Cisco C9600-SUP-1 | Catalyst 9600 Supervisor Engine Module, UADP 3.0, Hot-Swap

The Cisco C9600-SUP-1 Supervisor Engine 1 is the control and management module for the Catalyst 9600 Series modular chassis, designed for campus core and distribution deployments. Powered by UADP 3.0 ASIC technology, it delivers up to 9.6 Tbps system switching capacity and supports hot-swappable redundancy with stateful switchover and ISSU capabilities. Featuring an 8-core Intel CPU, 16GB DRAM, and up to 960GB SSD storage, it enables advanced automation, container-based applications, and enterprise-grade security for scalable, high-availability networks.

UADP 3.0 ASIC technology with programmable pipeline and flexible SDM templates for optimized Layer 2/Layer 3 forwarding, ACL, and QoS resource allocation
- First ASIC to support double-width hardware tables for equivalent IPv4 and IPv6 performance and scale
- Hot-swappable design for installation and replacement without system downtime
- 1+1 supervisor redundancy with stateful switchover (SSO) and Non-Stop Forwarding (NSF) for high availability
- In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) for zero-downtime maintenance and upgrades
- Line-rate hardware-based Flexible NetFlow (FNF) with support for up to 294,000 flow entries
- Dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 support with wire-rate forwarding and dynamic hardware table allocations
- Flexible routing tables supporting IPv4, IPv6, multicast, Layer 2, ACL, and QoS
- Container-based application hosting with up to 960GB SSD storage for on-box analytics and automation
- Advanced security features including Cisco TrustSec, MACsec (802.1AE) encryption, Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
- Dual management ports: 1x RJ-45 (1GE) and 1x SFP+ (10GE) for flexible out-of-band management
- Cisco IOS XE operating system with model-driven programmability (NETCONF/RESTCONF), YANG data models, and on-box Python scripting
- Streaming telemetry for real-time network monitoring and analytics
- Template-based configurable ASIC allocation optimized for different network roles (core, distribution, collapsed-core)
- Supports flexible authentication methods including 802.1X and role-based access control (RBAC)
- Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) for threat detection without decryption
- Embedded RFID tags for simplified asset and inventory management
- Compatible with Cisco DNA Center for intent-based networking and automation

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