Data sheet

Overview

Introducing Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches—the next-generation hardware designed to redefine campus switching with high port density and exceptional bandwidth capabilities. Designed to power the AI Enterprise, these switches support 25G and 100G uplinks and are ready for 400G, future-proofing your workplace.

With a security-first architecture and modular scalability, these switches adapt as your business grows. The Cisco C9610 Series delivers robust performance, scale, and security without compromise. Elevate your network with Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches, where innovation meets the demands of today and tomorrow. They are Hypershield-ready for advanced threat mitigation, support post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms and encryption to guard against future attacks using quantum computers, and are hardware-ready to offer protection against zero-day attacks on software vulnerabilities using Cisco Live Protect.

More than just the next generation of enterprise-grade switches, Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches simplify IT operations by unifying hardware, software, and support, regardless of how you choose to manage your network.

• Unified hardware - Common hardware designed to support any management mode
• Unified licensing - Common licensing that unlocks advanced features and capabilities across platforms
• Unified support - Consistent and reliable product support for both hardware and software included with the unified licenses

Platform highlights

With high density 25/50 Gigabit SFP and 100/400 Gigabit QSFP modular switches for enterprise campuses, Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches excel in table scale and buffering capabilities. Featuring revolutionary hashable ternary content addressable memory (HCAM) for enhanced scalability and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) with virtual output queuing (VoQ) architecture for deep buffers, these switches deliver unmatched performance and efficiency and are ready to meet diverse deployment needs.

¹ Software capability will be available in a future release

Cisco IOS XE

Cisco IOS XE is a modern operating system for the enterprise, with support for model-driven programmability, including NETCONF, RESTCONF, YANG, on-box Python scripting, streaming telemetry, container-based application hosting, and patching for critical bug fixes. The OS also has built-in defenses to protect against runtime attacks.

Cisco IOS XE supports operational flexibility in how users decide to manage their devices. By providing out-of-the-box support for on-premises, native, and hybrid cloud management capabilities on the Cisco C9610 Smart Switch, IOS XE delivers a unified software operating system for multiple management modes.

Models and specifications

A fully assembled Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switch includes the chassis, at least one supervisor engine, at least one line card for network connectivity, four fan trays, and at least four power supplies.

Figure 1. Front and rear view of the C9610R chassis

Chassis

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches offer a 10-slot chassis with two supervisor options and multiple line-card options, including support for the current Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series line cards. The new Cisco C9610R chassis provides a common architecture that can scale up to 448 native 10-Gigabit, 25-Gigabit, or 50-Gigabit SFP56 Ethernet ports (or up to 512 SFP with QSFP-4SFP breakout cables), and up to 256 native 40-Gigabit or 100-Gigabit QSFP28 or up to 16 native 400-Gigabit QSFP-DD Ethernet ports.

The Cisco C9610 Series redundant chassis offers full high availability by supporting 1 + 1 redundant supervisor engines with stateful switchover (SSO), non-stop forwarding (NSF), and full-image in-service software upgrades (ISSUs). NSF/SSO and ISSU help ensure continuous packet forwarding during supervisor engine switchover to enable HA for business-critical applications.

Powered by four Cisco Silicon One™ K100 or E100 ASICs, the new Cisco C9610 Supervisor Engine 3 models deliver 51.2 Tbps (25.6 Tbps full-duplex) throughput and 15.6 Bpps packet processing, supporting up to 2M IPv4 routes, 128K MAC addresses, and 256K HCAM entries for scalable ACLs and NetFlow. Its flexible pipelines, adaptable tables, and scalable buffering make it ideal for future-ready core deployments.

To learn more about Cisco Silicon One ASICs on Cisco C9000 Series Smart Switches, click here.

The Cisco C9610R chassis is enterprise-campus optimized, with efficient front-to-back airflow and front accessibility for most removable components, including supervisors, line cards, and power supplies. The chassis supports rear accessibility for the fan tray to enable efficient cable management. The Cisco C9610R chassis, supervisor, and line cards have optional RFID tags that facilitate easy asset and inventory management using commercial RFID readers.

