Cisco C9407R Full Product Description

1. Short Overview

• Suffix breakdown definition:
  • C9400: Catalyst 9400 modular enterprise aggregation/core switch series
  • 7: Total 7 horizontal chassis slots (2 SUP + 5 line card slots)
  • R: Side-to-side front-to-rear airflow, shallow closet-optimized depth chassis
• Core differentiators vs C9404R: 5 line card slots (vs only 2), higher maximum port density, 8 PSU slots for larger PoE budget, 10RU taller rack footprint for large campus deploymentsCisco.
• Core differentiators vs C9410R: Fewer total slots and lower maximum fabric throughput, smaller rack footprint for mid-large campus instead of hyperscale core.

2. Chassis Slot Layout & Hardware Compatibility

Full PN Breakdown

1. C9407R: Bare 7-slot modular aggregation/core switch chassis (all modular FRUs sold separately)
   • Slot 3, Slot 4: Dual dedicated supervisor engine bays (active/standby HA deployment)
   • Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 5, Slot 6, Slot 7: Five hot-swappable line card bays for copper PoE or fiber uplink modules
   • Rear cage: 8 hot-swappable power supply slots + single shared hot-swappable fan tray assembly
2. Airflow rule: All power supply and fan tray FRUs must match native side-to-side airflow; reverse airflow hardware is unsupported on this chassis modelCisco.

Hardware Comparison Table

Supported Modular Hardware

Supervisor Engines

Copper PoE Line Cards

Fiber Uplink Line Cards

Supported Power Supplies

Fan Tray

Bare Chassis Included Hardware

1. 10RU standard 19-inch rack-mount metal chassis frame with integrated front cable management brackets and side mounting handles
2. Front panel full LED status array: Global chassis health alarm, per-slot module status LEDs, PSU/fan fault indicators, remote blue UID asset locator beacon
3. Built-in UHF RFID tag for asset lifecycle tracking, heavy-duty chassis earth grounding lugs, cable strain relief hardware
4. 19-inch rack mounting rails, hardware installation guide, global safety & regulatory compliance documentation
5. Items Not Included (Mandatory Separate Order)
   • 1 or 2 supervisor engines (dual SUP recommended for SSO/NSF high availability)
   • 1–5 line card modules based on required copper/fiber port density
   • Dedicated C9407-FAN hot-swappable fan tray assembly
   • Minimum 1 AC/DC power supply; N+1/N+N redundant power deployment recommended
   • SFP/SFP+/SFP28/QSFP28 optical transceivers, DAC/AOC fiber cables, serial console rollover cable

3. Port & Slot Layout Description

Front Panel Slots & Interfaces

1. Dual Supervisor Slots (Slot 3 / Slot 4)
   Each supervisor module integrates complete out-of-band management and built-in uplink optical ports:

• RJ45 RS232 serial console port for local CLI configuration
• 1 × 10/100/1000BASE-T out-of-band MGMT Ethernet port for remote SSH/SNMP/DCNM access
• USB Type-A storage port for firmware images, configuration backup, POAP zero-touch provisioning files
• Front integrated uplink optical slots (10G SFP+, 25G SFP28, 40G QSFP) for core fabric interconnection
• Onboard SSD storage (up to 960GB on SUP-2XL) for embedded x86 CPU Docker container application hosting

1. Five Hot-Swappable Line Card Slots (Slot 1,2,5,6,7)
   Modular empty bays for customer-selected multi-gig PoE copper or high-speed fiber uplink line cards; every line card includes dedicated per-port link/activity LED indicators
2. Chassis Global Status Indicators

• System health LED: Green = normal operation, Amber = minor fault, Red = critical hardware failure
• Per-slot module status LEDs for supervisors and all vacant line card slots
• Separate fault alarm LEDs for power supply and fan tray assemblies
• Remote-triggerable blue UID beacon LED for rapid rack asset identification during maintenance

Rear Panel Hardware Layout

1. Eight hot-swappable power supply slots supporting N+1 / N+N redundant AC/DC power architecture
2. Single shared hot-swappable multi-fan tray assembly for side-to-side chassis cooling, serviceable from front or rear of chassis without full chassis shutdown
3. Heavy-duty chassis earth grounding terminals, exhaust air ventilation grilles, cable retention brackets

