C9300X-48HX

48-port 10G, multigigabit, 90W PoE

Cisco Catalyst 9300X

Positioning

Inherited from the Catalyst 9300X family — positioning is family-scoped in the graph

Enhanced access — 10/25G mGig, 100G NM uplinks, 1 Tbps stacking

Price band: Mid-range

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 9300X
Form factor
fixed
Rack units
1
Launch date
2021
Supported OS
IOS-XE

Orderable part numbers

How this platform is bought: the part numbers the vendor's order desk accepts

  • C9300X-48HX-ACatalyst 9300 48-port 10G/mGig copper with modular uplink, UPOE+, Network Advantage
  • C9300X-48HX-ECatalyst 9300 48-port 10G/mGig copper with modular uplink, UPOE+, Network Essentials
  • C9300X-48HX-MCatalyst 9300 48-port 10G/mGig copper with modular uplink, Meraki Advanced or Enterprise

Ports and throughput

Port counts, speeds and forwarding capacity

Access ports
48
Port speed (G)
10
Min access speed (G)
0.01
Max access speed (G)
10
Switching capacity (Gbps)
1760
Forwarding rate (Mpps)
1309
Oversubscription ratio
1.833
Network module slots
1

Alternatives

Products that do the same job: one class up, the same class, or one class down. Same vendor first.

25GOne class up
PlatformPortsCapacityPrice band
C9500-48Y4C
Cisco · Catalyst 9500
48 × 1/10/25G3,200 Gbps↑Premium
N9348Y12C-SE1
Cisco · Nexus 9300
32 × 1/10/25G SFP28 + 16 × 10/25/50G SFP565,600 Gbps↑Mid-range to Premium
10GSame class
PlatformPortsCapacityPrice band
C9200-48PXG
Cisco · Catalyst 9200
48 ports400 Gbps↓Entry-level
C9200L-48PXG-2Y
Cisco · Catalyst 9200L
48 ports340 Gbps↓
1GOne class down
PlatformPortsCapacityPrice band
C9200-48P
Cisco · Catalyst 9200
48 ports176 Gbps↓Entry-level
C9200-48PB
Cisco · Catalyst 9200
48 ports176 Gbps↓Entry-level

Power

PoE, supplies and redundancy

PoE supported
Yes
PoE budget (W)
3290
PoE per port (W)
90
Max power draw (W)
350
PSU slots
2
Default PSU
PWR-C1-1100WAC-P
Fan slots
3

Scale and performance

Table sizes, latency and stacking limits

MAC table size
32768
IPv4 FIB size
32768
IPv6 FIB size
16384
ACL entries
5000
Latency class
store-forward
Buffer class
standard
Stacking supported
Yes
Max stack members
8
Stacking bandwidth (Gbps)
1000

Parts and modules

Published parts that fit this platform, each with its own page

Other Catalyst 9300X platforms

Same family, different port counts

About this data

Where the specifications on this page come from

Where does the C9300X-48HX data come from?

The C9300X-48HX 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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