Cisco Catalyst 9300X - Network Essentials L3 Managed Switch - 12 x 1/10/25 Gigabit SFP28 - Rack-mountable

Overview: The Cisco Catalyst 9300X (Network Essentials) is an L3 managed, rack-mountable switch featuring 12 x 1/10/25 Gigabit SFP28 ports, designed for high-performance, future-ready campus and branch networks. Key features: - USB 2.0 slot for loading system images and configuring device settings. - Dual-rate optics to enable an easy migration path from 10G to 25G. - Flexible downlink choices, including 1G Copper and Fiber, plus the densest Multigigabit links for mixed-port environments. - Intelligent Power Management via Cisco StackPower technology, offering power stacking among members for power redundancy. - Line-rate, hardware-based Flexible NetFlow (FNF), capable of collecting up to 128,000 flows. - IPv6 support implemented in hardware to provide wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks. - Dual-stack support for IPv4/IPv6 with dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations to simplify IPv4-to-IPv6 migration. - Support for both static and dynamic NAT and Port Address Translation (PAT) for flexible address management. - Built-in IEEE 802.1ba AV Bridging (AVB) to improve audio/video performance through enhanced time synchronization and QoS. - Precision Time Protocol (PTP; IEEE 1588v2) delivering sub-microsecond accuracy for distribution and synchronization of time and frequency over network. This switch combines advanced timing, telemetry, and power features to meet demanding enterprise deployments while easing upgrades from 10G to 25G connectivity.