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Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches

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Overview

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

Platform highlights

As one of the industry's first purpose-built 25/50 Gigabit SFP and 100/400 Gigabit QSFP line of modular switches targeted for the enterprise campus, Catalyst 9600 Series switches deliver exceptional table scale (MAC, IP route, and Access Control List [ACL]) and buffering for enterprise applications.

 

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Models and specifications

A fully assembled Catalyst 9600 Series switch includes the chassis, at least one or two supervisor engines, at least one line card for network connectivity, a fan tray, and at least two power supplies.

Front view of Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis, with the major components identified

Figure 1. Front view of a Cisco Catalyst 9606R Label Description 1 Fan tray assembly 2 Line card slots (top) 3 Supervisor module slots 4 Line card slots (bottom) 5 Power switches 6 Power supply modules Chassis Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches offer one chassis option, two supervisor options, and multiple line-card options. The Catalyst 9606R chassis provides a common architecture that can scale up to 224 native 10-Gigabit, 25-Gigabit or 50-Gigabit SFP56 Ethernet ports (or up to 256 SFP with QSFP-4SFP breakout cables), and up to 128 native 40-Gigabit or 100-Gigabit QSFP28, or up to 8 native 400-Gigabit QSFP-DD Ethernet ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series redundant chassis offers High Availability (HA) by supporting 1 + 1 redundant supervisor engines with Stateful Switchover (SSO), Non-Stop Forwarding (NSF), and 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 Catalyst C9606R chassis is enterprise-campus optimized, with efficient side-to-side airflow and full front accessibility for all removable components, including supervisors, line cards, power supplies, and a fan tray. The chassis also supports optional rear accessibility for the fan tray to enable efficient cable management. The Catalyst 9606R chassis, supervisor, line cards, power supply, and fan tray have embedded RFID tags that facilitate easy asset and inventory management using commercial RFID readers. Rear and side view of Catalyst 9600 9606R chassis Figure 2. Rear and side view of Catalyst 9600 C9606R chassis Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis supports a wired switching capacity of up to 25.6 Tbps (12.8 Tbps full-duplex), with up to 6.4 Tbps (3.2 Tbps full-duplex) of bandwidth per slot. Table 1. Chassis features Feature Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis Total number of slots 6 Line card slots 4 Supervisor engine slots 2 Dedicated supervisor engine slot numbers 3 and 4 Supervisor engine redundancy Yes Supervisor engines supported C9600-SUP-1, C9600X-SUP-2 Maximum bandwidth scalability per line-card slot 6.4 Tbps (3.2Tbps full-duplex) with C9600X-SUP-2 2.4 Tbps (1.2Tbps full-duplex) with C9600-SUP-1 Number of power-supply bays 4 Minimum number of power supplies 21 Power supplies supported 3000W AC, 2000W AC, and 2000W DC Number of fan-tray bays 1 (with 9 redundant fans)  1 Fully loaded C9606R chassis, Minimum three power supplies required if input voltage is 110V Specifications Table 2. Physical specifications of Cisco Catalyst 9606R Chassis Description Specifications SKU/PID C9606R Dimensions (H x W x D) 35.43 x 44.2 x 40.9 cm 13.95 x 17.4 x 16.1 inches Rack Units (RU) 8 Chassis weight with 2 power supplies (AC) and fan tray 31.31 kg (69.03 lbs) Input voltage AC: 90V to 264V, 47 to 63 Hz DC: -40V to -72V Operating temperature -5° to 45° C (23° to 113° F) up to 6000 feet (about 1.83 km) -5° to 40° C (23° to 104° F) up to 10,000 feet (about 3.05 km) Storage temperature -40° to 75° C (40° to 167° F) Relative humidity, operating and non-operating, non-condensing 10% to 95%, Non-condensing Altitude -60 to 3000 meter (-197 to 9843 feet) Mean time between failures (MTBF) (hours) C9606R 4,113,900 C9606-FAN: 452,570 C9600-PWR-3KWAC: 300,000 C9600-PWR-2KWAC: 300,000 C9600-PWR-2KWDC: 300,000 Chassis weight (without fan tray, without PSU) 25.36 kg (55.90 lbs) Weight of fan tray 3.56 kg (7.85 lbs) Weight of individual PSUs AC PSU (3000W): 1.4 kg (3.09 lbs) AC PSU (2000W): 1.2 kg (2.65 lbs) DC PSU (2000W): 1.28 kg (2.82 lbs) BTU (British Thermal Unit) of 9606R chassis with fan tray 1,621 (max) Fan tray Each Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis uses a single field-replaceable fan tray (C9606-FAN) for cooling. The fan tray can optionally be accessed from the rear for flexible cable management. The chassis is optimized for enterprise-campus wiring closets and rack rooms, with side-to-side airflow. The fan tray is composed of nine independently controlled fans. If any single fan fails, the system will continue to operate without a significant degradation in cooling as 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 is designed to accommodate fanless operation of up to 90 seconds to enable serviceability. Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis with fan tray and fan tray Figure 3. Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis with fan tray and fan tray Power supplies The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series power supply units (PSUs) support two modes of operation. Cisco Catalyst 9606R AC and DC power supply Figure 4. Cisco Catalyst C9606R 2000W AC and DC power supplies Combined mode The default Catalyst 9606R chassis power supply mode is Combined. In Combined mode, the total power available for the entire chassis is equal to the sum of the output of all 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. P = Power output of one PSU N = Number of PSU (1, 2, 3, or 4) Total combined power = P + (N-1) * P * (share ratio) Redundant N+1 Mode The Catalyst 9606R chassis also supports N+1 redundancy mode, 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. N = number of PSU are active (1, 2, or 3) +1 is the PSU reserved for redundancy

