Product overview
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Chassis
●Hardware ready to support up to 25.6 Tbps in wired switching capacity, with up to 6.4 Tbps bandwidth per slot.
●25.6 Tbps wired switching capacity unleashed with Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 2. Up to 9.6 Tbps in wired switching capacity, with 3 Bpps of forwarding performance with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1.
●Capacity of up to 32 ports of 400G Gigabit Ethernet QSFP-DD ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 2. Upto 8 non-blocking 400 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP-DD ports supported with current generation Line Cards.
●Up to 48 nonblocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet QSPF28 ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1, and upto 128 nonblocking 100 Gigabit Ethernet QSPF28 ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 2.
●Up to 128 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSPF28 ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 2 and up to 96 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP+ ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1.
●Up to 256 nonblocking 50G/25G/10G Gigabit Ethernet QSPF56 ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 2 and upto 192 nonblocking 25 Gigabit Ethernet /10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP28/SFP+ ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1.
●Up to 192 non-blocking 10G multigigabit (10 Gigabit Ethernet / 5 Gigabit Ethernet / 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet / 1 Gigabit Ethernet / 100 Megabit / 10 Megabit) RJ45 copper ports with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor Engine 1. Supervisor Engine 2 only supports speeds at and above 10 GBps.
●Platinum-rated (2KW) or titanium-rated (3KW) AC power supplies.
●Platinum-rated (2KW) DC power supplies.
Model | C9606R |
Total number of slots | 6 |
Line-card slots | 4 |
Supervisor engine slots | 2 |
Dedicated supervisor engine slot numbers | 3 and 4 |
Supervisor engine redundancy | Yes |
Figure 1.
Cisco Catalyst 9600 Switches Data sheet,
Ordering information
The following table lists the ordering information for chassis, power supplies, supervisor engines, and memory that are commonly used with the Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series, as well as the Cisco DNA term licenses.
Product Number | Description |
C9606R (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 Slot Chassis |
C9600-SUP-1 (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor 1 Module |
C9600-SUP-1/2 | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Redundant Supervisor 1 Module |
C9600X-SUP-2 (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Supervisor 2 Module |
C9600X-SUP-2/2 | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Redundant Supervisor 2 Module |
C9600-LC-24C (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 24-Port 40GE/12-Port 100GE line card |
C9600-LC-48YL (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 25GE/10GE/1GE line card |
C9600-LC-48TX (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-port RJ45 Copper –
10GE/5GE/2.5GE/1GE/100Mbps/10Mbps line card |
C9600-LC-48S (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 48-Port 1GE line card |
C9600-LC-40YL4CD (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Combo line card
40 ports 50/25/10GE SFP56 2 ports 200/100/40QSFP56 uplinks 2 ports 400/200/100GE QSFP-DD uplinks |
C9600X-LC-32CD (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Combo line card
30 ports 100/40G QSFP28 2 ports 400/200/100G QSFP-DD |
C9606-FAN (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series C9606 Chassis Fan Tray |
C9K-F2-SSD-240GB (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 240GB SSD Storage |
C9K-F2-SSD-480GB (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 480GB SSD Storage |
C9K-F2-SSD-960GB (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 960GB SSD Storage |
Cisco DNA Term Licenses | Description |
C9600-DNA-A | C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage Term License |
C9600-DNA-A-3Y | C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage 3 Year License |
C9600-DNA-A-5Y | C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage 5 Year License |
C9600-DNA-A-7Y | C9600 Cisco DNA Advantage 7 Year License |
Power Supplies | Description |
C9600-PWR-3KWAC (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 3000W AC Power Supply |
C9600-PWR-2KWAC (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 2000W AC Power Supply |
C9600-PWR-2KWDC (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 2000W DC Power Supply |
Spare Accessories and Kits | Description |
C9606-SLOT-BLANK (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Blank for Chassis Module Slot |
C9606-PWR-BLANK (=) | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Blank for Chassis Power Supply Slot |
CAB-CONSOLE-USB | Console Cable 6ft with USB Type A and mini-B |
CAB-CONSOLE-RJ45 | Console Cable 6ft with RJ45 and DB9F |
C9606-RACK-KIT= | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Rack Mount |
C9606-ACC-KIT= | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Accessory Kit |
C9606-SHELF-KIT= | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Shelf Install Kit |
C9606-FB-23-KIT= | Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series 6 slot chassis Front to Back Kit |