Cisco C9500-24Q-A
Catalyst 9500 - Network Advantage - switch - 24 ports - managed - rack-mountable
Key facts
Overview
The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches are the next generation of enterprise-class core and aggregation layer switches, supporting full programmability and serviceability. Based on an x86 CPU, the Catalyst 9500 Series is Cisco's lead purpose-built fixed core and aggregation enterprise switching platform, built for security, IoT, and cloud. The Catalyst 9500 Series is the industry's first purpose-built 40 Gigabit Ethernet line of switches targeted for the enterprise campus.
Specifications
Dimensions & Weight
- Depth
- 54.7 cm
- Height
- 4.39 cm
- Weight
- 11.68 kg
- Width
- 44.5 cm
Environmental Parameters
- Humidity Range Storage
- 5 - 95% (non-condensing)
- Max Storage Temperature
- 65 °C
- Min Storage Temperature
- -20 °C
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 24 x 40Gbit LAN QSFP , 2 x USB 3.0
General
- Built-in Devices
- RFID tag
- Capacity
- Routing table entries: 64000 , Indirect IPv4 routes: 64000 , Host IPv4 routes: 32000 , Indirect IPv6 routes: 32000 , Host IPv6 routes: 16000 , Multicast scale: 48000 , QoS ACL scale: 18000 , Security ACL scale: 18000 , FNF entries: 512000 , VLAN IDs: 4000 , Switched virtual interfaces (SVIs): 4000
- Compliant Standards
- IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1ae, IEEE 802.3ba
- Device Type
- Switch - 24 ports - L3 - Managed
- Enclosure Type
- Rack-mountable 1U
- Encryption Algorithm
- 256-bit AES
- Flash Memory
- 16 GB
- Jumbo Frame Support
- 9198 bytes
- MAC Address Table Size
- 64K entries
- Performance
- Switching capacity (full duplex): 960 Gbps , Forwarding rate: 1440 Mpps
- Ports
- 24 x 40 Gigabit QSFP
- Power Over Ethernet (PoE)
- UPOE
- Processor
- 1 x Intel: 2.4 GHz
- RAM
- 16 GB - DIMM 288-pin - DDR4 SDRAM
- Remote Management Protocol
- SNMP 1, RMON 1, RMON 2, SNMP, SNMP 3, SNMP 2c, TFTP, NETCONF, RESTCONF
- Routing Protocol
- OSPF, IS-IS, RIP-1, RIP-2, BGP, EIGRP, IGMP, VRRP, PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, MSDP, RIPng, MPLS
- Subtype
- 40 Gigabit Ethernet
Miscellaneous
- Compliant Standards
- CISPR 22 Class A, CISPR 24, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN55024, EN50082-1, EN 61000-6-1, EN 61000-4-4, EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-6, CCC, ICES-003 Class A, EN 61000-4-5, UL 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1, RoHS, AS/NZS 3548 Class A, BSMI Class A, VCCI Class A, EN 55022 Class A, FCC CFR47 Part 15 A, EN 300 386, TVCN 7317, VCCI V-3/2009 Class A, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1
- Included Accessories
- 2 x North America AC Type A power cables
- MTBF
- 127,660 hours
Power
- Features
- Front-to-rear air?ow
- Power Device
- Internal power supply - hot-plug
- Power Provided
- 950 Watt
- Power Redundancy
- Optional
- Power Redundancy Scheme
- 1+1
- Voltage Required
- AC 120/230 V (50 - 60 Hz)
Reference price history
Recorded reference and list prices over time. Not Prology selling prices.
- Latest
- USD 34,356.50≈ AUD 49,714
- Apr 2025
- Lowest recorded
- USD 22,200≈ AUD 32,124
- Highest recorded
- USD 36,707.44≈ AUD 53,116
- Recorded
- 2017 – 2025
- 23 price points
- List price
- Prology US
AUD 3,049 on Prology AU, recorded
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- What is the Cisco C9500-24Q-A?
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