 

Supervisor engines

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches offer industry-leading supervisor engines built for secure networks, IoT applications, next-generation mobility, and cloud adoption.

The Catalyst 9600 Supervisor Engine 1 (SUP-1) is built with the latest UADP 3.0 ASIC, with its programmable pipeline and template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, ACLs and QoS entries, making it optimal for next-generation Campus Distribution or Collapsed-Core designs.

The new Catalyst 9600X Supervisor Engine 2 (SUP-2) is based on the new Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC, which is purpose-built for the next-generation Campus Core and Edge designs with high-performance and scale routing and switching capabilities.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1

Supervisor Engine 1 use cases:

  • C9600-SUP-1 is specifically designed for customers focusing on Layer 3 (core or collapsed-core) deployments with medium L2 and L3 forwarding scale and features, and higher ACL scale.
  • Intended for combined L2 and L3 (distribution/aggregation) deployments, with comprehensive features.
  • Provides bandwidth for dense medium-speed interfaces from 1G-25G SFP and 40G-100G QSFP, with optimized QoS buffers.
  • Suitable for medium-scale VXLAN deployment as SDA LISP or BGP EVPN Border/Spine nodes, along with advanced Campus technologies such as NAT, VPLS and mVPN.

Supervisor Engine 1 highlights:

  • The Cisco UADP 3.0 ASIC is future-ready for next-generation core technologies, with a programmable pipeline, micro-engine capabilities, and template-based customizable allocation of Layer 2, Layer 3, forwarding, ACL, and Quality-of- Service (QoS) entries.
  • Cisco UADP 3.0 ASIC offers speeds up to 9.6 Tbps (4.8 Tbps full duplex) with up to 3 Bpps of forwarding performance.
  • Cisco UADP 3.0 ASIC is the first to support double-width hardware tables with equivalent table size and processing performance for IPv4 and IPv6.
  • Up to 108 MB of buffer (36 MB of unified buffer per ASIC).
  • Intel 2.0-GHz x86 CPU with 8 cores and 16GB of DDR4 memory.
  • Up to 960 GB of SATA SSD local storage for container-based application hosting.
  • 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.

Cisco Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor Engine 2

Supervisor Engine 2 use cases:

  • C9600X-SUP-2 is specifically designed for customers focusing on Layer 3 (core or edge) deployments with large L2 and L3 forwarding scale, with baseline L2 features and optimized ACL scale.
  • Intended for campus gateway (internet) deployments that require high IPv4 or IPv6 route scale.
  • Provides bandwidth for dense high-speed interfaces from 10G-50G SFP and 40G-400G QSFP, with deep QoS buffers.
  • Suitable for high-scale VXLAN deployment as SDA LISP or BGP EVPN border/spine nodes.

Supervisor Engine 2 highlights:

  • The Cisco Silicon One Q200 (ASIC) is purpose-built for the next generation network core and edge switch.
  • Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC offers speeds up to 25.6 Tbps (12.8 Tbps full duplex) with up to 8 Bpps of forwarding performance.
  • Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC is built on 7nm fabrication technology, capable of high performance while maintaining a low power footprint.
  • Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC includes an 8GB on-chip 2.5D High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), for deep packet buffers and route table expansion.
  • 80MB of dedicated low-latency buffer, with up to 8GB of HBM buffer.
  • Intel 2.7-GHz x86 CPU with 8 cores and 32GB of DDR4 memory.
  • Up to 960 GB of SATA SSD local storage for container-based application hosting (2x 10G SFP+ management ports).
  • ASIC tables for switching scale up to 256K MAC addresses and IP routing scale up to 2M routes.
  • 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..

