Full English Description for Cisco C9300X-48HX-E
1. Part Number Naming Breakdown
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C9300X: High-performance stackable Layer 3 enterprise full 10G multigigabit UPOE+ access switch hardware platform built on crypto-accelerated 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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48HX: 48 uniform full 10G multigigabit RJ45 downlink ports auto-negotiating 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G, supporting Cisco UPOE+ (IEEE 802.3bt 4PPoE, max 90W per port), backward compatible with IEEE 802.3af PoE (15.4W) and IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (30W). All 48 ports deliver native 10G multigigabit speed without mixed-speed segmentation, equipped with a default 1100W AC platinum-efficiency PSU, standalone total UPOE+ power budget up to 590WCisco. Designed for Wi-Fi 6/7 high-density wireless APs, high-end 4K PTZ surveillance cameras, large-format digital signage, industrial thin clients and power-hungry IoT terminals requiring maximum 90W high-wattage power delivery over existing Cat5e/Cat6 cabling.
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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) licenseCisco.
2. Short Sales One-Liner (For BOM, Quotation & Datasheet Header)
Cisco Catalyst C9300X-48HX-E, 1RU rack-mount stackable Layer3 48-port full 10G multigigabit UPOE+ enterprise access switch, 48-port uniform 100M/1/2.5/5/10G 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-density Wi-Fi 7 AP, 4K PTZ camera and industrial digital signage access deployments with restricted advanced routing, security and analytics requirements.
3. Complete Product Overview Paragraph
The Cisco Catalyst C9300X-48HX-E is a fixed-form-factor dense 48-port uniform full 10G multigigabit UPOE+ stackable Layer 3 enterprise access switch within the Catalyst 9300X series, optimized for budget-oriented modern high-speed office, retail, classroom, smart building and industrial wired deployments that demand universal full 10G multigigabit bandwidth and maximum 90W UPOE+ power delivery to next-generation wireless access points, high-end PTZ surveillance cameras, large-format digital signage and power-intensive industrial IoT terminals without full premium enterprise feature setsCisco. Equipped with 48 identical full multigigabit UPOE+-capable RJ45 downlink ports supporting 100Mbps up to 10Gbps and up to 90W per port via four-pair power delivery, 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 layers. 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 variantsCisco. 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 multigigabit 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 × Uniform Full Multigigabit UPOE+ RJ45)
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48 RJ45 multigigabit ports auto-negotiating 100BASE-T / 1000BASE-T / 2.5GBASE-T / 5GBASE-T / 10GBASE-T, fully compliant with IEEE 802.3af PoE (15.4W), IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (30W) and Cisco UPOE+ (IEEE 802.3bt 4PPoE, proprietary four-pair power delivery up to 90W per port via Cat5e/Cat6 cabling).
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All 48 ports support native 10G multigigabit speed without mixed-speed port segmentation, compatible with standard Cat5e/Cat6 cabling to deliver both multigigabit bandwidth and high-wattage PoE without cable replacement.
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Default 1100W AC platinum-efficiency PSU delivers standalone total UPOE+ budget up to 590W; dual redundant PSUs expand total UPOE+ capacity via cross-stack StackPower sharingCisco.
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 multigigabit 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 × 560 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 multigigabit, PoE, PoE+ and IEEE 802.3bt UPOE+ standards.
5. Core Hardware Performance Benchmarks
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Standalone Switching Capacity: 2000 Gbps (2 Tbps)
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Standalone Forwarding Rate: 1488 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 multigigabit wireless backhaul, 4K video surveillance and high-throughput 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: 8GB DRAM, 16GB onboard flash storage, optional USB 3.0 SSD container hosting support (container orchestration features restricted by license tier)Cisco.
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 multigigabit 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 4K 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-48HX-E is a 1RU stackable Layer 3 48-port uniform full 10G multigigabit 90W UPOE+ copper enterprise access switch equipped with 48 identical 100M/1/2.5/5/10G 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-density Wi-Fi 7 AP, 4K PTZ surveillance camera and industrial digital signage wired access deployments that require universal native 10G multigigabit bandwidth and up to 90W UPOE+ power 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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