C9300-48S
48-port 1G SFP
Cisco Catalyst 9300
Positioning
Inherited from the Catalyst 9300 family — positioning is family-scoped in the graph
Campus access — 1G/mGig, StackWise-480, PoE+, DNA Center managed
Price band: Entry-level
Specifications sourced from Cisco's published datasheets and product documentation.
Identity
What it is and where it sits in the range
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product family
- Catalyst 9300
- Form factor
- fixed
- Rack units
- 1
- Launch date
- 2019
- Supported OS
- IOS-XE
Orderable part numbers
How this platform is bought: the part numbers the vendor's order desk accepts
- C9300-48S-ACisco Catalyst 9300 48-port 1G SFP, modular uplinks, Network Advantage
- C9300-48S-ECisco Catalyst 9300 48-port 1G SFP, modular uplinks, Network Essentials
- C9300-48S-MCatalyst 9300 48-port 1G SFP with modular uplinks, Meraki Advance or Enterprise
Ports and throughput
Port counts, speeds and forwarding capacity
- Access ports
- 48
- Port speed (G)
- 1
- Min access speed (G)
- 1
- Max access speed (G)
- 1
- Switching capacity (Gbps)
- 256
- Forwarding rate (Mpps)
- 190.47
- Oversubscription ratio
- 2.667
- Network module slots
- 1
Alternatives
Products that do the same job: one class up, the same class, or one class down. Same vendor first.
| Platform | Ports | Capacity | Price band |
|---|---|---|---|
| C9200-48PXG Cisco · Catalyst 9200 | 48 ports | 400 Gbps↑ | Entry-level |
| C9200L-48PXG-2Y Cisco · Catalyst 9200L | 48 ports | 340 Gbps↑ |
| Platform | Ports | Capacity | Price band |
|---|---|---|---|
| C9200-48P Cisco · Catalyst 9200 | 48 ports | 176 Gbps↓ | Entry-level |
| C9200-48PB Cisco · Catalyst 9200 | 48 ports | 176 Gbps↓ | Entry-level |
Power
PoE, supplies and redundancy
- PoE supported
- No
- Max power draw (W)
- 80
- PSU slots
- 2
- Default PSU
- PWR-C1-715WAC-P
- Fan slots
- 3
Scale and performance
Table sizes, latency and stacking limits
- MAC table size
- 32768
- IPv4 FIB size
- 24576
- IPv6 FIB size
- 12288
- ACL entries
- 3000
- Latency class
- store-forward
- Buffer class
- standard
- Stacking supported
- Yes
- Max stack members
- 8
- Stacking bandwidth (Gbps)
- 480
Compatible optics (20)
Transceivers reconciled as compatible, with reach and media
| SKU | Speed | Media | Reach | Form factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWDM-SFP-XXXX | 1 G | single-mode | 100000 m | SFP |
| DWDM-SFP-XXXX | 1 G | single-mode | 80000 m | SFP |
| GLC-BX-D | 1 G | single-mode | 10000 m | SFP |
| GLC-BX-U | 1 G | single-mode | 10000 m | SFP |
| GLC-BX40-D-I | 1 G | single-mode | 40000 m | SFP |
| GLC-BX40-DA-I | 1 G | single-mode | 40000 m | SFP |
| GLC-BX40-U-I | 1 G | single-mode | 40000 m | SFP |
| GLC-BX80-D-I | 1 G | single-mode | 80000 m | SFP |
| GLC-BX80-U-I | 1 G | single-mode | 80000 m | SFP |
| GLC-EX-SMD | 1 G | single-mode | 40000 m | SFP |
| GLC-LH-SMD | 1 G | single-mode | 10000 m | SFP |
| GLC-LX-SM-RGD | 1 G | single-mode | 10000 m | SFP |
| GLC-SX-MM-RGD | 1 G | multi-mode | 550 m | SFP |
| GLC-SX-MMD | 1 G | multi-mode | 550 m | SFP |
| GLC-T | 1 G | copper | 100 m | SFP |
| GLC-TE | 1 G | copper | 100 m | SFP |
| GLC-ZX-SM-RGD | 1 G | single-mode | 70000 m | SFP |
| GLC-ZX-SMD | 1 G | single-mode | 70000 m | SFP |
| SFP-GE-T | 1 G | copper | 100 m | SFP |
| GLC-GE-100FX | multi-mode | 2000 m | SFP |
Licence tiers
Tiers defined for this family
Advanced · Advantage · Enterprise · Essentials
Defined for the Catalyst 9300 family. SKUit selects the tier and term matching the features you choose when it builds the BOM.
Parts and modules
Published parts that fit this platform, each with its own page
- Network modules (6)
- Power supplies (9)
- Stacking cables (3)
- StackPower cables (2)
Other Catalyst 9300 platforms
Same family, different port counts
About this data
Where the specifications on this page come from
Where does the C9300-48S data come from?
The C9300-48S specifications on this page are sourced from Cisco's published datasheets and product documentation. SKUit extracts and normalises those values into its product catalog, the same data its BOM builder uses. This page summarises them; it is not Cisco's datasheet, and the original documents are published by Cisco.
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