Supervisor engine comparison

The Catalyst 9600 series Supervisor Engine 1 (with Cisco UADP 3.0) and Supervisor Engine 2 (with Cisco S1 Q200) are intended to be complementary products, and each model offers unique capabilities to meet specific networking needs. Each model plays a crucial and distinctive role in our portfolio. Both products may coexist in the same network, operating in complementary roles.

Table 5. Feature comparison for Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series supervisor engines
ModelC9600-SUP-1C9600X-SUP-2
Resiliency and High Availability 
Software Maintenance Upgrade (SMU)    
Cisco StackWise Virtual     
Cisco StackWise Virtual (QuadSup RPR)    
(See note 2)
Stateful Switchover (SSO)  (2 SUP, SVL)  (2 SUP, SVL) 
In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)  (2 SUP, SVL)  (2 SUP, SVL)
Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR)     
MKA High Availability  
(See note 1)
Enterprise Security
Trustworthy Solutions    
Image Signing    
Secure Boot    
Cisco Trust Anchor Module     
MACsec Encryption (256-bit AES-GCM)    
Cisco WAN MACsec (256-bit AES-GCM)  
(See note 4)
Object-Group ACLs (IPv4/IPv6)  
(See note 3)
Enterprise QoS 
Modular QoS CLI (MQC)    
Strict Priority Queuing     
Class/Color-aware Queuing (WFQ)  (VoQ)
Policing/Metering    
Shaping/Bandwidth    
Hierarchical QoS  (2-level) (2-level)
IP Routing
Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2), and next generation (RIPng)     
Open Shortest Path First version 2 (OSPFv2), and OSPFv3    
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and EIGRPv6    
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Version 4 (IS-ISv4)    
Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGPv4), and BGPv6     
Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Sparse- Mode (PIM- SM)    
Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Source- Specific Mode (PIM-SSM)    
Bidirectional PIM (BIDIR-PIM)    
(See note 2)
IPv6 routing     
L3 Routed Sub-Interfaces    
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
MPLS L3 VPN    
Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)    
Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)    
(See note 2)
MPLS over GRE     
(See note 2)
MPLS Traffic-Engineering (MPLS-TE)    
(See note 2)
BGP Ethernet VPN (EVPN) VXLAN
Fabric Spine, Leaf and Border Support    
L2/L3 Virtual Network Interface (VNI)    
Distributed Anycast Gateway (Symmetric IRB)    
Centralized Gateway (Asymmetric IRB)     
ESI Multi-Home Support    
Tenant Routed Multicast (IPv4/IPv6)    
L3 Border Handoff: Multi-VRF, MPLS L3VPN    
L2 Border Handoff: VPLS, EoMPLS L2VPN    
Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN)    
L2 Virtual Network Interface (VNI)     
L3 Virtual Network Interface (VNI)    
SDA Control-Plane    
SDA Border    
SDA Layer 2 Border    
SDA Edge    
Flexible NetFlow (FNF)
FNF IPv4 flow records    
(Software, See note 1)
FNF IPv6 flow records    
(Software, See note 1)
FNF sampler    
(See note 1)
FNF data export    (See note 1)
NetFlow version 9 (NFv9) export    
(See note 1)
IPFIX export    
(See note 1)
Programmability
NETCONF    
RESTCONF    
gNMI/gNOI    
YANG models    
ZTP/PnP    
Smart Operations
Bluetooth Wireless UI    
RFID tags    
Blue beacon    
Out-of-Band Management    
Maximum bandwidth per slot 2.4 Tbps
(1.2 Tbps full-duplex)		 6.4 Tbps
(3.2 Tbps full-duplex)
Minimum software requirement IOS XE 16.11.1 IOS XE 17.7.1

1  C9600X models: minimum IOS XE software release 17.8.1.
2  C9600X models: feature is not available at FCS, but it is hardware capable.
3  C9600X models: Object Group ACLs are supported only in the ingress direction.
4  Need to order Catalyst 9000 HSEC License.

