Catalyst 9500 Series Switch Installation Guide

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The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches consist of fixed core and aggregation layer switches supporting redundant power supplies and modular fans.

The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series offers switch models with downlink ports of the following types:

16 and 32 ports of 100G QSFP28
12, 24 and 32 ports of 40G QSFP
24 and 48 ports of 25G SFP28
16, 24, 40 and 48 ports of 10G SFP/SFP28

The Catalyst 9500 Series Switches provide support for the following features:

Uplink connectivity
- Network modules with SFP and QSFP uplink ports that provide 10G and 40G connectivity on C9500-16X and C9500-40X switches.
- Fixed QSFP uplink ports that support 40G/100G connectivity on C9500-24Y4C and C9500-48Y4C switches.
Advanced security capabilities like ETA, MACSec-256 and TrustWorthy systems.
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.
Supports SATA SSD storage for container-based application hosting on select switch models.

Read the following Catalyst 9500 Series Switch Installation Guide

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Catalyst 9500 Series Switch Installation Guide

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Cisco Catalyst 9500 Switch Models

Table1. Switch Models—Base PIDs

Switch Model	Description
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches
C9500-12Q	12 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports and 2 power supply slots
C9500-24Q	24 40-Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports and 2 power supply slots
C9500-16X	16 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ ports and 2 power supply slots; supports optional network modules on uplinks ports — 8-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet(SFP/SFP+) and 2-Port 40 Gigabit Ethernet(QSFP+)
C9500-40X	40 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ ports and 2 power supply slots; supports optional network modules on uplink ports — 8-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet(SFP/SFP+) and 2-Port 40 Gigabit Ethernet(QSFP+)
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series High Performance Switches
C9500-32C	32 40G/100G QSFP28 ports and 2 power supply slots
C9500-32QC	32 40G or 16 100G QSFP28 ports and 2 power supply slots
C9500-24Y4C	24 1G/10G/25G SFP28 ports and 2 power supply slots; supports fixed network modules on uplink ports — 4 40G/100G QSFP+ ports
C9500-48Y4C	48 1G/10G/25G SFP28 ports and 2 power supply slots; supports fixed network modules on uplink ports — 4 40G/100G QSFP+ ports

Table2. Switch Models—Bundle PIDs

Switch Model	Description
C9500-16X-2Q	16 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ ports and a 2-Port 40-Gigabit Ethernet (QSFP+) network module on uplink ports; and two power supply slots
C9500-40X-2Q	40 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ ports and a 2-Port 40-Gigabit Ethernet (QSFP+) network module on uplink ports; and two power supply slots
C9500-24X	16 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ ports and an 8-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet (SFP/SFP+) network module on uplink ports; and two power supply slots
C9500-48X	40 10-Gigabit Ethernet SFP/SFP+ ports and an 8-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet (SFP/SFP+) network module on uplink ports; and two power supply slots

Power Supply Slots

The switch has two power supply slots that accept AC and DC input power supplies. The power supply modules are field replaceable units (FRUs) and are hot-swappable. The chassis is delivered with one power supply pre-installed in the power supply slot. If only one power supply is ordered, then a blank cover is installed in the empty power supply slot, which must remain installed if a power supply is not installed.

The following table describes the internal power supply modules supported on different switch models.

Table3. Power Supplies supported by Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Switch Model	Power Supply Modules
C9500-12Q	PWR-C4-950WAC-R—950-W AC power supply module
C9500-24Q
C9500-16X
C9500-40X
C9500-32C	C9K-PWR-1600WAC-R—1600W AC power supply module C9K-PWR-1600WDC-R—1600W DC power supply module
C9500-32QC	C9K-PWR-650WAC-R—650W AC power supply module C9K-PWR-930WDC-R—930W DC power supply module
C9500-24Y4C
C9500-48Y4C