Why Migrate to Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches?
Cisco has launched two new products within the Cisco Catalyst 9000 families, The Catalyst 9200 switch and the Catalyst 9800 wireless LAN controller. With these new models, CISCO brings wireless access into the new era of intent-based networking. A network that learns, adapts, and protects your investment, and becomes more efficient and secure over time.
In today’s article we will focus on the CISCO Catalyst 9200 Switch.
Why upgrade to Cisco® Catalyst® 9200 Series switches?
The catalyst 9200 Series switches are focused on SMBs, but what does it offer?
- Faster core, faster access
Catalyst 9200 series switches are twice as fast and have twice the capacity of traditional switches.
- Safety everywhere
Integrated security reduces attack inputs, helps you detect and stop threats.
Get advanced security features that protect the integrity of your hardware, software and all data flowing through the switch. Through Talos, Trustworthy Solutions, MAC SEC encryption and segmentation.
- Centralized management
SD-Access and Web UI help close IT gaps created by cloud, virtualization and automation technologies. Simple web user interface or DNA Center provisioning combined with the open APIs of Cisco IOS XE and the programmability of UADP’s ASIC technology.
Cisco IOS XE: Is the latest update to Cisco’s core operating system. It is modular, programmable and supports all the capabilities of our new network controller, DNA Center. That means that with one simple user interface, you can automate, set policies, provide security, and secure your entire network of wired and wireless networks, from the branch office or remote campus to your most central hub system.
ASIC with programmable pipeline and micromotor capabilities, along with configurable Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding template-based mapping, Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Quality of Service (QoS) entries
- Always ON
Catalyst 9200 series switches offer enterprise-level resiliency, analytics and security to keep your business running smoothly. FRU power supplies and fans, modular uplinks, cold patching, perpetual PoE, and the industry’s highest mean time between failures (MTBF) make Catalyst 9200 series switches stand out from other switches in their class.
The following table shows a comparison between Catalyst 2960x and the new Catalyst 9200 series:
C9200 switch models
|
Models |
FRU Power Supply |
FRU Fans |
Modular Uplinks |
Stacking Bandwidth Support |
SD-Access Support |
|
Modular uplink models (C9200 SKUs) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
160 Gbps |
Yes (4 Virtual Networks) |
|
Fixed uplink Models (C9200L SKUs) |
✓ |
✗ |
✗ |
80 Gbps |
Limited (1 Virtual Network) |
About Catalyst 9200 Series Fixed uplink models: C9200L
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Catalyst 9200 24 and 48 port, fixed 1 G uplinks |
Catalyst 9200 24 and 48 port, fixed 10 G uplinks |
Catalyst 9200 24 and 48 port modular uplinks |
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| C9200L-24T/P-4G, C9200L-48T/P-4G | C9200L-24T/P-4X, C9200L-48T/P-4X | C9200L-24T/P, C9200L-48T/P, C9200L-48T/P-4X | ||
| Data and full PoE+ options | Data and full PoE+ options | Data and full PoE+ options | ||
| 24 and 48 ports of 1 G | 24 and 48 ports of 1 G | 24 and 48 ports of 1 G | ||
| 4 x 1 G SFP fixed uplinks | 4 x 10 G SFP+ fixed uplinks | 4 x 1/10 G, 2 x 25/40 G modular uplinks | ||
| Up to 48 ports of full 30W PoE+ | Up to 48 ports of full 30W PoE+ | Up to 48 ports of full 30W PoE+ | ||
| SD-Access, Cisco StackWise, MACsec | SD-Access, Cisco StackWise, MACsec | SD-Access, Cisco StackWise, MACsec | ||
| Redundant power supplies and fans | Redundant power supplies and fans | FRU redundant power supplies and fans | ||
| Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW) | Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW) | Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW) |
DETAIL
● Up to 48 ports with full Power over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) capability
● Resilience with field replaceable units (FRUs) and redundant power supply, fans and modular uplinks
● Flexible downlink options with data or PoE +
● Operational efficiency with optional backplane stacking, supporting up to 160 Gbps stacking bandwidth.
● UADP 2.0 Mini with integrated CPU offers customers optimized scale with an improved cost structure.
Enhanced security with AES-128 MACsec encryption, policy-based segmentation and trusted systems
Layer 3 capabilities, including OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, RIP and routed access.
● Advanced network monitoring using Full Flexible NetFlow
Cisco software-defined access (SD access):
◦ Simplified operations and deployment with policy-based automation from edge to managed cloud with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
◦ Network assurance and improved time-to-resolution through Cisco DNA Center ™.
● Plug and Play (PnP) enabled: a simple, secure, unified and integrated offering to facilitate new branch office or campus device deployments or upgrades to an existing network
● Cisco IOS XE: Is the latest update to Cisco’s core operating system. It is modular, programmable and supports all the capabilities of our new network controller, DNA Center. That means that with one simple user interface, you can automate, set policies, provide security, and secure your entire network of wired and wireless networks, from the branch office or remote campus to your most central hub system.
● ASIC with programmable pipelining and micromotor capabilities, along with configurable Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding template-based mapping, Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Quality of Service (QoS) entries
Summary
To summarize this article, the Catalyst 9200 series appliances deliver simplicity: they are secure, always on, and IT is simplified. They help customers simplify complexity, optimize IT and reduce operational costs by leveraging intelligence, automation and human expertise that no other vendor can offer, no matter where you are.
The Catalyst 9200 series switches provide security features that protect the integrity of the hardware, as well as the software and all data flowing through the switch. It provides resiliency that keeps your business running smoothly. Combining that with the open APIs of Cisco IOS XE and the programmability of UADP ASIC technology, Catalyst 9200 Series switches give you what you need now with investment protection on future innovations. Catalyst 9200 Series switches are the industry’s unmatched solution with differentiated flexibility and progressive architecture for cost-effective branching, with PoE+ capability, power and fan redundancy, stacking bandwidth up to 160 Gbps, modular uplinks, Layer 3 feature support, and cold patching. Office access.
