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A future-proof workplace has the agility to support the evolving needs of modern business while being resilient enough to adapt to an unknown future. It is where amazing experiences become the norm, not the exception. Offices become magnets, not just mandates. Technology becomes integrated and extensible, not rip and replace. Collaboration happens everywhere, not just in person. And security is infused from the start, not as an afterthought. This is the new AI Enterprise and is what the Cisco® C9350 Series Smart Switches have been built for.
But this is more than just the next generation in enterprise-grade switching. It is in fact the beginning of the next chapter in the One Cisco story – offering our customers a unified experience with the same hardware, software, and support regardless of how they manage their network.
Unified hardware: Customers can choose to deploy their networks in a cloud, on-premises, or via a hybrid approach using the same hardware and simplified SKU structure with no variations based on management mode.
Unified software: Cisco IOS® XE enables all management modes with common licensing tiers (Advantage and Essentials) for on-premises, cloud and hybrid deployments.
Unified support: Consistent and reliable product support for both hardware and software is included with the unified licenses.
Table 1. Benefits of the Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches compared to other Cisco Catalyst access switches
| Trend |
Feature |
Installed-base access switches |
Benefits |
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| Cisco Catalyst 3560-x and 3750-x Series |
Cisco Catalyst 3750G Series |
Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series |
Cisco Catalyst 9300/ |
Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches |
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| Scale and performance |
Bandwidth per stack |
No stacking/ |
32 Gbps |
480 Gbps copper and fiber |
Up to 480Gbps/ |
Up to 1.6 Tbps copper and fiber |
Greater throughput |
| Uplinks |
2x 10G1 |
4x 1G |
4x 1G, |
2x or 4x dual-rate 100G/40G; 8 x 25G or 10G/mgig, 2 x 40G or 25G, 8 x 10G, 4 x1G |
2x or 4x dual-rate 100G/40G; 4x multi-rate 50G/25G/10G/1G; 8x multi-rate 25G/10G/ |
Greater uplink scale with traditional fiber cabling environments |
|
| Multigigabit technology |
– |
– |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Supports downlink speeds up to 10G with traditional copper cabling environments |
|
| Advanced |
100G IPsec in hardware |
- |
- |
- |
✓(C9300X) |
✓ |
Cisco C9350 models come with 100G line-rate IPsec to enable various options for new edge connectivity |
| Native NetFlow |
Flexible |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
|
| Cisco TrustSec®and SGT2for wired and wireless |
Wired |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Orchestrate role-based access to corporate resources; AES-256, MACsec-256, WAN MACsec |
|
| Trustworthy solutions |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Trusted Hardware, trusted Sofware (OS), and trusted Features |
|
| Native MACsec-256 encryption |
- |
- |
Multigigabit, 10G models only |
✓ |
✓ |
Most secure link authentication and encryption |
|
| Encrypted Traffic Analytics |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Detect malware hiding in encrypted traffic without decrypting it |
|
| Cisco Umbrella |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Cloud security service that provides a first line of defense against threats, wherever users access the internet — on or off the corporate network |
|
| Simplicity and automation |
x86 CPU |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Faster CPU performance |
| Cisco IOS® XE OS |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Single common network OS across switching, routing, wireless, and IoT |
|
| KVM3 and container-based hosting environments |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
App hosting in the network, including Docker containers |
|
| Guest shell |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
On-box Python scripting |
|
| Simplified campus automation |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Optimized discovery and configuration of network devices |
|
| Model-driven programmability |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Standards-based programmable interfaces |
|
| Streaming telemetry |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Rich contextual insights |
|
| Fabric-in-a-box |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Enable SD-Access without needing a separate device for each fabric role |
|
| SD-Access4programmability |
- |
- |
Optional subscription |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
|
| Cisco ThousandEyes®Endpoint Agents |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Visibility from network to cloud for rapid problem isolation |
|
| Cisco Spaces gateway |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Visibility into wired and wireless network devices for smart buildings |
|
| On-premises, hybrid, or cloud management |
- |
- |
- |
✓ |
✓ |
Standard |
|
| Bring You Own Device (BYOD) and mobility |
Wi-Fi 7 access points |
– |
– |
- |
32 |
48 |
10G Multigigabit, 90W PoE |
| Wi-Fi 6E/6 access points |
– |
– |
24 |
48 |
48 |
- |
|
| Max number of access points supported |
– |
– |
100 |
– |
200 |
Highest density of next-generation access points in a 1RU box |
|
| ASIC for wired and wireless convergence |
– |
– |
UADP 1.05 |
UADP 2.0 |
Cisco Silicon One™A100/L |
Optimized for the AI Enterprise with secure converged wired and wireless access for operational simplicity and scale |
|
| Application Visibility across wired and wireless |
– |
– |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
- |
|
| End-to-end quality of experience6 |
– |
– |
– |
- |
✓ |
- |
|
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