Catalyst C9300-24T

The switch features 24 x 10/100/1000BASE-T data ports with modular uplink slots supporting the C9300-NM family of hot-swappable network modules, offering flexible uplink speeds from 1G SFP to 10G SFP+, 25G, 40G, and 100G. It delivers 208 Gbps switching capacity with a forwarding rate of 154.76 million packets per second. Platform resources include 8 GB DRAM and 16 GB flash, 32,000 MAC address entries, 4,094 VLANs, 32,000 IPv4 routes, and 9,198-byte jumbo frame support.

StackWise-480 technology provides industry-leading 480 Gbps stacking bandwidth, supporting up to eight switches as a single logical unit with sub-50-ms failover protection. The switch ships with one 350W AC power supply and three field-replaceable N+1 redundant fans, with optional dual power supply slots supporting redundant units. StackPower technology enables power pooling and distribution across up to four stack members.

Built on Cisco IOS XE and the UADP 2.0 ASIC, the switch includes AES-256 MACsec hardware encryption, 802.1X authentication, TrustSec, and Encrypted Traffic Analytics for encrypted threat visibility. The switch is available with perpetual Network Essentials (-E) licenses for foundational Layer 2/3 routing, or Network Advantage (-A) for full dynamic routing (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS) and VRF-based multi-tenancy, with optional Cisco DNA subscriptions for SD-Access automation.

Ideal for campus access layers, administrative offices, computer labs, data-only wiring closets, and out-of-band management networks, the C9300-24T series offers the most flexible uplink architecture in the stackable enterprise switching portfolio .