Data sheet

Cisco public

Cisco Catalyst 9600

Series Switches

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Contents
Product overview 3
Physical specifications 14
Ordering information 18
Cisco Environmental Sustainability 20
Cisco Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty 21
Cisco Services 21
Cisco Capital 23
Document history 24

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Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches are purpose-built for resiliency at scale with the
industry’s most comprehensive security and allows your business to grow at lowest total
operational cost. Built upon the foundation of Catalyst 9000, the Catalyst 9600 Series
offers scale and security when always on is a must.

As foundational building blocks for the Cisco Digital Network Architecture, Catalyst 9600 Series switches
help customers simplify complexity, optimize IT, and reduce operational costs by leveraging intelligence,
automation and human expertise that no other vendor can deliver regardless of where you are in the
intent-based networking journey.

Catalyst 9600 Series Switches provide security features that protects the integrity of the hardware as well
as the software and all data that flows through the switch. It provides resiliency that keeps your business
up and running seamlessly. Combine that with open APIs of Cisco IOS XE and programmability of the
UADP ASIC technology, Catalyst 9600 Series switches give you what you need now with investment
protection on future innovations.

As the industry’s first purpose-built 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet line of modular switches targeted for the
enterprise campus, Catalyst 9600 Series switches deliver unmatched table scale (MAC, route, and Access
Control List [ACL]) and buffering for enterprise applications. The Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis is hardware
ready to support a wired switching capacity of up to 25.6 Tbps, with up to 6.4 Tbps of bandwidth per slot.
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches support granular port densities that fit diverse campus needs,
including nonblocking 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP+,
QSFP28) and 1, 10, and 25 GE Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP, SFP+, SFP28) and 10, 5, 2.5 and 1
Gigabit Ethernet (GE) and 100, 10 Megabit (Mbps) RJ45 copper ports. The switches also support advanced
routing and infrastructure services (such as Multiprotocol Label Switching [MPLS] Layer 2 and Layer 3
VPNs, Multicast VPN [MVPN], and Network Address Translation [NAT]); Cisco Software-Defined Access
capabilities (such as a host tracking database, cross-domain connectivity, and VPN Routing and
Forwarding [VRF]-aware Locator/ID Separation Protocol [LISP]); and network system virtualization with
Cisco StackWise® virtual technology that are critical for their placement in the campus core. The Cisco
Catalyst 9600 Series also supports foundational high-availability capabilities such as patching, Graceful
Insertion and Removal (GIR), Cisco Nonstop Forwarding with Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO), redundant
platinum-rated power supplies, and fans.

Product overview
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Chassis
● Hardware ready to support up to 25.6 Tbps in wired switching capacity, with up to 6.4 Tbps
bandwidth per slot.
● Up to 9.6 Tbps in wired switching capacity, with 3 Bpps of forwarding performance with the
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1.
● Up to 48 nonblocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet QSPF28 ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series
Supervisor Engine 1.
● Up to 96 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series
Supervisor Engine 1.
● Up to 192 nonblocking 25 Gigabit Ethernet /10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP28/SFP+ ports with the Cisco
Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1.

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 ● Up to 192 non blocking 10 Gigabit Ethernet / 5 Gigabit Ethernet / 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet / 1 Gigabit
Ethernet / 100 Megabit / 10 Megabit RJ45 copper ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series
Supervisor Engine 1.
● Platinum-rated AC and DC power supplies.
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1 and line cards
● The UADP* 3.0 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is future-ready for next-generation
technologies, with a programmable pipeline, microengine capabilities, and template-based
configurable allocation of Layer 2, Layer 3, forwarding, ACL, and Quality-of-Service (QoS) entries.
● It is the first ASIC to support double-width HW tables. This provides equivalent table size and
processing performance for IPv4 and IPv6.
● The Supervisor Engine 1, with a 2.0-GHz Intel® x86 CPU with 8 cores, provides up to 960 GB of
SATA SSD local storage for container-based application hosting.
● Up to 108 MB of buffer (36 MB of unified buffer per ASIC).
● Line-rate, hardware-based Flexible NetFlow (FNF) delivers flow collection for up to 294,000 flows.
● IPv6 support in hardware provides wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.
● Dual-stack support for IPv4 and IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations enable
easy IPv4-to-IPv6 migration.
● Flexible routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, Layer 2 tables, ACL tables, and QoS tables.
*
The UADP ASIC resides in the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Supervisor Engine 1.