Fan tray

Figure 2. Cisco C9610R chassis with C9610-FAN fan trays

Each Cisco C9610R chassis uses four field-replaceable fan trays (C9610-FAN) for cooling. The fan trays are accessed from the rear for flexible cable management. The chassis is optimized for enterprise campus wiring closets and data center rack rooms with front-to-back airflow. The fan tray is composed of six independently controlled fans. If any single fan fails, the system will continue to operate without a significant degradation in cooling, as the fan speeds change dynamically to compensate for fan failure.

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches fans have a barometric sensor, which allows slower fan speed curves at lower altitudes. The fans also have individual pulse-wide modulation (PWM) fine-tuning to reduce variability in fan revolutions per minute (rpm) under throttled conditions. The measured acoustic noise in a formal network equipment-building system (NEBS) test environment is 77.7 LWAd (dB). The C9610R chassis is designed to accommodate single fan tray replacement operation of up to 180 seconds to enable serviceability.

Power supplies

The Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches and Catalyst 9600 Series share the same power supply units (PSUs) and support two modes of operation.

Figure 3. Cisco C9600-PWR-3KWAC 3000-Watt AC power supply

Figure 4. Cisco C9600-PWR-2KWAC and C9600-PWR-2KWDC 2000 Watt AC and DC power supplies

Combined mode

The default Cisco C9610R chassis power supply mode is "Combined." In Combined mode, the total power available for the entire chassis is equal to the sum of the output of all the power supplies multiplied by the share ratio. Additional power supply units operate at ~90% capacity. In Combined mode, the power supplies need to be of equal wattage. The power supplies can be AC and DC mixed as long as the AC input is 220V.

• P = Power output of one PSU
• N = Number of PSUs (1 to 8)
• Total combined power = P + (N-1) * P * (share ratio)

Redundant N+1 mode

The Cisco C9610R chassis also supports N+1 redundancy mode, with N independent input circuits and safeguards against the failure of one (+1) of the circuits during a PSU failure. Additional PSUs operate at ~90% capacity. In redundant mode, the power supplies need to be of equal wattage. The power supplies can be AC and DC mixed as long as the AC input is 220V.

• N = number of PSUs are active (1 to 7) 
• +1 is the PSU reserved for redundancy

Redundant N+N mode

The Cisco C9610R chassis also supports N+N redundancy mode, with N independent input circuits and safeguards against the failure of any one or more of the active PSUs. Additional PSUs operate at ~90% capacity. In redundant mode, the power supplies need to be of equal wattage. The power supplies can be AC and DC mixed provided AC input is 220V.

• N = number of PSUs are active (1 to 4)
• +N are the PSUs reserved for redundancy (1 to 4)

Note: 3KW power supplies operate at 22V are required for system to operate with N+N redundancy.

For more information, please visit the Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches Hardware Installation Overview.

Power consumption

Power consumption depends on the unique per-device hardware configuration—specifically, the supervisor engine and line cards installed and the power supplies. To model the power consumption for a specific hardware configuration, visit the Cisco Power Calculator.

Supervisor engines

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches offer two industry-leading supervisor engines built for secure networks, IoT applications, next-generation mobility, and cloud adoption.

Cisco C9610 Supervisor Engine 3XL and 3 are based on the new Cisco Silicon K100 and E100 ASICs (with Q200L) and are purpose-built for current and future campus distribution, core, and edge designs with high-performance full routing and switching capabilities.

To learn more about Cisco Silicon One ASICs on Cisco 9000 Series switches, click here. 

Cisco C9610 Supervisor Engine 3

Supervisor Engine 3 use cases:

• C9610-SUP-3 is specifically designed for customers focusing on deployments with medium-large Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3) forwarding scale, medium-large ACL and FNF feature scale, and medium QoS buffers.
• Intended for campus distribution or collapsed-core layer designs with a focus on L2 MAC address and L3 ARP/NDP scale.
• Provides bandwidth for high-density and high-speed interfaces from 10G–50G SFP and 40G-400G QSFP with 256MB of built-in QoS buffers.