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Table 6. Switch performance
FeatureC9600-SUP-1C9600X-SUP-2
System Switching Capacity Up to 9.6 Tbps
(4.8 Tbps full-duplex)1		 Up to 25.6 Tbps
(12.8 Tbps full-duplex)1
Per-slot Switching Capacity Up to 2.4 Tbps
(1.2 Tbps full-duplex)		 Up to 6.4 Tbps
(3.2 Tbps full-duplex)
ASICs 3x UADP 3.0 1x Q200
Forwarding Rate 3 Bpps
(1 Bpps per ASIC)		 8 Bpps
DRAM 16 GB 32 GB
Flash 16 GB 16 GB
SSD capacity Up to 960 GB Up to 960 GB
VLAN IDs 4,094 4,0964
PVST Instances 1,0002 4,0964
STP Virtual Ports (Port*VLANs) for PVST 16,000 32,000
STP Virtual Ports (Port* VLANs) for MST 100,000 100,000
Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) 1,0002 4,096
Jumbo Frames 9,216 9,216
Total number of MAC Addresses Up to 128,0002,3 Up to 256,0002
Total number of IPv4 Routes Up to 256,000
(indirect + direct)2,3,4		 Up to 2,000,0002,3,4
Total number of IPv6 Routes Up to 256,0002,3,4 Up to 1,000,0002,3,4
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries Up to 90,000 Up to 128,000
Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) entries Up to 128,000 Up to 128,000
IGMP/MLD Snooping entries Up to 16,0002 Up to 16,0002
Multicast Routes Up to 32,0002 Up to 32,0002
QoS ACL Scale (IPv4/IPv6) Up to 16,000/8,0002 Up to 8,000/4,0002
Security ACL Scale (IPv4/IPv6) Up to 27,000/13,5002 Up to 8,000/4,0002
GRE Tunnels Up to 1,024 Up to 1,024
MACsec sessions Up to 2,000 Up to 1,024 per PHY
NetFlow entries (IPv4/IPv6) Up to 384,000
(full, 128,000 per ASIC)2,3		 Up to 2,000,000 (sampled)
Packet Buffer Up to 108 MB (36 MB per ASIC) 80 MB (Shared Memory System) +
8 GB (High Bandwidth Memory)

1 Based on C9606R chassis with 4 Line Cards operating at 2.4 Tbps.
2 Varies based on selected flexible SDM ASIC template.
3 Total routes are shared between IPv4 and IPv6.
4 Table Maximum. The exact % of allocation will depend on specific IP/mask combinations.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches have flexible interface types and port densities that allow you to mix and match network configurations to meet the specific needs of campus networks. See the following table for more information.

Table 7. Maximum chassis port densities
Cisco Catalyst 9606R ChassisC9600-SUP-1C9600X-SUP-2
400G - 8
200G - 84
100G 48 128
50G - 224
40G 96 128
25G 192 2562
10G 192 2562
5G1 192 -
2.5G1 192 -
1G 192 83
100M1 192 -
10M1 192 -

1 C9600-LC-48TX (Multigigabit Ethernet RJ45)
2 QSFP-4SFP Breakout Cable
3 C9600X-SUP-2 requires SFP-1G-SX or SFP-1G-LR with compatible line card(s) (see Cisco TMG Matrix for details)
4 Hardware-ready (based on TMG availability)

Supervisor engine specifications

The following table lists physical specifications of Catalyst 9600X Supervisor Engine 2 and Supervisor Engine 1.

Table 8. Physical specifications for Catalyst 9600X Supervisor Engines
DescriptionSpecifications
SKU C9600-SUP-1, C9600X-SUP-2
Dimensions (H x W x D) 1.7 x 15.0 x 13.41” (4.32 x 38.1 x 34.06 cm) to faceplate
1.7 x 15.0 x 15.7” (4.32 x 38.1 x 39.88 cm) to ejector
Weight 5.45 Kg (12.02 lbs)
Rack Units (RU) 1 RU
Operating Temperature -5° to 45° C (23° to 113° F) up to 6,000 feet
-5° to 40° C (23° to 104° F) up to 10,000 feet
Storage Temperature -40° to 70° C (40° to 158° F)
Relative Humidity, Operating and Non- operating, Non-condensing 10% to 95%, noncondensing
Altitude -60 to 3,000 m (-197 to 9843 feet)
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) (hours) C9600-SUP-1: 271,420
C9600X-SUP-2: 305,880

Supervisor ASIC templates

Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series switches use flexible Software Database Manager (SDM) ASIC templates to enable universal deployments by leveraging the ASIC's ability to flexibly allocate resources to optimize table sizes for different places in the network. 