Figure 1.
Cisco Catalyst 9606R Chassis

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Software
Platform software benefits

Cisco IOS XE

Cisco IOS XE Software 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 turnkey solutions such as Plug and Play and Preboot
Execution Environment (PXE) that enable an effortless and automated deployment.
● API-driven configuration is available with modern network switches such as Cisco Catalyst 9600
Series switches. It supports a wide range of automation features and provides robust open APIs
over NETCONF and RESTCONF 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.
● Seamless software upgrades and patching supports OS resilience. On Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series
switches Cisco IOS XE supports hot patching without reboot, 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.
● Trustworthy solutions built with Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies provide a highly secure
foundation for Cisco products. With Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches, 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, Secure Boot, and Cisco Trust Anchor module.
● High availability: Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches support 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.

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The Foundation of Software-Defined Access

Secure Segmentation with SD-Access

The enterprise network lies at the heart of digital transformation. A network that is open, programmable,
integrated, and secure maximizes business agility, allowing new business opportunities to be pursued and
captured. But advanced and persistent security threats, the exponential growth of IoT devices and a
mobility everywhere user experience requires a new type of network fabric that integrates advanced
hardware and software innovations to automate, secure, and simplify customer networks.

The Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) 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. These include:

● Simplified device deployment

● Unified management of wired and wireless networks
● Network virtualization and segmentation
● Group-based policies
● Context-based analytics
● SD-Access: Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches are the entry-level devices for SD-Access,
Cisco’s lead enterprise architecture, with policy-based automation from edge to cloud.

◦ Simplified segmentation and micro-segmentation, with predictable performance and scalability

◦ Automation through Cisco DNA Center

◦ Policy handled through the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

◦ Faster launch of new business services and significantly improved issue resolution time
● Assurance

◦ Full network visibility and monitoring

◦ End-to-end Quality of Experience (QoE)

◦ Fast issue resolution and network remediation

● 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.
Full Flexible NetFlow
● Full Flexible NetFlow (FNF):
Cisco IOS 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. Catalyst 9600 Series switches are
capable of up to 294,000 flow entries.

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QoS
● Superior QoS:
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches offers Gigabit Ethernet speeds up to 100 Gbps 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.
Smart Operation
● 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.
● RFID tags:
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches have an embedded RFID tag that facilitates easy asset and
inventory management using commercial RFID readers.
● Blue beacon:
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches support both front and back blue beacon LEDs for easy
identification of the switch being accessed.
● Efficient switch operation*:
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches provide optimum power saving with 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.
● Bluetooth ready:

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches have 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.

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High-Performance IP Routing

The Cisco Express Forwarding hardware routing architecture delivers extremely high-performance IP
routing in Cisco Catalyst 9600 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. 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], 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.

Licensing
Software offers

Packaging: Network and Cisco DNA Licensing

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 Network Advantage licensing options that are tied to the
hardware. The base licensing packages cover switching fundamentals, management automation,
troubleshooting, and advanced switching features. These base licenses are perpetual.
● The add-on licensing package includes the Cisco DNA Premier, 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. The Cisco DNA add-on licenses are available as a
subscription.

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 9 shows the combinations of base and add-on
licenses that must be purchased.
Supported licensing combinations

Table 1. License combinations

Cisco DNA Premier Cisco DNA Advantage

Network Advantage Yes Yes

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Cisco DNA Premier Subscription

Cisco DNA Premier subscriptions offer a flexible way to buy software for the access, WAN, and data center
domains. At each stage in the product lifecycle, Cisco DNA Premier subscriptions help make buying,
managing, and upgrading your network and infrastructure software easier. Cisco DNA Premier
subscriptions provide:

● Flexible licensing models to smoothly distribute customers’ software spending over time
● Investment protection for software purchases through software services–enabled license portability
● Lower cost of entry with the new Cisco DNA Premier Subscription for Switching model

For ordering information for Cisco DNA Premier Software for Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches, go to:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/software/one-access/switching-part-numbers.html.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches run on Cisco IOS XE Release 16.11.1 or later. This software release
includes all the features listed earlier in the Platform Software Benefits section.

