Cisco C9606R-48Y24C-BN-A Full Product Description

1. Short Overview

Suffix Breakdown

• C9600: Catalyst 9600 high-speed modular core switch platform powered by Silicon One ASIC
• 6: Total 6 horizontal internal chassis slots
• R: Redundant HA chassis architecture (dual supervisor slots, N+1/N+N power/fan redundancy, universal OIR hot-swap support)
• 48Y: Pre-installedC9600-LC-48YL48-port multi-rate SFP28 line card (1G/10G/25G fiber)
• 24C: Pre-installedC9600-LC-24C24-port high-density QSFP28 line card (40G/100G fiber)
• BN: Base Network standardized entry-level pre-populated chassis bundle for mass enterprise procurement
• -A: Factory fully pre-assembled unit with pre-mounted supervisors, fan tray and redundant AC power supplies, ready for out-of-box deployment

Core Differentiators

1. vs bare empty C9606R: Empty chassis contains only fan tray; C9606R-48Y24C-BN-A ships factory preloaded with dual supervisors, two fiber line cards, and redundant power supplies to eliminate separate component ordering and on-site assembly labor.
2. vs base C9606R-BN-A chassis-only bundle: Standard BN-A provides empty line card slots; this variant comes pre-populated with 48×25G SFP28 + 24×100G QSFP28 fiber line cards for immediate mixed-speed fiber core deployment.
3. vs enhanced C9606R-E full HA bundles: C9606R-E includes full 4× N+N power supplies for maximum uptime; this BN-A bundle uses minimum redundant power for cost-balanced baseline enterprise deployments.
4. vs Catalyst 9400 distribution switches: Catalyst 9400 targets layer 3 access/distribution aggregation; Catalyst 9600 series delivers 6.4 Tbps per-slot bandwidth, native 100G fiber support, and expanded L2/L3 forwarding tables for campus/data center core backbone transport.
5. vs single-speed fiber bundles (C9606R-48S-BN-A): Single 1G-only SFP line card; this bundle mixes 25G access aggregation ports and 100G uplink spine ports for modern high-bandwidth fabric architecture.

2. Chassis Slot Architecture & Pre-Installed Hardware Layout

Fixed 6 Horizontal Slot Layout (Top to Bottom 1–6)

• Slot 1: Factory pre-installed C9600-LC-48YL (48×1G/10G/25G SFP28 line card)
• Slot 2: Factory pre-installed C9600-LC-24C (24×40G/100G QSFP28 line card)
• Slots 3 & 4: Dual pre-installed C9600X-SUP-2 Gen2 Silicon One supervisor engines (1+1 active/standby HA)
• Slots 5 & 6: Two empty hot-swappable line card expansion slots for future capacity upgrade
  Total pre-deployed fiber ports: 48 × SFP28 + 24 × QSFP28 = 72 native fiber ports; expandable to 144 total fiber ports via two additional line cards

Line Card Detailed Specifications

1. C9600-LC-48YL (48Y)
   • 48 universal SFP28 transceiver slots, non-blocking full-duplex
   • Auto-negotiable speeds: 1GE, 10GE, 25GE
   • Slot bandwidth: 2.4 Tbps with C9600-SUP-1; 4.8 Tbps wire-speed with C9600X-SUP-2
   • Use case: Downlink 25G fiber trunks to Catalyst 9400 distribution switches, wireless controller aggregation
2. C9600-LC-24C (24C)
   • 24 universal QSFP28 transceiver slots, non-blocking full-duplex
   • Supported speeds: 40GE, 100GE
   • Slot bandwidth: 2.4 Tbps with C9600-SUP-1; 4.8 Tbps wire-speed with C9600X-SUP-2
   • Use case: High-speed 100G uplinks to data center spines, inter-campus core interconnections, multi-cloud gateway peering

Backplane Bandwidth & Forwarding Performance

• Maximum non-blocking chassis switching capacity: 25.6 Tbps (enabled via factory C9600X-SUP-2 Gen2 supervisors)
• Per-line-card-slot full-duplex wire-speed bandwidth: 6.4 Tbps
• Inter-supervisor synchronization interconnect: 400 Gbps for low-latency SSO/NSF state replication
• Maximum packet forwarding throughput: 8 Bpps with C9600X-SUP-2 supervisors
• Jumbo frame support: Up to 9216 bytes for video, virtualization and backup workloads