Based on how the switch is used in the network, an appropriate standard SDM ASIC template may configured for specific features. The Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engines support two types of SDM ASIC templates:

  • Standard SDM templates: These are predefined (static) templates, based on the primary requirements for specific places in the network.
    • This includes the "default" SDM template, which is available without configuration. The default SDM template for Catalyst 9600 is the "core" template.
  • Custom SDM templates: These are user-configured templates, using a set of forwarding (FIB) and/or access-control (ACL) allocation parameters.

For more information, please visit Configuring SDM templates.

1. SDM templates - C9600-SUP-1

The following sections describe the Flexible ASIC SDM templates for C9600-SUP-1.

Standard SDM ASIC templates

The following table describes the standard SDM ASIC templates for C9600-SUP-1.

Table 9. SDM template descriptions for C9600-SUP-1
FeaturesDistribution TemplateCore Template (Default)NAT Template
MAC Addresses 82,000 32,000 32,000
IPv4/IPv6 Routes (LPM/Host) 114,000 212,000 212,000
Multicast Routes 16,000 32,000 32,000
IGMP/MLD Snooping 2,000 2,000 2,000
MPLS/SGT Label 32,000 32,000 32,000
NetFlow entries 98,000 64,000 64,000
NetFlow ACL 1,000 ingress,
1,000 egress		 1,000 ingress,
1,000 egress		 1,000 ingress,
1,000 egress
Security ACLs 27,0001 27,0002 20,0001
QoS ACLs 16,0001 16,0002 8,0001
PBR/NAT 3,000 3,000 15,500
Tunnel/MACsec 3,000 3,000 2,000
LISP 1,000 1,000 1,000
STP Instances 1,000 1,000 1,000
CoPP 1,000 1,000 1,000

1 ACL allocation is configurable between ingress, egress, IPv4 and non IPv4 (Layer 2 and IPv6).

Performance and scalability numbers are per ASIC where applicable, with three ASICs in the Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1.

Custom ASIC templates

Beginning with the Cisco IOS XE 17.3.1 release, a custom SDM template will allow you to configure the forwarding (FIB) and access-control (ACL) features of the template based on your requirements.

Table 10. Custom template configurable FIB values for C9600-SUP-1
FeaturesScale Values (Min – Max)Step UnitsDefault Value
MAC Addresses 32,000 – 128,000 16,000 32,000
IPv4/IPv6 Routes 64,000 – 256,000 16,000 64,000
Multicast Routes1 0 – 32,000 16,000 16,000
IGMP/MLD Snooping1 0 – 32,000 16,000 16,000
SGT/MPLS labels2 0 – 64,000 32,000 32,000
NetFlow entries – Input3 0 – 64,000 32,000 32,000
NetFlow entries – Output3 0 – 64,000 32,000 0
Total Resources 416,000

1 Total Layer 2 and Layer 3 Multicast entries may not exceed 48,000.
2 MPLS labels require double entries.
3 NetFlow records require double entries.

Table 11. Custom template configurable ACL values
FeaturesScale Values (Min – Max)Step UnitsDefault Value
Security ACL - Input 6,000 – 21,000 10-90% 6,000
Security ACL - Output 6,000 – 21,000 10-90% 21,000
QoS ACL - Input 2,000 – 14,000 10-90% 8,000
QoS ACL – Output 2,000 – 14,000 10-90% 8,000
NetFlow ACL – Input 250 – 750 10-90% 512
NetFlow ACL - Output 250 – 750 10-90% 512
Flow SPAN - Input 250 – 750 10-90% 512
Flow SPAN - Output 250 – 750 10-90% 512
Total Resources 54,000

 

2. SDM templates — C9600X-SUP-2

The following sections describe the Flexible ASIC SDM templates for C9600X-SUP-2.

Default SDM ASIC template

The following table describes the default SDM ASIC (Core) template for C9600X-SUP-2.

Table 12. SDM template descriptions for C9600X-SUP-2
FeaturesDefault Template
MAC Addresses 128,000
IP Host Routes1 128,000
IP LPM Routes1 2,000,000
IP Multicast Routes1 32,000
IGMP/MLD Snooping1 16,000
MPLS Labels2 256,000
Security/Object Groups 32,000
Security ACLs1 8,000
QoS ACLs1 8,000
PBR/NAT3 16,000
GRE Tunnels 1,024
Sampled NetFlow entries1 2,000,000

1 IPv4 and IPv6 entries coexist in the same tables, but IPv6 entries require two entries.
2 Per-prefix labels are divided into internal (iBGP) and external (eBGP).
3 Feature is not available at FCS, but will be available in future software releases.

