Key Benefits and Capabilities
Catalyst 9200 Series switches offer up to 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) support, providing flexible connectivity options for devices such as IP phones, wireless access points, and surveillance cameras. These switches feature robust hardware redundancy through field-replaceable units (FRUs), redundant power supplies, and fans, ensuring maximum uptime and system resilience.
The system’s operational efficiency is enhanced with optional backplane stacking, enabling stacking bandwidths up to 160 Gbps for high-speed switch interconnection. The integrated UADP 2.0 Mini ASIC with built-in CPU offers excellent scalability while optimizing costs.
For robust network protection, the Catalyst 9200 Series includes AES-128 MACsec encryption, policy-based segmentation, and trust-based system integrity. Layer 3 routing support includes OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, RIP, and routed access, empowering dynamic and scalable routing configurations.
With Full Flexible NetFlow, the platform enables advanced traffic visibility and network analytics to support detailed monitoring and troubleshooting.
Ready for Cisco SD-Access and Automation
These switches are SD-Access ready, simplifying deployment and management through Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) for policy-based automation from edge to cloud. Integration with Cisco DNA Center provides network assurance and streamlines issue resolution.
The Plug and Play (PnP) feature ensures fast, secure, and zero-touch provisioning of new branch or campus devices, significantly reducing operational complexity.
Running on Cisco IOS XE, a common enterprise-grade operating system across the Catalyst 9000 family, the switches support model-driven programmability and streaming telemetry for greater automation and visibility.
The programmable ASIC architecture offers a flexible and template-driven allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding entries, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality of Service (QoS) policies, providing tailored performance for various networking needs.
Cisco Catalyst C9200-24T-E – Model Overview
The Cisco C9200-24T-E model features 24 Gigabit Ethernet data ports (without PoE), with modular uplink options to suit diverse network designs. It comes equipped with the PWR-C5-125WAC primary AC power supply and includes redundant, field-replaceable fans for added resiliency. It runs on the Network Essentials software package, offering a solid feature set for Layer 2 and basic Layer 3 needs.
Physically, the chassis measures 1.73 x 17.5 x 13.8 inches (4.4 x 44.5 x 35.0 cm) and weighs approximately 5.0 kilograms. The switch supports up to 4 virtual networks and offers a stacking bandwidth of 160 Gbps for efficient scalability.
From a performance standpoint, it supports up to 32,000 MAC addresses and 14,000 total IPv4 routes (including 10,000 direct and 4,000 indirect routes), along with 4,000 IPv4 and 2,000 IPv6 routing entries. It also supports 1,000 multicast routes, 1,000 QoS entries, and 1,600 ACL entries. The switch is equipped with 6 MB of packet buffer memory, 16,000 Flexible NetFlow entries, and provides 4 GB each of DRAM and Flash storage.
It supports up to 4096 VLAN IDs and 1000 Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs), with jumbo frame support of up to 9198 bytes. The switch delivers wireless bandwidth of up to 48 Gbps and features a switching capacity of 128 Gbps with a forwarding rate of 190.4 million packets per second (Mpps). Designed for durability, it boasts a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 587,800 hours.
