Full English Description for Cisco C9300X-48U-E
1. Part Number Naming Breakdown
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C9300X: High-performance stackable Layer 3 enterprise UPOE access switch hardware platform built on crypto-optimized UADP 2.0sec ASIC, supporting StackWise-1T 1 Terabit stacking bandwidth, dual hot-swappable power supplies, StackPower cross-stack power pooling and one hot-swappable C9300X-NM modular uplink slot with hardware line-rate 100G IPsec encryption accelerationCisco.
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48U: 48 fixed 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 copper downlink ports supporting Cisco proprietary UPOE (max 60W per port), backward compatible with IEEE 802.3af PoE (15.4W) and IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (30W). Equipped with a default 1100W AC platinum-efficiency PSU, standalone total UPOE power budget up to 822W, designed for high-power Wi-Fi 6/7 APs, PTZ surveillance cameras, digital signage, thin clients and industrial wired IoT terminals requiring high-wattage power deliveryCisco.
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E: Perpetual Network Essentials IOS XE on-prem license tier. Only unlocks basic Layer 2 switching and limited Layer 3 routing functions; premium enterprise capabilities including full BGP/EIGRP/IS-IS routing suite, TrustSec zero-trust segmentation, Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), full unsampled streaming telemetry, 256-bit AES MACsec and SD-Access fabric orchestration are permanently locked and exclusive to Network Advantage (-A) license.
2. Short Sales One-Liner (For BOM, Quotation & Datasheet Header)
Cisco Catalyst C9300X-48U-E, 1RU rack-mount stackable Layer3 48-port 1G UPOE enterprise access switch, 48-port 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ45 UPOE/PoE/PoE+ downlinks with one modular high-speed uplink expansion slot, pre-installed permanent Network Essentials IOS XE license, StackWise-1T 1Tbps stacking and StackPower cross-stack power pooling supported, factory-shipped single 1100W AC UPOE power supply, managed via local CLI and basic Cisco Catalyst Center for cost-effective high-power Wi-Fi AP, PTZ camera and digital signage access deployments with restricted advanced routing, security and analytics requirements.
3. Complete Product Overview Paragraph
The Cisco Catalyst C9300X-48U-E is a fixed-form-factor dense 48-port 1G UPOE stackable Layer 3 enterprise access switch within the Catalyst 9300X series, optimized for budget-oriented modern office, retail, classroom, smart building and industrial wired deployments requiring high-wattage UPOE power delivery to power-hungry wireless access points, PTZ surveillance cameras, large-format digital signage and industrial IoT terminals without full premium enterprise feature sets. Equipped with 48 UPOE-capable 1G RJ45 downlink ports supporting up to 60W per port, the chassis integrates one dedicated hot-swappable C9300X-NM modular uplink slot to flexibly deploy 10G/25G/40G/100G high-speed optical uplink modules for elastic bandwidth scaling to aggregation and core switching layersCisco. Powered by UADP 2.0sec crypto ASIC with hardware crypto acceleration for line-rate 100G IPsec tunnels, this model runs native IOS XE with permanent Network Essentials license, delivering fundamental Layer 2 switching and constrained Layer 3 routing functions while disabling all advanced premium features reserved for Network Advantage licensed hardware variants. It leverages StackWise-1T hardware stacking to combine up to 8 identical C9300X switches into a unified logical switching fabric with 1 Tbps aggregate stacking bandwidth, achieving sub-50ms fast stack failover convergence for enterprise-class network reliability. Native StackPower technology dynamically aggregates power supplies across the entire stack for shared UPOE power pooling, power redundancy and automatic load redistribution during hardware failure events. Dual hot-swappable AC power supply slots and field-replaceable variable-speed fan trays eliminate single points of hardware failure. The switch only supports limited on-premises management via console CLI, SNMPv3 or basic Cisco Catalyst Center integration (Meraki cloud native firmware is not supported for this on-prem IOS XE model). It comes with basic zero-touch provisioning and sampled traffic monitoring, built for mid-size hybrid campus UPOE access environments without demand for advanced zero-trust security, full streaming analytics or end-to-end SD-Access fabric automation.
