Name: Cisco Catalyst C9300-48P-A - SunSpike
SKU: C9300-48P-A

Cisco Catalyst C9300-48P-A Switch

Product Overview
The Cisco Catalyst C9300-48P-A is a high-performance, stackable enterprise access switch. It is part of the Catalyst 9300 Series, which is built for security, IoT, mobility, and cloud. This model provides 48 Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) ports and is licensed with Cisco Network Advantage, enabling advanced Layer 3 features and policy-based automation for Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) environments .

Key Features

High Performance and Scale: Built on the Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) 2.0 ASIC with an x86 CPU, 8-GB memory, and 16-GB flash for hosting containers and applications .
Power over Ethernet: Provides PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at) on all 48 ports with a power budget of 437 W to support IP phones, cameras, and wireless access points .
High-Density Stacking: Utilizes Cisco StackWise-480 technology, offering up to 480 Gbps of stacking bandwidth .
Flexible Uplinks: Features a modular uplink architecture that allows for flexible uplink options such as 1G, 10G, 25G, and 40G (network module required, not included) .
Advanced Security and Management: Supports MACsec encryption (128-bit AES), Trustworthy Solutions, and programmability with Cisco IOS XE through CLI, NETCONF, and RESTCONF .

Detailed Technical Specifications

Category	Specification
General
Device Type	Switch – 48 ports – L3 – Managed – stackable
Enclosure Type	Rack-mountable 1U
Software License	Network Advantage
Performance
Switching Capacity	128 Gbps or 256 Gbps
Stacking Bandwidth	480 Gbps (Cisco StackWise-480)
Forwarding Rate	190.48 Mpps
Jumbo Frame Support	9198 bytes
MAC Address Table	32,000 entries
Capacity	IPv4 routes: 32,000; IPv6 routes: 16,000; VLAN IDs: 4,000; Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs): 2,000; Flexible NetFlow entries: 64,000
Ports & Interfaces
Downlink Ports	48 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet RJ-45 (PoE+)
Uplink	1 x expansion slot (for optional network module)
Management	1 x USB 2.0
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
PoE Type	PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at)
PoE Power Budget	437 W
Power Supply
Power Device	Internal power supply – hot-plug
Installed Qty	1 (max 2 for redundancy)
Power Provided	715 W AC
Voltage Required	AC 120/230 V (50 – 60 Hz)
Memory & Flash
RAM	8 GB
Flash Memory	16 GB
Network & Protocols
Routing Protocols	OSPF, IS-IS, RIP-1/2, BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, IGMP, VRRP, PIM-SM, MSDP, policy-based routing (PBR), OSPFv3, PIM-SSM, RIPng
Remote Management	SNMP 1, 2c, 3, RMON 1/2, CLI, NETCONF, RESTCONF
Compliance
Compliant Standards	IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.1D, 802.1Q, 802.3ab, 802.1p, 802.3af (PoE), 802.3x, 802.3ad (LACP), 802.1w, 802.1x, 802.1s, 802.3at (PoE+)