Managing licenses with Smart Accounts: Creating Smart Accounts by using the Cisco Smart Software
Manager (Cisco 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.

Network Licensing
Table 2. Network advantage package features

Features on Cisco Catalyst uplink switches Network Advantage

Switch fundamentals ✓

Layer 2, Routed Access (RIP, EIGRP Stub, OSPF), PBR, PIM Stub Multicast, PVLAN, VRRP, PBR,
Cisco Discovery Protocol, QoS, FHS, 802.1X, CoPP, SXP, IP SLA Responder, SSO

Advanced switch capabilities and scale ✓

BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, IS-IS, BSR, MSDP, PIM SM, PIM SSM, PIM-BIDIR,* IP SLA, OSPF

Network segmentation ✓

VRF, VXLAN, LISP, SGT, MPLS, mVPN

Automation ✓

NETCONF, RESTCONF, gRPC, YANG, PnP Agent, ZTP/Open PnP, GuestShell (on-box Python)

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Features on Cisco Catalyst uplink switches Network Advantage

Telemetry and visibility ✓

Model-driven telemetry, sampled NetFlow, SPAN, RSPAN

Security ✓

MACsec-256

Cisco DNA Licensing

Table 3. Cisco DNA Advantage, and premier package features

Features Cisco DNA Cisco DNA

Advantage Premier

Switch features

Advanced telemetry and visibility ✓ ✓

Full Flexible NetFlow, EEM

Cisco DNA Center features

Day-0 network bring-up automation ✓ ✓

Cisco Network Plug-and-Play application, network settings, device credentials, LAN

automation, host onboarding

Element management ✓ ✓

Discovery, inventory, topology, software image, licensing, and configuration management

Element management ✓ ✓

Patch management

Basic Assurance ✓ ✓

Health dashboards – Network, Client, Application; switch and wired client health
monitoring

SD-Access ✓ ✓

Policy-based automation and assurance for wired and wireless

Cisco IOS XE
● This modern operating system for the enterprise provides support for model-driven
programmability, on-box Python scripting, streaming telemetry, container-based application
hosting, and patching for critical bug fixes. Cisco IOS® XE also has built-in defenses to protect
against runtime attacks.
● Plug and Play enabled: A simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering eases new branch or
campus device rollouts and can also be used to provide updates to an existing network.

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 ● Advanced security

◦ Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA)*: This technology uses the power of machine learning to identify and
take action toward threats or anomalies in your network. It includes malware detection in encrypted
traffic and distributed anomaly detection.

◦ Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption
algorithm is available in hardware.

◦ Trustworthy solutions: Secure Unique Device Identification (SUDI) support for Plug and Play (PnP)
tamper-proof device identity capability secures zero-touch provisioning by allowing your device to
show a certificate to the server to be able to get on your network.
*
ETA is not available at FCS, but will be available in future software releases

SD-Access
● SD-Access is Cisco’s leading enterprise architecture. It includes:

◦ Policy-based automation from edge to cloud

◦ Macro-segmentation and micro-segmentation made easy, with predictable performance and

scalability

◦ Automation through the Cisco DNA Center Appliance

◦ Policy through the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

◦ Network assurance through the Network Data Platform

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series chassis

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches offers one chassis option and multiple line-card options (Table 1). It
provides a common architecture that can scale up to 192 10 Gigabit or 25 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series redundant chassis offer High Availability (HA) by supporting 1 + 1 redundant
supervisor engines with full-image In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU). NSF/SSO and ISSU help ensure
continuous packet forwarding during supervisor engine switchover to enable HA for business-critical
applications.

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series chassis is enterprise optimized, with efficient side-to-side airflow and
full front accessibility for all removable components, including supervisors, line cards, power supplies,
and fan tray. The chassis also supports optional rear accessibility for the fan tray to enable efficient
cable management. The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series chassis, supervisor, line cards, power supply, and fan
tray have embedded RFID tags that facilitate easy asset and inventory management using commercial
RFID readers.

