Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches (16X-A)

Built for secure high-speed fixed-core deployments
28 ports of 100G/40G, 8 ports of 400G/200G/100G QSFP-DD
60 ports of 50G/25G, 4 ports of 400G/200G/100G QSFP-DD
High-performance Cisco Silicon One ASIC, 25.6-Tbps capacity
10G/25G/50G SFP, 40G/100G QSFP breakout support

Built for secure high-speed access, aggregation, and campus deployments
32 ports of 100G QSFP28 with 10G/25G breakout support
High-performance UADP 3.0 ASIC
Enhanced MAC, IP route, and ACL scale
Cisco DNA Center or cloud monitoring for Catalyst support

Built for secure high-speed access, aggregation, and lean branch deployments
32 ports of 40G QSFP+ or 16 ports of 100G QSFP28
High-performance UADP 3.0 ASIC
Enhanced MAC, IP route, and ACL scale

Built for secure high-speed lean branch deployments
24 and 48 ports of 25G/10G/1G SFP28, 4 ports of 100G/40G
High-performance UADP 3.0 ASIC
Enhanced MAC, IP route, and ACL scale

The foundation of a proactive enterprise network
12 or 24 ports of 40G designed for small campus core
40G of QSFP28+
10G breakout support

Designed for limited space and business-critical branches
16 or 40 ports of 10G/1G
Modular uplinks of 8 x 10G/1G or 2 x 40G
10G breakout support