Original Cisco C9500 Series high performance 32-port 100G switch
C9500-32C-A
Catalyst 9500 Series switches support advanced routing and
infrastructure services (such as Multiprotocol Label
Switching [MPLS] Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, Multicast VPN [MVPN],
and Network Address Translation [NAT]);
Cisco Software-Defined Access capabilities (such as a host tracking
database, cross-domain connectivity, and VPN
Routing and Forwarding [VRF]-aware Locator/ID Separation Protocol
[LISP]); and network system virtualization with
Cisco StackWise Virtual technology that are critical for their
placement in the campus core. The Cisco Catalyst 9500
Series also supports foundational high-availability capabilities
such as patching, Cisco Nonstop Forwarding with
Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO), redundant platinum-rated power supplies, and fans, while
supporting a wide array
of optics. Catalyst 9500 Series switches provide operational choice
of Cisco Catalyst Center, or Meraki cloud monitoring.
Table 1 shows the Quick Specs.
| Product Code | C9500-32C-A |
| Description | C9500 Series high performance 32-port 100G switch, NW Adv. License |
| Switching capacity | Up to 6.4 Tbps |
| Forwarding rate | Up to 2 Bpps |
| DRAM | 16 G |
| Flash | 16 G |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 1.73 x 17.5 x 21.2 in |
| Rack units (RU) | 1RU |
Figure 1.
C9500-32C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 100
Gigabit Ethernet
Network module matrix
| Model | C9500-NM-8X | C9500-NM-2Q |
| C9500X-28C8D | No | No |
| C9500X-60L4D | No | No |
| C9500-32C | No | No |
| C9500-32QC | No | No |
| C9500-48Y4C | No | No |
| C9500-24Y4C | No | No |
| C9500-16X | Yes | Yes |
Figures 2 and 3 show the available network modules
Figure 2.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series network module 8-port 1/10 Gigabit
Ethernet with SFP/SFP+
Figure 3.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series network module 2-port 40 Gigabit
Ethernet with QSFP+
Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches use flexible Software Database
Manager (SDM) ASIC templates to enable
universal deployments by leveraging the UADP’s ability to create
resources to optimize table sizes for different
places in the network. Based on how the switch is used in the
network, an appropriate SDM ASIC template may
be selected to configure the switch for specific features.