Table 4. Chassis features

Feature Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis

Total number of slots 6

Line-card slots 4

Supervisor engine slots 2

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 Feature Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis

Dedicated supervisor engine slot numbers 3 and 4

Supervisor engine redundancy Yes

Supervisor engines supported C9600-SUP-1

Maximum bandwidth scalability per line-card slot 6.4 Tbps**

2.4 Tbps***

Number of power supply bays 4

Minimum number of power supplies 2*

Power supplies supported 2000W AC, 2000W DC

Number of fan-tray bays 1

*
Fully loaded 9606R chassis, Minimum 3 power supplies required if input voltage is 110V

**
Hardware ready
***
With C9600-SUP-1

Supervisor configuration
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches offers an industry-leading supervisor engine built for secure networks,
IoT applications, next-generation mobility, and cloud adoption. Supervisor Engine 1 is built with the latest
UADP ASIC, with its programmable pipeline and template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2,
Layer 3, forwarding, ACLs and QoS entries, making it ready for next-generation technologies. Table 5 lists
the maximum bandwidth per slot.

Table 5. Supervisor Engine 1 maximum bandwidth per slot

Feature Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1

Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis 2.4 Tbps per slot

Table 6 lists the minimum software requirements for the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1.

Table 6. Supervisor Engine 1 minimum software requirements

Chassis Supervisor engine Minimum software requirement

Cisco 9606R Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1 Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.11.1

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Line-card configuration options
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches offers the ability to mix and match a range of line cards to support
numerous cores and aggregation deployments. Supported line cards are listed in Table 7 by part number.

Table 7. Line cards

Product number Description Minimum software requirement

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series line cards

C9600-LC-24C Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 24-port 40GE/12-Port Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.11.1
100GE

C9600-LC-48YL Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port 25GE/10GE/(1GE*) Cisco IOS XE Software Release 16.11.1

C9600-LC-48TX Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port RJ45 Copper - Cisco IOX XE Software Release 17.1.1
10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100Mbps/10Mbps

*
Not available at First Customer Shipment (FCS), supported from IOX-XE 16.12.2

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches has flexible interface types and port densities that allow you to mix
and match network configurations to meet the specific needs of campus networks (Table 8).

Table 8. Maximum chassis port densities

Cisco Catalyst 9606R Chassis C9600-SUP-1

100G 48

40G 96

25G 192

10G 192

5G** 192

2.5G** 192

1G* 192

100M** 192

10M** 192

*
Not available at First Customer Shipment (FCS), Supported from IOX-XE 16.12.2

** -
Using C9600-LC-48TX

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Physical specifications
Table 9 lists physical specifications of the Cisco Catalyst 9606 chassis.

Table 9. Physical specifications of Cisco Catalyst 9606 chassis

Description Specifications

SKU C9606R

Dimensions (H x W x D) 35.43 x 44.2 x 40.9 cm

13.95 x 17.4 x 16.1 in.

Rack Units (RU) 8

Chassis weight with 2 power supplies 31.31 kg (69.03 lb)

(AC) and fan tray

Input voltage AC: 90V to 264V, 47 to 63 Hz AC

DC: -40V to -72V

Operating temperature -5° to 45° C (23° to 113° F) up to 6000 feet

-5° to 40° C (23° to 104° F) up to 10,000 feet

Storage temperature -40° to 75° C (40° to 167° F)

Relative humidity, operating and 10% to 95%, noncondensing

nonoperating, noncondensing

Altitude -60 to 3000 m (-197 to 9843 feet)

Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) C9606R chassis: 4,113,900

(hours)
C9606 fan tray: 452,570

Chassis weight (without fan tray, 25.36 kg

without PSU)
(55.90 lb)

Weight of fan tray 3.56 kg

(7.85 lb)

Weight of individual PSUs AC PSU: 1.2 kg (2.65 lb)

DC PSU: 1.28 kg (2.82 lb)

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Power supply
The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series power supplies support two modes of operation.
Combined mode

In combined mode, the power available for the entire chassis is equal to the sum of the output power of all
of the power supplies multiplied by the share ratio. Additional power supply units operate at ~90%
capacity. In combined mode, the power supplies need to be of equal wattage. The power supplies can be
AC and DC mixed provided AC input voltage is 220V. Table 10 shows the power output for one, two,
three, and four PSUs.