Custom ASIC templates

Beginning with the Cisco IOS XE 17.7.1 release, a custom SDM template allows you to configure several forwarding (FIB) features of the template based on your requirements. Note that access-control (ACL) customization is not supported and uses a shared (first-come, first-serve) model.

The following table describes the Custom SDM ASIC templates for C9600X-SUP-2.

Table 13. Custom template FIB configurable values for C9600X-SUP-2

Features

Default Value

Scale Values (Min – Max)

Step Units

MAC Addresses

128,000

32,0001 – 256,000

1,000

IPv4 Host Routes

128,000

32,0001 – 256,000

1,000

IPv6 Host Routes

64,000

16,0001 – 128,000

1,000

MPLS Labels3

256,000

02 – 512,000

1,000

Security/Object Groups

32,000

02 – 512,000

1,000

Total Resources

608,000

1 Critical features require a minimum allocation to insure operation. If a custom value if not defined, this value is used.
2 Some (non-critical) features are allowed to have a 0-entry allocation, to allow increased allocation of other features.
3 Per-prefix labels are divided into internal (iBGP) and external (eBGP).

Line cards

Line cards provide the physical network ports and are essential modular components that enhance the adaptability and performance of Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches, meeting diverse network requirements and helping to protect the investment in network infrastructure.

Line card models

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 56-port 50/25/10/1GE1, 4-port 40/100GE (C9600X-LC-56YL4C)

56-port 50/25/10GE, 4-port 100GE line card

Line card use cases:

  • C9600X-LC-56YL4C combo card is specifically designed for high port-density Campus Core or Distribution designs, with majority SFP optics.
  • The unique 3-row 1RU design provides 56 ports of multi-rate SFP56 ports to connect to downstream devices (for example, Access switches).
  • The same line card also provides 2 ports of multi-rate QSFP28 ports to connect to upstream devices (for example, SP or DC switches), without need for addition modules.

Line card highlights:

  • Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth), this line card provides up to 56 ports of 50/25/10GE, 4 ports of 40/100GE non-blocking.
  • 50/25/10/1GE1 SFP56, 100GE QSFP28 ports.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec and WAN MACsec encryption algorithm2.

Notes:

  1. C9600X-SUP-2 only supports SFP-1G-SX/LH optics for 1Gbps. See Cisco TMG Matrix or IOS-XE 17.14.1 Release Notes for details.
  2. WAN MACsec is supported only on C9600X-SUP-2 and HSEC license required.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 400/200/100GE (C9600X-LC-32CD)

30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE line card

Line card use cases:

  • C9600X-LC-32CD combo card is specifically designed for high port-density Campus Core or Edge designs, with majority QSFP optics.
  • Able to support 32 line-rate QSFP28 ports for maximum high-speed upstream or downstream connections.
  • Able to convert four QSFP28 ports into two QSFP-DD port for high-speed connections to upstream devices (for example, SP or DC switches).

Line card highlights:

  • Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth), this line card provides up to 30 ports of 100/40 GE, 2 ports of 400/200/100 GE non-blocking.
  • 100/40 GE QSFP28, 400/200 GE QSFP-DD ports.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec and WAN MACsec encryption algorithm1.

Notes:

  1. WAN MACsec is supported only on C9600X-SUP-2 and HSEC license required.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 40-port 503/25/10/1GE1, 2-port 40/100/200GE, 2-port 40/100/2004/400GE Line (C9600-LC-40YL4CD)

40-port 50/25/10GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE line card

Line card use cases:

  • C9600X-LC-40YL4CD combo card is specifically designed for medium-high port-density Campus Core or Distribution designs, with both SFP and QSFP optics.
  • The traditional 2-row 1RU design provides 40 ports of multi-rate SFP56 ports to connect to downstream devices (for example, Access switches).
  • The same line card also provides 2 ports of multi-rate QSFP28 ports and two port of multi-rate QSFP-DD to connect to upstream devices (for example, SP or DC switches), without need for addition modules.
  • This line card can also operate with both Supervisor Engine 2 or Supervisor Engine 1, providing increased flexibility and reusability.

Line card highlights:

  • Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth), this line card provides up to 40 non-blocking ports of 50/25/10/1GE1, 2 ports of 40/100/2002 GE and 2 ports of 400GE.
  • Paired with C9600-SUP-1 (1.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth),  
    this line card provides up to 40 non-blocking ports of 25/10/1GE and 2 ports of 40/100GE.
  • 50/25/10GE SFP56, 100GE QSFP28, 200GE2 QSFP56 and 400GE QSFP-DD ports.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec and WAN MACsec encryption algorithm3.

