Full English Description for Cisco C9300L-48T-4G-E
1. Part Number Naming Breakdown
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C9300L: Catalyst 9300 Lite cost-efficient stackable fixed-uplink Layer 3 enterprise access switch platform built on UADP 2.0 ASIC
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48T: 48× 10/100/1000BASE-T non-PoE Gigabit RJ45 copper downlink ports, no PoE power delivery
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4G: 4 integrated fixed 1G SFP uplink slots, only compatible with 1G SFP transceivers; 10G SFP+ modules are not supported
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E: Pre-installed perpetual Network Essentials IOS XE license tier, entry baseline feature set for standard campus, SMB and branch wired deployments without advanced fabric or enterprise routing functions
2. Short Sales One-Liner (For BOM, Quotation & Datasheet Header)
Cisco Catalyst C9300L-48T-4G-E, 1RU stackable Layer3 non-PoE access switch, 48-port Gigabit RJ45 downlinks, 4 fixed 1G SFP uplink interfaces, Network Essentials IOS XE license, StackWise-320 stacking, 715W AC power supply pre-installed, high-density low-cost wired edge switch for desktop PCs, thin clients and non-PoE endpoints.
3. Complete Product Overview Paragraph
The Cisco Catalyst C9300L-48T-4G-E is an economical high-density fixed-uplink stackable Layer 3 access switch in the Catalyst 9300 Lite lineup, tailored for enterprise offices, classroom environments and remote branch sites with massive volumes of non-PoE wired terminals including desktop computers, printers and thin clients. Equipped with 48 standard Gigabit copper downlink ports and four onboard 1G SFP fiber uplinks, this chassis delivers wire-speed Layer 2 switching and limited fundamental Layer 3 routing features enabled by the included Network Essentials license. It supports StackWise-320 stacking technology to combine up to 8 identical switches into one unified logical switching domain, adopts dual hot-swappable AC power supply bays without PoE power circuits, and provides basic monitoring, security and automation tools. This model lacks advanced routing protocols, SD-Access fabric and TrustSec segmentation capabilities that are exclusive to Network Advantage (-A) licensed switches.
4. Detailed Hardware Interface Specifications
Downlink Copper Ports (48×RJ45 Non-PoE)
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48 × 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports with zero PoE output
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Auto speed negotiation, auto-MDI/MDI-X, built-in cable diagnostics, EnergyWise port power-saving for idle connections
Fixed Uplink Interfaces
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4 dedicated onboard SFP slots only for 1G SFP transceivers (SX, LX, ZX, SFP-T copper modules supported)
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Incompatible with any 10G SFP+ optical or copper transceivers
Management & Auxiliary Ports
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USB Type-A storage port for offline IOS image upload, configuration backup and log export
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Dual console access: USB Type-C console port + Mini-USB B console port for local CLI management
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UID beacon LED button for fast physical device identification in dense rack deployments
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Rear StackWise-320 stacking connectors; stacking cables sold separately as optional accessories
Power & Physical Form Factor
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Form Factor: 1RU standard 19-inch rack-mount chassis
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Dual hot-swappable AC power supply slots; factory shipped with single 715W AC PSU
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No PoE power budget hardware; power supply only sustains switching system operation
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Thermal design: Field-replaceable redundant variable-speed fan trays with overheat protection and fault alert indicators
5. Core Hardware Performance Benchmarks
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Standalone Switching Capacity: 272 Gbps
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Standalone Forwarding Rate: 202.38 Mpps
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StackWise-320 maximum stacked backplane bandwidth: 592 Gbps (stack of up to 8 C9300L switches)
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MAC Address Table Size: 32,000 MAC forwarding entries
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Shared Packet Buffer Memory: 32MB
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VLAN Support: Up to 4,094 802.1Q tagged VLANs; maximum 1,000 active STP VLANs & SVIs
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QoS Hardware Queues: 8 priority hardware queues per port, full DSCP & 802.1p CoS mapping
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Routing Table Scales: 32,000 total IPv4 unicast routes (OSPF limited to 1,000 learned routes), 16,000 IPv6 unicast routes, 8,000 multicast routes
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Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9198-byte jumbo frames
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ACL Capacity: 5,120 ingress/egress ACL entries
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Flexible NetFlow: Supports up to 64,000 active flow records
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Onboard Memory: 8GB DRAM, 16GB Flash storage
6. Full Layer 2 Standard Feature Suite
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking, IEEE 802.3ad LACP EtherChannel (max 8 ports per bundle), complete spanning tree suite including PVST+, RPVST+, MSTP with BPDU guard, root guard, loop guard and UDLD; LLDP and CDP device discovery, port security with sticky MAC learning, broadcast/multicast storm suppression, IGMP Snooping v1/v2/v3, SPAN/RSPAN port mirroring, private VLANs, 128-bit AES MACsec port encryption, voice VLAN prioritization.
7. Network Essentials (-E License) Supported Layer 3, Security & Automation Features
Supported Routing Protocols (With Scale Restrictions)
Static IPv4/IPv6 routing, RIP, OSPFv2/v3 (capped at 1,000 learned routes), EIGRP Stub only, PIM Sparse-Dense Mode stub multicast, VRRP gateway redundancy, inter-VLAN wire-speed routing, dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 forwarding.
Baseline Enterprise Security
IEEE 802.1X multi-domain/multi-host authentication, MAB MAC bypass authentication, DHCP snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard, CoPP control-plane policing, Cisco Secure Boot, hardware Trust Anchor Module, RBAC multi-level admin access control, encrypted SSH/HTTPS/TLS management transport.
Basic Automation, Visibility & Monitoring
SNMP v1/v2c/v3, IP SLA Responder, sampled Flexible NetFlow telemetry, NETCONF/RESTCONF/YANG/gRPC programmability, zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), limited Cisco DNA Center visibility without full fabric orchestration, local logging and on-box diagnostics.
Critical Features Excluded from Network Essentials (-E)
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Advanced dynamic routing: Full EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, VRF-lite, policy-based routing (PBR)
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Software-defined fabric: SD-Access, TrustSec SGT tagging, Adaptive Policy security group segmentation
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Advanced analytics: Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), full Model-Driven Telemetry, ThousandEyes integration
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Unified wireless fabric: Embedded Catalyst 9800 WLC multi-site policy orchestration
8. License Differentiator: Network Essentials (-E) vs Network Advantage (-A)
The suffix -E (Network Essentials) is Cisco’s entry perpetual license tier for Catalyst 9300L switches, built for cost-sensitive basic wired access deployments. Key limitations compared with top-tier -A Network Advantage:
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Restricted dynamic routing scale and no advanced routing protocols such as BGP, full EIGRP or MPLS
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Incompatible with SD-Access fabric, TrustSec segmentation and zero-trust group-based policy control
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Disabled advanced threat analytics and full DNA Center end-to-end automation workflows
All switches within a single StackWise stack must run identical license tiers to guarantee full stacking interoperability.
9. Datasheet Short Summary Paragraph
The Cisco Catalyst C9300L-48T-4G-E is a cost-effective high-density non-PoE stackable Layer 3 access switch with 48 Gigabit downlink ports and fixed 1G SFP uplinks. Equipped with the Network Essentials IOS XE license, it delivers comprehensive Layer 2 switching, limited baseline Layer 3 routing, fundamental security tools and basic network automation, backed by StackWise-320 high-speed stacking and redundant AC power supplies. It is perfectly suited for standard office, classroom and branch edge networks that have no PoE power requirements and do not need SD-Access fabric or advanced enterprise routing capabilities.
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