4. Hardware Performance Specifications

1. Maximum Non-Blocking Switching Fabric Capacity: Up to 72 Tbps full-duplex (deployed with dual C9400X-SUP-2XL UADP 3.0 supervisors)
2. Layer 2/Layer 3 Forwarding Rate: Up to 27 Bpps at minimum 64-byte Ethernet packets
3. MAC Address Table Scale: Up to 1 million MAC address entries
4. Routing Table Capacity: Up to 2 million IPv4 LPM prefixes, 1 million IPv6 LPM prefixes
5. ACL Resource Pool: Up to 128,000 programmable Layer 2 / Layer 3 ACL entries via dynamic UADP ASIC resource allocation
6. QoS Hardware Capabilities: 8 independent priority queues per port, WRR/DRR scheduling, traffic policing, marking, shaping and congestion avoidance
7. Full Chassis PoE Power Budget: Maximum 4800W UPOE++ power delivery with eight 2880W/3200W PoE-capable PSUs, fully compliant with IEEE 802.3af/at/bt 90W per-port power for Wi-Fi 6/6E APs, IP cameras and industrial IoT sensors
8. Native High Availability Features
   • Dual active/standby supervisors with SSO stateful switchover and NSF non-stop forwarding
   • ISSU In-Service Software Upgrade for zero-traffic-downtime firmware updates
   • Full OIR hot-swappable supervisors, line cards, power supplies and fan tray
   • StackWise Virtual multi-chassis virtualization to combine two C9407R chassis into a single logical fabric node
   • N+1 / N+N redundant power supply architecture for maximum power fault tolerance

Physical & Environmental Parameters

• Form Factor: 10 RU rack unit (17.41 in / 44.22 cm height)
• Overall Dimensions (H × W × D): 17.41 × 17.30 × 16.30 in (44.22 × 43.94 × 41.40 cm)Cisco
• Bare chassis weight (frame only, no modules/fans/PSUs): 63.0 lb (28.58 kg)Cisco
• Fully loaded maximum weight (all 5 line cards, dual SUPs, 8 PSUs, full transceivers): Up to 82.0 lb (37.2 kg)
• Operating Temperature Range: -5°C to +45°C (23°F to 113°F) at altitude ≤1800m; -5°C to +40°C (23°F to 104°F) at altitude ≤3000m
• Storage Temperature: -40°C to +75°C (-40°F to 167°F)
• Operating Humidity: 10%–85% non-condensing
• Acoustic Noise Output: ≤60 dBA under full PoE power load
• Shock & Vibration Compliance: Operating 5G half-sine shock resistance, storage 15G shock rating, industrial vibration tolerance
• Regulatory Certifications: UL 60950-1, CE Class A EMC, FCC Part 15, NEBS Level 3, GR63 seismic certified, RoHS 6 compliant

Power Supply FRU Specifications (Separate Purchase)

• AC Input Voltage: 100–240V 50/60Hz high-efficiency 80 Plus Platinum power supplies
• PSU Models Available: 2100W non-PoE AC, 2880W full UPOE++ AC, 3200W high-capacity AC/DC telecom PSU
• Hot OIR replacement supported without full chassis reboot
• Rated MTBF: 2,077,070 hours under nominal operating environmental conditions

5. IOS XE Comprehensive Software Feature Set

Core Layer 2 Campus Switching Functions

• IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking (4096 maximum VLANs), PVLAN private VLAN segmentation for multi-tenant isolation
• RSTP/MSTP spanning tree suite with BPDU guard, root guard, loop guard and uplink fast convergence
• LACP/PAGP EtherChannel link aggregation with cross-line-card port-channel support
• DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI), IP Source Guard, port security MAC address locking
• IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet, intelligent UPOE power scheduling with priority power cutoff for IoT and wireless access points