Standard Factory Pre-Installed Hardware for C9606R-48Y24C-BN-A Bundle

1. Dual redundant C9600X-SUP-2 Gen2 Silicon One supervisors with onboard SSD storage for telemetry, logging and containerized applications
2. Preloaded line cards: 1 × C9600-LC-48YL + 1 × C9600-LC-24C
3. Standard N+1 hot-swappable N+1 fan tray with variable-speed intelligent cooling fans
4. Minimum 3 × 2000W Platinum high-efficiency AC power supplies for robust N+1 power redundancy (expandable to full 4 PSU N+N redundancy later)

Supported Power Supply Modules

• Factory standard: 2000W high-efficiency Platinum AC PSUs
• Optional upgrade: 2000W DC / HVDC power supplies for telco, colocation and industrial environments
• Input voltage range: AC 90–264V 47–63Hz; DC -40V ~ -72V
• All PSUs meet ≥90% energy efficiency standards to reduce power consumption and heat generation

Cooling System

• Hot-swappable N+1 redundant fan tray with side-to-side horizontal airflow (air intake left side, exhaust right side)
• Full front-panel service access for fan tray replacement; optional rear tray access for optimized cable routing
• Dynamic fan speed auto-adjustment based on internal chassis temperature to minimize acoustic noise during low-traffic off-peak hours

3. Physical & Environmental Specifications

Physical Dimensions & Weight

• Form factor: Standard 8 RU rack-mountable chassis
• Dimensions (H × W × D): 13.95 × 17.4 × 16.1 inches (35.43 × 44.20 × 40.89 cm)
• Full pre-assembled bundle weight (dual SUP-2, 3×2KW AC PSUs, fan tray, 2 fiber line cards): 76.2 lb (34.56 kg)

Operating Environmental Compliance

• Normal operating temperature: -5°C ~ +40°C up to 3000m altitude; short-term burst -5°C ~ +50°C up to 1800m altitude
• Storage/transport temperature: -40°C ~ +75°C
• Humidity tolerance: 10%–95% relative humidity non-condensing
• Global regulatory certifications: UL 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, EN 60950-1, CSA-C22.2, GB 4943, NEBS seismic compliance, RoHS, EMC Class A for enterprise data center and wiring closet deployment

Hardware Asset & Security Hardware

• Embedded passive UHF RFID tags integrated on chassis, dual supervisors, pre-installed line cards, PSUs and fan tray for centralized enterprise asset lifecycle tracking
• ACT2 secure authentication chip on all hot-swappable modules to detect unauthorized third-party non-Cisco hardware insertion and block uncertified modules

4. Native Enterprise-Grade High Availability (HA) Capabilities

1. Dual 1+1 pre-installed Gen2 supervisor redundancy
   • SSO (Stateful Switchover), NSF (Non-Stop Forwarding) to eliminate packet loss during supervisor failover
   • Full ISSU (In-Service Software Upgrade) for IOS XE firmware version upgrades without traffic interruption
2. Universal OIR (Online Insertion and Removal) support
   All supervisors, line cards, power supplies, and fan trays support hot plug/unplug without full chassis power shutdown
3. N+1 power redundancy with 3 factory pre-installed 2KW AC PSUs; expandable to full 4 PSU N+N redundancy for mission-critical zero-fault-tolerance requirements
4. N+1 redundant fan tray internal fan array; single fan fault does not compromise chassis cooling performance under full load
5. StackWise Virtual support: Two C9606R-48Y24C-BN-A bundles can be paired to form a single logical virtual core switch for multi-chassis fabric HA

5. IOS XE Full Software & Security Feature Suite

Campus & SD-Access Fabric Core Functions

• Hardware-accelerated native VXLAN EVPN forwarding for Cisco SD-Access intent-based wired/wireless enterprise fabric
• Massive-scale L2/L3 forwarding table capacity (128,000 MAC entries, 2,000,000 IPv4 LPM routes) optimized for multi-building medium campus deployments
• Up to 32-way ECMP equal-cost multi-path uplink load balancing
• Complete routing protocol stack: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS
• PVLAN private VLAN segmentation, cross-card LACP/PAGP EtherChannel, MSTP/RSTP spanning tree toolkit

