-port, 3Y Term – DNA, 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH

C1A1TCAT93001-5Y C9300 C1 Advantage, 24-port, 5Y Term – DNA, 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C1A1TCAT93001-7Y C9300 C1 Advantage, 24-port, 7Y Term – DNA, 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C1A1TCAT93002* C9300 C1 Advantage Term, 48-Port: Includes Term Licenses for DNA Advantage, 25 ISE Base &
25 ISE Plus Endpoints, 25 Stealthwatch Flows (including Virtual Flow Collector & Management
Console). Requires separate purchase of ISE appliance/ISE VM and DNA Center appliance
C1A1TCAT93002-3Y C9300 C1 Advantage, 48-port, 3Y Term – DNA, 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C1A1TCAT93002-5Y C9300 C1 Advantage, 48-port, 5Y Term – DNA, 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C1A1TCAT93002-7Y C9300 C1 Advantage, 48-port, 7Y Term – DNA, 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C1AA1TCAT93001 C9300 C1 Advantage Add-On Term: Includes Term Licenses for 25 ISE Base & 25 ISE Plus
Endpoints, 25 Stealthwatch Flows (including Virtual Flow Collector & Management Console).
Requires separate purchase of ISE appliance/ISE VM and DNA Center appliance.
C1AA1TCAT93001-3Y C9300 C1 Advantage Add-on 3Y Term - 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C1AA1TCAT93001-5Y C9300 C1 Advantage Add-on 5Y Term - 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C1AA1TCAT93001-7Y C9300 C1 Advantage Add-on 7Y Term - 25 ISE PLS and ISE BASE, 25 SWATCH
C9300-DNA-E-24-3Y C9300 DNA Essentials, 24-port, 3 Year Term license
C9300-DNA-E-24-5Y C9300 DNA Essentials, 24-port, 5 Year Term license
C9300-DNA-E-24-7Y C9300 DNA Essentials, 24-port, 7 Year Term license
C9300-DNA-A-24-3Y C9300 DNA Advantage, 24-port, 3 Year Term license

C9300-DNA-A-24-5Y C9300 DNA Advantage, 24-port, 5 Year Term license

C9300-DNA-A-24-7Y C9300 DNA Advantage, 24-port, 7 Year Term license
C9300-DNA-E-48-3Y C9300 DNA Essentials, 48-port, 3 Year Term license

C9300-DNA-E-48-5Y C9300 DNA Essentials, 48-port, 5 Year Term license

C9300-DNA-E-48-7Y C9300 DNA Essentials, 48-port, 7 Year Term license
C9300-DNA-A-48-3Y C9300 DNA Advantage, 48-port, 3 Year Term license
C9300-DNA-A-48-5Y C9300 DNA Advantage, 48-port, 5 Year Term license
C9300-DNA-A-48-7Y C9300 DNA Advantage, 48-port, 7 Year Term license
C9300-LIC= Electronic DNA Upgrade License for C9300 Switches
Power supplies
Product Number Product Description
PWR-C1-350WAC= 350WAC power supply spare
PWR-C1-715WAC= 715WAC power supply spare
PWR-C1-1100WAC= 1100WAC power supply spare
Cisco StackWise-480 and StackPower cables
STACK-T1-50CM= Cisco StackWise-480 50cm stacking cable spare
STACK-T1-1M= Cisco StackWise-480 1m stacking cable spare
STACK-T1-3M= Cisco StackWise-480 3m stacking cable spare
CAB-SPWR-30CM= Cisco Catalyst 3850 StackPower cable 30cm spare
CAB-SPWR-150CM= Cisco Catalyst 3850 StackPower cable 150cm spare

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Spare power cords

CAB-TA-NA= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (North America)

CAB-TA-AP= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Australia)

CAB-TA-AR= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Argentina)
CAB-TA-SW= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Switzerland)

CAB-TA-UK= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (United Kingdom)

CAB-TA-JP= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Japan)
CAB-TA-250VAC-JP= Japan 250VAC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Japan)

CAB-TA-EU= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Europe)

CAB-TA-IT= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Italy)
CAB-TA-IN= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (India)

CAB-TA-CN= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (China)

CAB-TA-DN= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Denmark)
CAB-TA-IS= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Israel)
CAB-ACBZ-12A= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Brazil), 12A/125V BR-3-20 plug up to 12A
CAB-ACBZ-10A= AC power cord for Cisco Catalyst (Brazil), 10A/250V BR-3-10 plug up to 10A
CAB-C15-CBN Cabinet jumper power cord, 250VAC 13A, C14-C15 connectors

Optics online reference

The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series supports a wide range of optics. Because the list of supported optics is updated on
a regular basis, consult the tables available here for the latest QSFP+, SFP+, and SFP compatibility information:
https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps5455/products_device_support_tables_list.html.

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