P = Power output of one PSU

Total combined mode power = P + (N-1) * P * (share ratio)

N = 1, 2, 3, or 4

Table 10. Power output in combined mode

Input voltage 1 PSU 2 PSUs 3 PSUs 4 PSUs

110V 1050W 2040W 3030W 4020W

220V 2000W 3940W 5880W 7820W

Redundant N+1 mode

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series chassis also supports N+1 redundancy, with N independent input circuits
and safeguards against the failure of one (+1) of the circuits during a PSU failure. Additional PSUs operate
at ~90% capacity. In redundant mode, the power supplies need to be of equal wattage. The power
supplies can be AC and DC mixed provided AC input voltage is 220V. Table 11 shows the power output
with two, three, and four PSUs.

Table 11. Power Output in N+1 mode

Input voltage 2 PSUs 3 PSUs 4 PSUs

110V 1050W 2040W 3030W

220V 2000W 3940W 5880W

Table 12 gives the power supply specifications for Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches. Table 13 shows
the BTU output.

Table 12. Power supply specifications

Power supply feature C9600-PWR-2KWAC C9600-PWR-2KWDC

Max power rating 2000W 2000W

Input voltage range and 90VAC to 140VAC and 180VAC to 264VAC -40VDC to -72VDC
frequency 47 to 63 Hz

Power supply efficiency 94% (typical) 92% (typical)

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 Power supply feature C9600-PWR-2KWAC C9600-PWR-2KWDC

Input current AC 10.5A max at 115VAC (1050W) Maximum: 60A per DC input at -40VDC input
7.8 A max at 230VAC (2000W) (when full PSU loading)

Output ratings 12Vmain at 167A 12Vmain at 167A

Output holdup time AC = 20 ms minimum for system AC = 5 ms minimum for system

Power-supply input AC IEC 60320 C16 Amphenol C10-638976-000

receptacles

Power cord rating AC 15A DC 70A

Table 13. BTU details for 9606R chassis with fan tray

Total output BTU BTU

C9606R + C9606-FAN 1621 (max)*

*
The power listed in Table 13 is the absolute maximum. Typically, the power would be 70% of absolute maximum

Table 14. Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series power cord options

C9600-PWR-2KWAC

CAB-TA-CN China AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-IS Israel AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-AP Australia AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-AR Argentina AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-DN Denmark AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-EU Europe AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-IN India AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-IT Italy AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-SW Switzerland AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-UK United Kingdom AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-TA-NA North America AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-C15-CBN Cabinet Jumper Power Cord, 250 VAC 13A, C14-C15 Connectors

CAB-TA-JP Japan AC Type A Power Cable

CAB-C15-CBN-JP Japan Cabinet Jumper Power Cord, 250 VAC 12A, C14-C15

CAB-TA-250V-JP Japan 250V AC Type A Power Cable

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C9600-PWR-2KWAC

CAB-ACBZ-12A AC Power Cord (Brazil) 12A/125V BR-3-20 plug up to 12A

PWR-2KW-DC-CBL Power Cord - 2KW DC

Fan tray
Each Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches uses a single serviceable fan tray for cooling. The switches can
optionally be accessed from the rear for flexible cable management. The chassis is optimized for enterprise
closets, with side-to-side airflow. All fan trays are composed of multiple independently controlled fans. If
any single fan fails, the system will continue to operate without a significant degradation in cooling. Fan
speeds change dynamically to compensate for fan failure. Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series fans have a
barometric sensor, which allows slower fan speed curves at lower altitudes. The fans also have individual
Pulse-Wide Modulation (PWM) fine-tuning to reduce variability in fan revolutions per minute (rpm) under
throttled conditions. The measured acoustic noise in a formal NEBS test environment is 77.7 Lwad (dB).
The chassis are designed to accommodate fanless operation of up to 90 seconds to enable serviceability.

