Why Migrate to Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches?
Cisco has launched two new products within the Cisco Catalyst 9000 families, Switch Catalyst 9200 and the wireless LAN controller Catalyst 9800 . 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 They are focused on SMEs but what does it offer us?
- Faster core, faster access
The Catalyst 9200 series switches are twice as fast and have twice the capacity than 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 bridge the IT gaps created by cloud, virtualization, and automation technologies. Simple web UI or DNA Center provisioning combined with open Cisco IOS XE APIs and UADP ASIC programmability.
Cisco IOS XE: It is the latest update to Cisco’s core operating system. It’s modular, programmable, and supports all the capabilities of our new network controller, DNA Center. That means with a simple user interface, you can automate, set policies, provide security, and gain security across your entire wired and wireless network, from the most remote branch or campus to your most central central system.
ASIC with programmable micromotors and pipeline capabilities, along with configurable mapping based on Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding template, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality of Service (QoS) entries
- Always ON
Catalyst 9200 Series Switches provide enterprise-grade security, analytics, and resiliency to keep your business running smoothly. FRU fans and power supplies, modular uplinks, cold patches, perpetual PoE, and the industry’s highest mean time between failures (MTBF) make the Catalyst 9200 series switches stand out from others switches of its kind.
The following table shows a comparison between the Catalyst 2960x and the new Catalyst 9200 series of equipment:
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) |
Meet the Catalyst 9200 Series Fixed uplink models switches: 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 | ||
| 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 better 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 cloud managed with Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
◦ Network assurance and improved resolution time through Cisco DNA Center ™
● Plug and Play (PnP) enabled – a simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to facilitate new branch or campus device deployments or upgrades to an existing network
● Cisco IOS XE: It is the latest update to Cisco’s core operating system. It’s modular, programmable, and supports all the capabilities of our new network controller, DNA Center. That means with a simple user interface, you can automate, set policies, provide security, and gain security across your entire wired and wireless network, from the most remote branch or campus to your most central central system.
● ASICs with programmable micromotors and pipeline capabilities, along with configurable mapping based on Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding template, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Quality of Service (QoS) entries
Summary
As a summary of this article, the teams in the series Catalyst 9200 They offer simplicity: they are secure, they are always on and IT is simplified. They help customers simplify complexity, optimize IT, and lower operating costs by leveraging intelligence, automation, and human expertise that no other vendor can deliver, no matter where they are located.
The series switches Catalyst 9200 They provide security features that protect the integrity of the hardware as well as the software and all data flowing through the switch. Provides resilience that keeps your business running smoothly. Combining that with the open APIs of Cisco IOS XE and the programmability of the ASIC technology of UADP, the Catalyst 9200 series switches give you what you need now with investment protection in future innovations. The 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. Access to the office.
