Overview
The Cisco Catalyst 9300-48T-A is a next-generation, stackable enterprise-class switch built for high-performance access, scalability, and secure network operations. Designed for evolving business needs, it supports StackWise®-480 technology with 480 Gbps stacking bandwidth and offers flexible modular uplink options including 100G, 40G, 25G, 10G, and 1G. It enables backward-compatible mixed stacking with Catalyst 9300X switches and supports up to 448 Multigigabit ports in an 8-member stack.
Key Features:
- Flexible Uplink Options: Modular uplinks with 100G, 40G, 25G, 10G, and 1G support
- High Stacking Bandwidth: Up to 480 Gbps with StackWise-480 (736 Gbps with stacking)
- Mixed Stacking Support: Backward-compatible with 9300X fiber and Multigigabit switches
- Multigigabit Scalability: Up to 48 mGig ports standalone, 448 mGig ports with 8-member stack
- Energy Efficient: Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
Specifications:
- Ports: 48 x 10/100/1000 Mbps (no PoE)
- Rack Units: 1RU
- Switching Capacity: 256 Gbps (736 Gbps with stacking)
- Forwarding Rate: 190.47 Mpps (547.62 Mpps with stacking)
- Uplink Ports: Modular
- DRAM / Flash: 8 GB DRAM / 16 GB Flash
- MAC Address Table: 32K entries
- VLANs: 4094 supported, 1000 active
- QoS Scale Entries: 5,120
- Stacking Support: Up to 8 units
- Fans: 3 field-replaceable, redundant
- OS: Cisco IOS XE
- Software License: Network Advantage
- MTBF: 305,870 hours
- Warranty: Limited Lifetime
