Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Hardware Installation Guide

CHAPTER 1
Product Overview
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches family is the stackable enterprise switching platform built for Security,
IoT, Mobility, and Cloud. It has the most flexible uplink architecture with support for 1 GE, 10 GE, 25 GE,
40 GE and 100 GE.
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches provide support for the following features:
• 24 and 48 10/100/1000 M downlink ports with data, PoE+, Cisco UPOE and Cisco UPOE+ support
• 24 and 48 100 Mbps/1/2.5/5/10 Gbps ports with Cisco UPOE support
• Fixed 1G or 10G uplinks or modular 1 GE, 10 GE, 25 GE, 40 GE, 100 GE and Multigigabit uplinks
• Advanced security capabilities like Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), AES-256 MACSEC encryption,
and TrustWorthy systems
• High speed back-panel data stacking solution with StackWise-320 (C9300L and C9300LM),
StackWise-480 (C9300), and StackWise-1T (C9300X)
• Intelligent Power Management with StackPower technology that provides power stacking among members
for power redundancy
• IoT integration and policy-based automation from the edge to the cloud with SD-Access solution
• RJ-45 and USB Mini-Type B console ports
• USB Type A and USB Type C ports that support USB 3.0 and source 900 mA at 5 V
• External USB 3.0 SSD pluggable storage support
• Switch Models, on page 2
• Front Panel Components, on page 4
• Rear Panel, on page 21
• Network Configurations, on page 30
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Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Specifications

General

Operating System	Cisco IOS XE
Model	Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series
Uplink Interfaces	10G, 25G, 40G
Downlink Interfaces	1G
Stacking Bandwidth	480 Gbps
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
PoE	UPOE
Port Density	Up to 48 ports
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	UPOE, UPOE+
Security Features	MACsec
Management	Cisco DNA Center, CLI, SNMP
Redundancy	Stacking, redundant power supplies, hot-swappable fans