Hardware-Accelerated Security Features

• IEEE 802.1AE MACsec-256 port-level encryption for all fiber uplink traffic
• TrustSec SGT tag end-to-end policy segmentation, Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) for hidden malware threat detection
• Wire-speed hardware ACL filtering, CoPP control plane policing to protect supervisor CPU resources
• DHCP Snooping, DAI, IP Source Guard, IEEE 802.1X, MAB, WebAuth wired access authentication
• AAA authentication support via TACACS+/RADIUS/LDAP

QoS & Precision Timing

• 8 independent hardware priority queues per port, WRR/DRR congestion scheduling, per-port policing/marking/shaping
• IEEE 1588v2 PTP hardware timing for synchronized broadcast video, unified voice, and industrial control networks

Automation, Programmability & Observability

• Model-driven open programmability: NETCONF, RESTCONF, YANG data models, gNMI, on-box Python scripting
• Real-time streaming telemetry, IPFIX flexible netflow export, continuous port latency and buffer utilization monitoring
• GOLD non-disruptive online diagnostic tests for real-time chassis and module health inspection
• Native seamless integration with Cisco DNA Center for zero-touch provisioning, unified policy management, and full lifecycle automation

6. Typical Deployment Scenarios

1. Medium Enterprise SD-Access Hybrid Fiber Core
   Dual virtual paired C9606R-48Y24C-BN-A bundles act as standardized fabric border nodes; 48×25G SFP28 ports deliver downlink aggregation to Catalyst 9400 distribution switches, while 24×100G QSFP28 ports provide high-speed inter-core and multi-cloud uplinks, with preloaded fiber line cards cutting deployment time drastically.
2. Mid-Size Hybrid Data Center Spine Backbone
   24×100G QSFP28 ports connect leaf switches, storage arrays and cloud gateway devices; 48×25G SFP28 ports support storage and low-speed server downlinks, hardware VRF multi-tenancy logically isolates enterprise, virtual server and cloud tenant workloads.
3. Multi-Building Campus Unified Wireless Aggregation Core
   25G SFP28 downlinks aggregate massive fleets of Wi-Fi 6/6E multi-radio wireless controllers and enterprise APs; 100G QSFP28 inter-building trunks connect remote campus sites, hardware QoS prioritizes low-latency voice, video and real-time collaboration traffic.
4. Standardized Education & Government Campus Fiber Backbone
   Factory standardized Base Network pre-populated bundle meets public sector unified hardware procurement requirements; centralized security, power and fabric policy management via Cisco DNA Center, eliminating separate line card ordering and rack integration labor.
5. Regional Headquarters Converged Core Switch
   Balanced cost and baseline redundancy for regional HQ converged voice, data and video networks; two empty line card slots support future expansion of additional 25G/100G fiber ports as business scale grows without full chassis replacement.

7. Standard Package Contents of C9606R-48Y24C-BN-A Pre-Assembled SKU

• Pre-installed dual C9600X-SUP-2 Gen2 Silicon One supervisor engines with onboard SSD storage
• Preloaded fiber line cards: 1 × C9600-LC-48YL (48×SFP28) + 1 × C9600-LC-24C (24×QSFP28)
• Integrated standard N+1 hot-swappable fan tray
• 3 × Platinum high-efficiency 2000W AC power supplies for robust N+1 power redundancy
  Integrated rack mounting hardware kit, front/rear cable management brackets and cable guides
  Complete hardware installation guide, global safety, EMC, NEBS seismic, and RoHS regulatory compliance documentation

Separately Sold Mandatory & Optional Accessories

1. Mandatory add-ons for full operational functionality
   • SFP/SFP28 (1G/10G/25G) and QSFP28 (40G/100G) optical transceivers, breakout adapters, single/multi-mode fiber patch cords
2. Optional upgrade hardware
   • Additional 2000W AC/DC/HVDC power supply to expand to full 4 PSU N+N redundancy
   • Extra Catalyst 9600 fiber line cards for the two empty line card slots
   • Supervisor SSD storage expansion modules for increased telemetry/log storage capacity
   • Spare replacement fan tray, spare power supply units for on-site hot swap inventory
3. Software Licenses
   • DNA Advantage perpetual license required for full SD-Access EVPN, MACsec encryption, streaming telemetry, and advanced automation features
   • DNA Essentials base license for fundamental Layer 2/Layer 3 switching and routing functionality

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