4. Detailed Hardware Interface Specifications
Downlink Copper Ports (48 × 1G UPOE RJ45)
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48 RJ45 10/100/1000BASE-T ports, fully compliant with IEEE 802.3af PoE (15.4W), IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (30W) and Cisco UPOE (dual-pair proprietary power delivery up to 60W per port via Cat5e/Cat6 cabling)Cisco.
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Compatible with Cat5e/Cat6 cabling for standard 1G wired high-power PoE terminal connections.
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Default 1100W AC platinum-efficiency PSU delivers standalone total UPOE budget up to 822W; dual redundant PSUs expand total UPOE capacity via cross-stack StackPower sharing.
Modular Uplink Expansion Slot
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1 dedicated hot-swappable C9300X-NM network module slot, compatible with optional high-speed uplink modules:
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C9300X-NM-8Y: 8 × SFP28 (10G / 25G)
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C9300X-NM-4C: 4 × QSFP+ (40G)
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C9300X-NM-2C: 2 × QSFP28 (100G)
Stacking Interfaces
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Dual rear dedicated StackWise-1T stacking ports, total 1 Tbps aggregate stacking bandwidth per stack group; supports ring topology with sub-50ms stack failover convergence, maximum 8 switches per stack.
Management & Auxiliary Ports
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USB 2.0 Type-A storage port for offline firmware upgrades and configuration backup.
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Mini-USB Type-B console port for local out-of-band CLI access.
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Independent 1G RJ45 out-of-band management port (data-only, no PoE).
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LED status indicators for each RJ45 port link/activity, real-time UPOE power allocation status, power supply health, fan status, stack status and system fault alarms.
Power & Physical Form Factor
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Form Factor: 1RU standard 19-inch rack-mount chassis, dimensions 4.4 × 445 × 488 mm.
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Dual hot-swappable redundant AC power supply slots; factory-shipped with single 1100W AC UPOE platinum PSU (efficiency >90%).
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StackPower cross-stack power sharing supported to pool UPOE wattage across stacked switches for higher total power capacity and redundancy.
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Thermal system: 3 field-replaceable redundant variable-speed fan trays with front-to-back airflow.
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Environmental compliance: Operating temperature range -5°C ~ 45°C, ENERGY STAR certified, fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 Ethernet copper, PoE, PoE+ and Cisco UPOE standards.
5. Core Hardware Performance Benchmarks
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Standalone Switching Capacity: 880 Gbps
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Standalone Forwarding Rate: 654.72 Mpps
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MAC Address Table Size: 32,000 MAC forwarding entries
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VLAN Support: Up to 4,094 IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs, limited quantity of SVIs under Network Essentials license
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QoS Hardware Queues: 8 priority hardware queues per physical port, full DSCP & 802.1p marking and hierarchical traffic scheduling optimized for high-power wireless backhaul, video surveillance and digital signage traffic.
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Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 9198-byte jumbo frame transmission.
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Hardware ACL Capacity: 5,120 ingress/egress access control list entries.
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IPFIX Flow Telemetry: Only sampled flow export is supported under Network Essentials license; full unsampled streaming telemetry is exclusive to Network Advantage (-A).
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System Memory: 16GB DRAM, 16GB onboard flash storage, optional USB 3.0 SSD container hosting support (container orchestration features restricted by license tier).
6. Layer 2 Standard Feature Suite (Fully Supported under Network Essentials -E)
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking, IEEE 802.3ad LACP EtherChannel (max 8 ports per bundle), complete spanning tree toolkit including PVST+, RPVST+, MSTP with BPDU guard, root guard and loop guard; LLDP/LLDP-MED unified endpoint discovery optimized for UPOE Wi-Fi APs, PTZ cameras and digital signage terminals, port security with sticky MAC address learning, broadcast/multicast storm suppression, IGMP Snooping v1/v2/v3, SPAN/RSPAN local and remote traffic mirroring, private VLAN edge mode, voice VLAN auto-detection and traffic prioritization, hardware 128-bit AES MACsec link encryption (256-bit MACsec function locked for -E license tier).