Notes:

  1. C9600X-SUP-2 only supports SFP-1G-SX/LH optics for 1Gbps. See Cisco TMG Matrix or IOS-XE 17.14.1 Release Notes for details.
  2. Hardware-capable with C9600X-SUP-2.
  3. WAN MACsec is supported only on C9600X-SUP-2 and HSEC license required.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 24-port 40GE/12-port 100GE line card

24-port 100/40GE line card

Line card use cases:

  • C9600-LC-24C line card is specifically designed for medium port-density Campus Core designs, with majority QSFP optics.
  • Able to support 24 line-rate QSFP28 ports for high-density high-speed upstream or downstream connections.
  • This line card can also operate with both Supervisor Engine 2 or Supervisor Engine 1, providing increased flexibility and reusability.

Line card highlights:

  • Paired with C9600-SUP-1 (1.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth),  
    this line card provides up to 24 non-blocking ports of 40 GE or 12 non-blocking ports of 100 GE.
  • Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth), this line card provides up to 24 non-blocking ports of 100/40 GE.
  • 40 GE, 100 GE QSFP28 ports.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP 3.0 ASIC1.

Notes:

  • This line card does not support MACsec with C9600X-SUP-2.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 503 /25GE/10GE/1GE line card (C9600-LC-48YL)

48-port 501/25GE/10GE/1GE line card

Line card use cases:

  • C9600-LC-48YL line card is specifically designed for high port-density Campus Core or Distribution designs, with majority SFP optics.
  • Able to support 48 line-rate SFP56 ports for high-density high-speed upstream or downstream connections.
  • This line card can also operate with both Supervisor Engine 2 or Supervisor Engine 1, providing increased flexibility and reusability.

Line card highlights:

  • Paired with C9600-SUP-1 (1.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth), this line card provides up to 48 nonblocking ports of 25/10/1GE2.
  • Paired with C9600X-SUP-2 (3.2 Tbps full-duplex bandwidth), this line card provides up to 48 nonblocking ports of 501/25/10/1GE2.
  • 501, 25, 10, and 1 GE2 SFP28, SFP+ ports.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP ASIC3.

Notes:

  • 50GE support is available only on C9600X-SUP-2.
  • C9600X-SUP-2 only supports SFP-1G-SX/LH optics for 1Gbps. See Cisco TMG Matrix or IOS-XE 17.14.1 Release Notes for details.
  • This line card does not support MACsec with C9600X-SUP-2.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 48-port RJ45 Copper - 10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100Mmultigigabit Line Card (C9600-LC- 48TX)

48-port multigigabit RJ45 copper line card

Line card use cases:

  • C9600-LC-48TX line card is specifically designed for high port-density Campus Distribution or Access designs, with majority MultiGigabit (mGiG) RJ45 ports.
  • Able to support 48 line-rate 10G-baseT mGig ports for high-density high-speed downstream connections, based on copper cabling.
  • This line card can also operate with both Supervisor Engine 2 or Supervisor Engine 1, providing increased flexibility and reusability.

Line card highlights:

  • Supported on C9600-SUP-1 and C9600X-SUP-2
  • 48 ports nonblocking.
  • 10GE, 5GE, 2.5GE, 1GE, 100Mbps multigigabit RJ45 copper ports1.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP 3.0 ASIC2.

Notes:

  1. Only 10 GE supported on C9600X-SUP-2.
  2. This line card does not support MACsec with C9600X-SUP-2.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 100M/1GE line card (C9600-LC-48S)

48-port 1GE line card

Line card use cases:

  • C9600-LC-48S line card is specifically designed for high port-density Campus Distribution or Access designs, with majority SFP optics.
  • Able to support 48 line-rate SFP ports for high-density high-speed upstream or downstream connections.

Line card highlights:

  • Supported only on C9600-SUP-1.
  • 48 ports nonblocking 100M/1GE.
  • Advanced Encryption Standard 256 (AES-256) support with the powerful MACsec-256 encryption algorithm is available on the UADP 3.0 ASIC1.

Notes:

  1. UADP 3.0 ASIC is part of Supervisor Engine 1.

Line card compatibility

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series switches offers the ability to mix and match a range of line cards to support numerous cores and distribution deployments. Supported line cards are listed in the following tables by part number.

