Product Overview
The Cisco Catalyst C9300 24S-A is a stackable switch that is designed to meet the demands of current campuses and branches. This is a part of the industry-leading Catalyst 9300 Series that has 24 Gigabit SFP fiber ports, making it suitable for fiber-based access. It supports advanced routing, segmentation, and security with the Network Advantage license, which perfectly complies with the Cisco Software-Defined Internet Access (SD-Access) model. The C9300-24S-A is a scalable, highly available, and secure platform appliance, ideal for an organization making statistical adjustments to its enterprise networking.
Key Features and Benefits
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Fiber-Optimized Traffic - 24 x 1G SFP fiber ports have been provided, which help to connect securely and on a high-performance over campus and branch-based environmental areas.
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Scalable Stackable Architecture - Via the Scalability of the Cisco StackWise-480 technology, with the capability of 8 switches functioning as one, with 480 Gb bandwidth capacity of the stack.
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Performance - Supports data delivery with reliability and speed, offering up to 128 Gbps switching and 95 Mpps forwarding rates.
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Enhanced Routing and Services - Comes with the Network Advantage license, which enables Cisco to leverage features of layer 3 provision like OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, VRF-Lite and complete SD-Access to be accessed.
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Pervasive Security - Encrypts the data using 256-bit MACsec hardware-based encryption, Cisco TrustSec, and segmentation.
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Adjustable Uplinks - Tested with flexible deployment with a variety of uplink 1G, 10G, and 25G uplink options.
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High Availability - Native On-command switching of power and fans, spare parts, and continuous forwarding reduces downtimes.
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Centralized Management - Includes integration with simple to policy-based automation, analytics, and monitoring using Cisco DNA Center and with CLI, SNMP and web-based automation tools.
Technical Specifications
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Feature |
Specification |
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Model |
Cisco Catalyst C9300-24S-A |
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Ports |
24 × 1G SFP (fiber) ports |
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Uplink Options |
Modular uplinks: 1G, 10G, 25G (via network modules) |
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Stacking Support |
Cisco StackWise-480; up to 8 members, 480 Gbps bandwidth |
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Switching Capacity |
128 Gbps |
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Forwarding Rate |
95 Mpps |
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Software License |
Network Advantage (advanced Layer 3 and security features) |
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Security Features |
256-bit MACsec, TrustSec, segmentation, ACLs |
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Redundancy |
Dual redundant power supplies, hot-swappable fans |
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Management |
Cisco DNA Center, CLI, SNMP, Web UI |
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Dimensions |
1RU, standard rack-mountable |
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Typical Use Cases |
Enterprise campus access/aggregation, SD-Access deployments, secure fiber-based environments |
Product Information
The Cisco Catalyst C9300-24S-A enriches both the reputation and trigger sales of the Catalyst 9300 Series as the most popular enterprise switching platform in the world. It has 24 SFP fiber ports and is designed based on setup in an environment where high-speed and security of the fiber are required. It is future-proof in that it is designed as an uplink module and StackWise-480 technology that makes expansion easier by integrating several switches into one logical system.
The switch offers Layer 3 routing, advanced segmentation, and the help of a secure environment, Layer 2 to serve the intent-based networking of Cisco with the Network Advantage license. MACsec encryption can be used to protect traffic on a hardware basis and backup components can be used in the event of service disruption. The Cisco DNA Master inherits seamless integration that makes operations of IT teams more streamlined and efficient by automating and monitoring and providing control over policy-based.
The Cisco Catalyst C9300-24S-A (AX) offers the best price performance, security and scalability, which makes it the preferred choice to use in achieving network resilience, security and scalability in the future of ente