Original Cisco C9500 Series high performance 32-port 100G switch C9500-32C-A
Catalyst 9500 Series switches support advanced routing and infrastructure services (such as Multiprotocol Label
Switching [MPLS] Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs, Multicast VPN [MVPN], and Network Address Translation [NAT]);
Cisco Software-Defined Access capabilities (such as a host tracking database, cross-domain connectivity, and VPN
Routing and Forwarding [VRF]-aware Locator/ID Separation Protocol [LISP]); and network system virtualization with
Cisco StackWise Virtual technology that are critical for their placement in the campus core. The Cisco Catalyst 9500
Series also supports foundational high-availability capabilities such as patching, Cisco Nonstop Forwarding with
Stateful Switchover (NSF/SSO), redundant platinum-rated power supplies, and fans, while supporting a wide array
of optics. Catalyst 9500 Series switches provide operational choice of Cisco Catalyst Center, or Meraki cloud monitoring.
Table 1 shows the Quick Specs.
| Product Code | C9500-32C-A |
| Description | C9500 Series high performance 32-port 100G switch, NW Adv. License |
| Switching capacity | Up to 6.4 Tbps |
| Forwarding rate | Up to 2 Bpps |
| DRAM | 16 G |
| Flash | 16 G |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 1.73 x 17.5 x 21.2 in |
| Rack units (RU) | 1RU |
Figure 1.
C9500-32C: Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series high-performance switch with 32x 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Network module matrix
| Model | C9500-NM-8X | C9500-NM-2Q |
| C9500X-28C8D | No | No |
| C9500X-60L4D | No | No |
| C9500-32C | No | No |
| C9500-32QC | No | No |
| C9500-48Y4C | No | No |
| C9500-24Y4C | No | No |
| C9500-16X | Yes | Yes |
Figures 2 and 3 show the available network modules
Figure 2.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series network module 8-port 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet with SFP/SFP+
Figure 3.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series network module 2-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet with QSFP+
Cisco Catalyst 9000 series switches use flexible Software Database Manager (SDM) ASIC templates to enable
universal deployments by leveraging the UADP’s ability to create resources to optimize table sizes for different
places in the network. Based on how the switch is used in the network, an appropriate SDM ASIC template may
be selected to configure the switch for specific features.
