The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches provide a modular switching platform designed for secure, highly resilient, and high-performance enterprise campus core and distribution networks.

The series combines advanced security capabilities, high switching capacity, flexible modular architecture, full-stack programmability, and high-speed connectivity options ranging from 10G to 400G.

Secure Your Network from the Inside Out

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series combines Cisco’s security portfolio with several technologies designed to strengthen network protection.

Security capabilities include:

• Cisco Talos threat intelligence
• Encrypted Traffic Analytics
• Trustworthy solutions
• MACsec encryption

These technologies provide an integrated security foundation for enterprise network environments.

Build a Highly Resilient Network

The Catalyst 9600 Series is designed to provide high levels of availability and network resilience.

The platform combines exceptional MTBF with high-availability capabilities such as:

• In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
• Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR)
• Hot patching

These capabilities help organizations maintain network availability while performing maintenance and software-related operations.

Gain Faster Access with a Faster Core

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches provide increased performance and capacity for enterprise campus core environments.

The series delivers:

• Twice the speed of traditional switches
• Twice the capacity of traditional switches

This provides the performance required to support growing network traffic and high-speed enterprise connectivity.

Set Up Your Network Your Way

The Catalyst 9600 Series supports full-stack programmability from ASIC to operating system.

This architecture allows organizations to introduce future capabilities without requiring immediate hardware upgrades.

The switches can also integrate with the Cisco Catalyst Center platform, providing centralized capabilities for managing and optimizing the network environment.

Modular Switches for Every Network

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series uses a modular architecture that allows organizations to select chassis, supervisor engines, and line cards according to their network performance and connectivity requirements.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Chassis

C9606R – 6-Slot Modular Chassis

The C9606R provides a modular core platform designed for resilience, scalability, and security.

Key capabilities include:

• 6-slot modular chassis
• Up to 25.6 Tbps switching capacity
• Up to 6.4 Tbps per slot
• Support for connectivity from 400G to 10G multigigabit

The C9606R provides a scalable foundation for high-performance enterprise core networks.

Cisco Catalyst 9600 Supervisor Engines

The Catalyst 9600 Series provides different supervisor engine options to meet varying performance, bandwidth, and connectivity requirements.

C9600X-SUP-2 – 6.4 Tbps per Slot Supervisor

The C9600X-SUP-2 is designed for secure, highly available, and high-speed campus core deployments.

It provides:

• Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC
• Up to 6.4 Tbps per slot
• Up to 400G QSFP-DD connectivity
• Support for 50G SFP56 connectivity

This supervisor provides the high switching capacity required for demanding campus core environments.

C9600-SUP-1 – 2.4 Tbps per Slot Supervisor

The C9600-SUP-1 is designed to support secure enterprise connectivity and hybrid workplace environments.

It provides:

• Cisco UADP 3.0 ASIC
• Up to 2.4 Tbps per slot
• Up to 100G QSFP28 connectivity
• Support for 25G SFP28 connectivity

Catalyst 9600X Fiber Line Cards

The Cisco Catalyst 9600X platform provides high-density fiber line cards for high-speed campus core and distribution environments.

C9600X-LC-32CD

The C9600X-LC-32CD is a high-density fiber line card designed for campus core deployments.

It provides:

• 30 x 100G/40G QSFP28 ports
• 2 x 400G/200G/100G QSFP-DD ports
• Support for up to 128 ports
• Non-blocking architecture
• Support with C9600X-SUP-2 only

C9600-LC-40YL4CD

The C9600-LC-40YL4CD provides flexible high-density fiber connectivity for campus core and distribution environments.

With C9600X-SUP-2

The line card supports:

• 40 x 50G/25G/10G SFP56 ports
• 2 x 400G QSFP-DD ports
• 2 x 200G QSFP56 ports

With C9600-SUP-1

The line card supports:

• 40 x 25G/10G SFP28 ports
• 2 x 100G/40G QSFP28 ports

Catalyst 9600 Line Cards

The Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series also provides multiple line-card configurations for fiber and copper connectivity.

C9600-LC-24C

The C9600-LC-24C is designed to provide higher-density fiber connectivity for evolving campus core environments.

With C9600X-SUP-2

It supports:

• 24 x 100G/40G QSFP28 ports

With C9600-SUP-1

It supports:

• 24 x 40G QSFP+ ports

Or:

• 12 x 100G QSFP28 ports

C9600-LC-48YL

The C9600-LC-48YL provides high-density fiber connectivity for campus core and distribution deployments.

With C9600X-SUP-2

It supports:

• 48 x 50G/25G/10G SFP56 ports

With C9600-SUP-1

It supports:

• 48 x 25G/10G/1G SFP56 ports

C9600-LC-48TX

The C9600-LC-48TX is a high-density copper line card designed for campus distribution networks and secure high-speed Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E access.

With C9600X-SUP-2

It supports:

• 48 x 10G copper ports

With C9600-SUP-1

It supports:

• 48 x 10G/5G/2.5G/1G multigigabit copper ports

C9600-LC-48S

The C9600-LC-48S provides high-density fiber connectivity for campus distribution environments.

It supports:

• 48 x 1G SFP fiber ports
• C9600-SUP-1 only