Table 14. Line card-compatibility and minimum software requirement
Product numberDescriptionC9600-SUP-1C9600X-SUP-2
C9600X-LC-56YL4C Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Combo line card
56 ports 50/25/10GE SFP56
4 ports 100/40GE QSFP28 uplinks		 Not supported 17.13.1
C9600X-LC-32CD Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Combo line card
30 ports 100/40GE QSFP28
2 ports 400/2002/100/40GE QSFP-DD		 Not supported 17.9.1
C9600-LC-40YL4CD C9600-LC-40YL4CD Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Combo line card
40 ports 1/10/25GE SFP and 2 ports 40/100GE QSFP Uplinks		 17.7.1 17.7.1
C9600-LC-24C Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 24-port 40GE/12-Port 100GE 16.11.1 17.7.1
C9600-LC-48YL isco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port 25GE/10GE/1GE 16.11.1 17.7.1
C9600-LC-48TX Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port RJ45 Copper - 10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100Mbps/10Mbps 17.1.1 17.7.1
C9600-LC-48S Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 1GE 17.2.1 Not supported

Line card specifications

Table 15. Port information

Line card

Port speed

Maximum ports with C9600-SUP-1

Maximum ports with C9600X-SUP-2

C9600X-LC-56YL4C

1 GE

NA

83

25, 10 GE

NA

2561

50 GE

NA

2561

100 GE

NA

16

C9600X-LC-32CD

40 GE

NA

128

100 GE

NA

128

200 GE

NA

8

400 GE

NA

8

C9600-LC-40YL4CD

1 GE

160

83

25, 10 GE

192

2561

50 GE

NA

2561

100 GE

8

16

200 GE

NA

8

400 GE

NA

8

C9600-LC-24C

40 GE

96

96

100 GE

48

96

10 GE2

96

96

C9600-LC-48YL

1 GE

192

83

25, 10 GE

192

192

50 GE

NA

192

C9600-LC-48S

1 GE

192

NA

C9600-LC-48TX

5GE, 2.5GE, 1GE,

100M, 10M

192

NA

10 GE

192

192

1 Breakout support in roadmap, not available at FCS.
2 With CVR adapter.
3 C9600X-SUP-2 only supports SFP-1G-SX/LH optics for 1Gbps. See Cisco TMG Matrix for details.

Table 16. Power details
Line cardMax rated power C9600-SUP-1Max rated power C9600X-SUP-2
C9600X-LC-56YL4C NA 420 W
C9600X-LC-32CD NA 420 W
C9600-LC-40YL4CD 420 W 420 W
C9600-LC-24C 200 W 280 W
C9600-LC-48YL 230 W 300 W
C9600-LC-48TX 315 W 315 W
C9600-LC-48S 160 W NA

Catalyst 9600X-SUP-2 provides higher power to support higher high port speeds and density.

Table 17. Mean time before failure (MTBF)

Line card

MTBF (Hours)

C9600X-LC-56YL4C

580,420

C9600X-LC-32CD

580,420

C9600-LC-40YL4CD

580,420

C9600-LC-24C

710,750

C9600-LC-48YL

640,750

C9600-LC-48TX

543,000

C9600-LC-48S

640,750
Table 18. Standards, technologies, environmental specifications

Feature

Description

Standards

Gigabit Ethernet: IEEE 802.3z, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3ab

Physical Dimensions (H x W x D)

1.7 x 15.0 x 13.41” (to faceplate) (4.32 x 38.1 x 34.06 cm)

1.7 x 15.0 x 15.7” (to ejector) (4.32 x 38.1 x 39.88 cm)

Weight

C9600X-LC-56YL4C: 3.75 kg (8.27 lbs)

C9600X-LC-32CD: 3.95 kg (8.71 lbs)

C9600-LC-40YL4CD: 3.75 kg (8.27 lbs)

C9600-LC-24C: 3.48 Kg (7.67 lbs)

C9600-LC-48YL: 3.55 Kg (7.83 lbs)

C9600-LC-48TX: 4.03 kg (8.88 lbs)

C9600-LC-48S: 3.55 Kg (7.83 lbs)

Operating Temperature

 -5° to 45° C (23° to 113° F) up to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meter)
-5° to 40° C (23° to 104° F) up to 10,000 feet (3048 meter)

Storage Temperature

-40° to 75° C (40° to 167° F)

Relative Humidity, Operating and Non- operating, Non-condensing

10% to 95%, noncondensing

Altitude

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

Pluggable optics

Optical transceivers, also known as pluggable optics, are required to operate a Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series fiber optic Line Card. Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series fiber optic Line Cards provide a variety of optical port types and speeds. These are compatible with Cisco-branded or non-Cisco branded optical transceivers.

For details about the different optical modules supported by each line card and the minimum Cisco software release required for each of the supported optical modules, please visit the following links:

Optics compatibility for each Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Line Card:

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