7. Layer 3, Security & Automation Features (Network Essentials -E Limitations)
Supported Restricted Layer 3 Routing
Static IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack routing, RIP v1/v2, OSPFv2/v3 capped at maximum 1,000 learned routing entries, EIGRP Stub mode only, VRRPv2/v3 gateway redundancy, basic PIM Stub multicast routing (1000 routes).
Advanced Routing Locked to Network Advantage (-A)
Full EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, VXLAN, policy-based routing (PBR), unlimited OSPF route scale, end-to-end SD-Access fabric VRF orchestration, BSR/MSDP bidirectional PIM
Baseline Enterprise Security
IEEE 802.1X single-factor port authentication, MAB MAC bypass authentication, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard, CoPP control-plane policing, hardware 128-bit MACsec only, basic ACL logging and threat filtering.
Restricted Automation & Visibility
Basic zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), limited NETCONF/YANG/RESTCONF programmability, sampled IPFIX flow export, partial Cisco Catalyst Center monitoring integration, granular RBAC multi-admin access control, centralized syslog and SNMPv3 logging.
Premium Features Unavailable on Network Essentials (-E)
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Unlimited OSPF dynamic routing table capacity
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TrustSec Adaptive Policy zero-trust segmentation with SGT tagging
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Full unsampled IPFIX streaming telemetry and Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA)
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Complete SD-Access wired fabric orchestration
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Full 256-bit AES MACsec link encryption functionality
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Embedded Catalyst 9800 wireless controller container hosting
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IEEE 1588v2 PTP precise clock synchronization for video surveillance and industrial IoT deployments
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NSF, GIR, xFSU high-availability ISSU upgrade capabilities
8. IOS XE License Tier Differentiation for C9300X On-Prem Switches
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Network Essentials (-E, Base Tier, This Model)
Full Layer 2 switching suite, limited OSPF route scale (max 1,000 entries), baseline port security, only sampled flow telemetry and basic ZTP automation. Advanced routing, TrustSec segmentation, ETA, ERSPAN and 256-bit MACsec are permanently disabled.
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Network Advantage (-A, Full Premium Tier)
Unlimited dynamic routing table capacity, TrustSec Adaptive Policy zero-trust traffic segmentation with SGT tagging, full unsampled IPFIX flow telemetry, Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), complete SD-Access wired fabric orchestration and native 256-bit AES MACsec link encryption support.
Key difference versus Meraki cloud-managed C9300X-M variants: C9300X-A/-E run native on-prem IOS XE with permanent perpetual licenses, while C9300X-M Meraki switches adopt renewable term-based cloud subscriptions and exclusive Meraki Dashboard cloud management. All switches within the same stack must deploy matching license tiers to guarantee full stacking interoperability and consistent end-to-end security policy enforcement.
9. Datasheet Short Summary Paragraph
The Cisco Catalyst C9300X-48U-E is a 1RU stackable Layer 3 48-port 1G UPOE copper enterprise access switch equipped with 48 dedicated 10/100/1000BASE-T UPOE/PoE/PoE+ RJ45 downlink ports and one modular high-speed uplink expansion slot, preloaded with permanent Network Essentials IOS XE license. Equipped with StackWise-1T 1Tbps high-bandwidth stacking, StackPower cross-stack UPOE power pooling and dual redundant AC power/fan resiliency, it delivers complete Layer 2 switching, constrained limited-scale Layer 3 dynamic routing and baseline on-prem security & sampled traffic monitoring capabilities. This model targets cost-sensitive small and medium office high-power Wi-Fi AP, PTZ surveillance camera and digital signage wired access deployments that require flexible up-to-60W UPOE power delivery per port, and use local CLI or limited Cisco Catalyst Center management without premium enterprise features such as unlimited routing tables, zero-trust micro-segmentation and full streaming traffic analytics.
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