Regulatory standards compliance

Table 15 lists the regulatory standards compliance for Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches.

Table 15. Safety and compliance information (TBD)

Description Specification

Safety certifications C9606R

● IEC 60950-1 plus Am1, Am2, Am9, Am10, Am11, Am12 and all deviations and differences
● AS/NZS 60950.1.2011
● CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-07
● GB 4943-95
● EN 60950-1; 2006 plus Am1, Am 2, Am9, Am10, Am11, Am12 and all deviations and differences
● NOM-019-SCFI-1998
● UL 60950-1, Second Edition

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Description Specification

EMI and EMC 47 CFR Part 15 Class A

compliance
CNS13438: 2006 Class A
EN 300 386 V1.6.1
EN61000-3-2: 2014
EN61000-3-3: 2013
ICES-003 Issue 6: 2016 Class A
KN 32: 2015 Class A
TCVN 7189: 2009 Class A
EN 55032:2012/ AC:2013 Class A
EN 55032:2015 Class A
CISPR 32 Edition 2 Class A
V-2/2015.04 Class A
V-3/2015.04 Class A
CISPR24: 2010 + A1: 2015
EN 300 386 V1.6.1
EN55024: 2010 + A1: 2015
KN35: 2015
TCVN 7317: 2003

Ordering information
Table 16 lists the ordering information for chassis, power supplies, supervisor engines, and memory that
are commonly used with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series, as well as the Cisco DNA term licenses.

Table 16. Ordering information

Product number Description

C9606R (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 Slot Chassis

C9600-SUP-1 (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor 1 Module

C9600-SUP-1/2 Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Redundant Supervisor 1 Module

C9600-LC-24C (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 24-Port 40GE/12-Port 100GE

C9600-LC-48YL (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 25GE/10GE/1GE

C9600-LC-48TX (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port RJ45 Copper -

10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100Mbps/10Mbps

C9606-FAN (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series C9606 Chassis Fan Tray

C9K-F2-SSD-240GB (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 240GB SSD Storage

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Product number Description

C9K-F2-SSD-480GB (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 480GB SSD Storage

C9K-F2-SSD-960GB (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 960GB SSD Storage

Cisco DNA term licenses Description

C9600-DNA-A C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage Term License

C9600-DNA-A-3Y C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage 3 Year License

C9600-DNA-A-5Y C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage 5 Year License

C9600-DNA-A-7Y C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage 7 Year License

C9600-DNA-P C9600 Cisco DNA Premier License

C9600-DNA-P-3Y C9600 Cisco DNA Premier 3 Year Term License

C9600-DNA-P-5Y C9600 Cisco DNA Premier 5 Year Term License

C9600-DNA-P-7Y C9600 Cisco DNA Premier 7 Year Term License

CAT-DNA-P-ADD Cisco DNA Premier Catalyst Add-on

CAT-DNA-P-ADD-3Y Cisco DNA Premier Catalyst Add-on, 3 Year Term License

CAT-DNA-P-ADD-5Y Cisco DNA Premier Catalyst Add-on, 5 Year Term License

CAT-DNA-P-ADD-7Y Cisco DNA Premier Catalyst Add-on, 7 Year Term License

Power supplies Description

C9600-PWR-2KWAC (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 2000W AC Power Supply

C9600-PWR-2KWDC (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 2000W DC Power Supply

Spare accessories and kits Description

C9606-SLOT-BLANK (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Blank for Chassis Module Slot

C9606-PWR-BLANK (=) Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Blank for Chassis Power Supply Slot

CAB-CONSOLE-USB Console Cable 6ft with USB Type A and mini-B

CAB-CONSOLE-RJ45 Console Cable 6ft with RJ45 and DB9F

C9606-RACK-KIT= Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Rack Mount

C9606-ACC-KIT= Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Accessory Kit

C9606-SHELF-KIT= Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Shelf Install Kit

C9606-FB-23-KIT= Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Front to Back Kit

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Cisco Environmental Sustainability
Information about Cisco’s environmental sustainability policies and initiatives for our products, solutions,
operations, and extended operations or supply chain is provided in the “Environment Sustainability” section
of Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report.