Layer 3 Routing & SD-Access EVPN Fabric Capabilities

• Full IPv4 / IPv6 unicast & multicast routing protocols: Static routes, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS
• Up to 32-way ECMP equal-cost multi-path load balancing for uplink resiliency
• Hardware-accelerated VXLAN EVPN data plane for Cisco SD-Access enterprise fabric architecture
• Anycast gateway, LISP host mobility, native fabric border node functionality
• Hardware VRF-lite multi-tenancy segmentation, support for up to 1000 independent VRF instances

Zero Trust & Enterprise Security Features

• Cisco DNA Security native integration, Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) for hidden threat detection
• IEEE 802.1X MAC authentication, WebAuth, MAB multi-factor wired access control
• Hardware ACL policy enforcement, CoPP control plane policing to protect supervisor CPU
• TrustSec SGT tag classification and end-to-end policy propagation across the entire fabric
• Secure boot, digitally signed firmware images, encrypted configuration storage, AAA authentication (TACACS+/RADIUS/LDAP)

Automation, Programmability & Observability

• Model-driven programmability: NETCONF, RESTCONF, NX-API, standardized YANG data models
• Embedded x86 supervisor CPU supporting Docker container hosting for third-party custom network applications
• POAP zero-touch automated provisioning for mass fabric deployment
• Streaming real-time telemetry, IPFIX flow export, continuous buffer/latency counter monitoring
• Cisco DNA Center single-pane-of-glass lifecycle management, automated firmware orchestration, fabric topology visualization
• GOLD Generic Online Diagnostic tests for non-disruptive continuous hardware health monitoring

6. Typical Deployment Scenarios for C9407R Bare Chassis

1. Large Enterprise Campus Distribution Layer
   5 line card slots support massive mixed multi-gig UPOE++ copper access and 25G/100G fiber uplinks to data center core switches; dual supervisors deliver full mission-critical HA, ideal for large multi-building campus SD-Access EVPN fabric border node deployment.
2. Dense Wi-Fi 6/6E Wireless Aggregation Pod
   8-slot power supply cage delivers maximum 4800W PoE power budget to power hundreds of enterprise wireless access points; intelligent PoE priority management prevents AP outages during power budget constraints, high-speed supervisor uplinks handle massive concurrent wireless client throughput.
3. Medium-Size Hybrid Data Center Leaf/Core Switch
   Flexible fiber line card options provide abundant 10G/25G/100G uplink density for multi-tenant cloud workloads; VXLAN EVPN hardware acceleration logically isolates corporate, IoT and cloud traffic on shared physical infrastructure.
4. Large Smart Building & Industrial IoT Convergence Core
   Mass PoE capacity powers thousands of IP surveillance cameras, door access controllers, lighting sensors and industrial control endpoints; hardware QoS prioritizes low-latency industrial control traffic, TrustSec segmentation isolates vulnerable IoT devices from corporate user networks to reduce attack surface.
5. Redundant Disaster Recovery & Enterprise Core Pods
   StackWise Virtual virtualizes two C9407R chassis into a single logical redundant switch for business-critical enterprise core environments; ISSU zero-downtime firmware upgrades eliminate scheduled maintenance windows for 24/7 operating organizations.

7. Standard Package Contents of C9407R Bare Chassis SKU

Separately Mandatory & Optional Add-On Components

1. Mandatory FRUs to Complete Functional Switch
   • 1× or 2× Supervisor Engine (dual SUP recommended for HA)
   • 1–5× Line Card modules selected based on copper PoE or fiber port density requirements
   • 1× dedicated C9407-FAN hot-swappable fan tray assembly
   • Minimum 1× AC/DC power supply (N+1/N+N redundant deployment recommended)
2. Optional Accessories
   • SFP/SFP+/SFP28/QSFP28 optical transceivers, passive Twinax DAC, active AOC fiber cables
   • RJ45 serial console rollover cable, out-of-band Ethernet patch cords, lockable front door, cable management guides
3. Software Licenses
   • DNA Advantage perpetual license for full SD-Access, advanced security, streaming telemetry and end-to-end automation feature set
   • DNA Essentials base license for fundamental Layer 2/Layer 3 switching functionality

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