Reference links to information about key environmental sustainability topics (mentioned in the
“Environment Sustainability” section of the CSR Report) are provided in the following table:

Sustainability Topic Reference

Information on product-material-content laws and regulations Materials

Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including WEEE Compliance

products, batteries and packaging

Reference links to product-specific environmental sustainability information that is mentioned in

relevant sections of this data sheet are provided in the following table:

Sustainability Topic Reference

General

Eco-Design Compliance (EU ErP Lot, Etc.) N.A.

Environmental Certifications (EPEAT, Energy Star, Etc.) Table 15

Power

Idle, Typical or Max Product Power Table 10, Table 11, Table 12
Hardware Enabled Energy Features N.A

Software Enabled Energy Features N.A

Power Supply Information Table 10, Table 11, Table 12
Power Calculator Table 10, Table 11, Table 12

Material

Unit Weight Table 9. Physical Specifications

System Weight (Product + Packaging) N.A
Recycled Content N.A

Cisco makes the packaging data available for informational purposes only. It may not reflect the most
current legal developments, and Cisco does not represent, warrant or guarantee that it is complete,
accurate or up-to-date. This information is subject to change without notice.

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Cisco Enhanced Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches come with an 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 carefully review the warranty statement shipped with your specific product 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 17 provides information about the E-LLW.

Table 17. E-LLW details

Cisco E-LLW

Devices covered Applies to Cisco Catalyst 9600 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 9600 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.

Cisco Services
Successfully deploy, manage, and support Cisco Catalyst 9000 switches with a full life cycle of Cisco
Services including implementation, optimization, technical, managed and training services. Our team of
experts can help you speed deployment, reduce costs and minimize risk as you introduce new hardware,
software and protocols into the network. As your trusted advisor, we help you achieve extraordinary
business outcomes, minimize risk and disruption so you can anticipate change and pivot quickly, securely,
and confidently.

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Table 18. Technical Services

Cisco Technical Services

Cisco Smart Net Total Care® Service

● Around-the-clock, global access to the Cisco TAC
● Unrestricted access to the extensive Cisco.com knowledge base and tools
● NBD, 8x5x4, 24x7x4, and 24x7x2 advance hardware replacement and onsite parts replacement and installation available
● Ongoing operating system software updates within the licensed feature set1
● Proactive diagnostics and real-time alerts on Smart Call Home-enabled devices

Cisco Solution Support Service

● Provides a team of experts who act as primary point of contact to deliver centralized support, including in multivendor network
environments
● Speed is paramount when problems arise, so we deliver on a 30-minute service level objective and prioritize Solution Support cases
● Expert guidance helps to enhance IT operations with fewer outages and faster problem resolution while maximizing performance and
reliability of Catalyst 9600 Series switches
● We even look beyond identified problems and provide the necessary guidance needed to help you avoid any pitfalls before they can
disrupt IT or your business

1
Cisco operating system updates include the following: maintenance releases, minor updates, and major updates within the licensed
feature set

Learn more about available services.

Software Policy for Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

Cisco ONE™ Software for Access Switching is available for the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series.

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 DNA Advantage with full Cisco
Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) capabilities and Cisco SD-Access.

For ordering information for Cisco ONE Software for the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series, go to
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/software/one-access/switching-part-numbers.html.
Software Policy for Network Stack components

Customers with the Network Essential Stack and Network Advantage Stack software feature sets will be
provided with maintenance updates and bug fixes. These are designed to maintain compliance of the
software with published specifications, release notes, and industry standards as long as the original end
user continues to own or use the product or for up to one year from the end-of-sale date for the product,
whichever occurs earlier.

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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 Cisco DNA Essentials and Cisco DNA Advantage term components is included as part of the switch
value. Embedded Support provides access to TAC support, major software updates, maintenance and
minor software releases, and the Cisco Software Support site, for increased productivity with anytime
access.

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Document history
New or Revised Topic Described In Date

Added C9600-LC-48TX sections All applicable tables 11/25/2019

Original version of C9600 Switches data sheet Data sheet 03/25/2019

Printed in USA C78-741943-03 12/19

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