Supervisor Engine 3 highlights:

• The C9610-SUP-3 model features 4x Cisco Silicon One E100 forwarding ASICs connected via a Q200L fabric ASIC.
• Cisco Silicon One E100 ASIC is designed for the next-generation campus distribution core and core switch. Each E100 ASIC offers speeds up to 12.8 Tbps (6.4 Tbps full duplex) with up to 3.9 Bpps of forwarding performance. 
• Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC offers speeds up to 25.6 Tbps (12.8 Tbps full duplex) with up to 8 Bpps of forwarding performance.
• 64MB of dedicated low-latency shared-memory system (SMS) buffer per E100 ASIC.
• Intel 2.0-GHz x86 CPU with 8 cores and 32GB of DDR4 memory.
• Up to 960 GB of SATA SSD local storage for container-based application hosting.
• ASIC tables for switching scale up to 128K MAC addresses and IP routing scale up to 1M routes.
• IPv6 support in hardware provides wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.
• Dual-stack support for IPv4 and IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations enable easy IPv4-to-IPv6 migration.
• Flexible routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, Layer 2 tables, ACL tables, and QoS tables. 

Cisco C9610 Series Supervisor Engine 3XL

Supervisor Engine 3XL use cases:

• C9610-SUP-3XL is specifically designed for customers focusing on L3 (core or edge) deployments with large L2 and L3 forwarding scale, large ACL and FNF scale, and deep QoS buffers.
• Intended for campus core, edge or gateway (internet) deployments that require high IPv4 or IPv6 route scale.
• Provides bandwidth for high-density and high-speed interfaces from 10G-50G SFP and 40G-400G QSFP, with deep 256MB + 8GB QoS buffers

Supervisor Engine 3XL highlights:

• The C9610-SUP-3XL model features 4x Cisco Silicon One K100 forwarding ASICs connected via a Q200L fabric ASIC.
• Cisco Silicon One K100 ASIC is designed for the next-generation campus distribution core, core and campus gateway switch. Each K100 ASIC offers speeds up to 12.8 Tbps (6.4 Tbps full duplex) with up to 3.9 Bpps of forwarding performance. 
• Cisco Silicon One Q200 ASIC offers speeds up to 25.6 Tbps (12.8 Tbps full duplex) with up to 8 Bpps of forwarding performance. 
• Cisco Silicon One K100 includes an 8GB on-chip 2.5D high-bandwidth memory (HBM2E) for deep packet buffers and route table expansion.
• 64MB of dedicated low-latency buffer with up to 8GB of HBM buffer per K100 ASIC.
• Intel 2.0-GHz x86 CPU with 8 cores and 32GB of DDR4 memory.
• Up to 960 GB of SATA SSD local storage for container-based application hosting.
• ASIC tables for switching scale up to 128K MAC addresses and IP routing scale up to 2M routes.
• IPv6 support in hardware provides wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks.
• Dual-stack support for IPv4 and IPv6 and dynamic hardware forwarding table allocations enable easy IPv4-toIPv6 migration.
• Flexible routing (IPv4, IPv6, and multicast) tables, L2 tables, ACL tables, and QoS tables.

Supervisor engine comparison

The Cisco C9610 Series Supervisor Engine 31 and 3XL3-XL use common hardware with consistent performance but different feature scale support. The C9610-SUP-3 is designed for medium-high scale distribution layer deployments, while the C9610-SUP-3XL is designed for highest scale distribution or core layer deployments.

Software features

Cisco IOS XE, running on Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches, supports advanced Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3) forwarding capabilities, increased forwarding and access control scale, and hardware-based encryption, delivering high performance and security for the modern enterprise campus.

For a detailed list of the latest software features available on the Cisco C9610 Series, per Cisco IOS XE release, please refer to the Cisco Feature Navigator tool.

For a detailed list of the software features available in each license, please refer to the Unified Licensing section below, or visit the Cisco Switching Licensing feature matrix.

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches have flexible interface types and port densities that allow you to mix and match network configurations to meet the specific needs of campus networks. See the following table for more information. 

Supervisor engine specifications

The following table lists the physical specifications of Cisco C9610 Supervisor Engine 3 and Supervisor Engine 3XL.

Supervisor ASIC templates

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches use flexible software database manager (SDM) ASIC templates to enable universal deployments by leveraging the ASIC's ability to flexibly allocate resources to optimize table sizes for different places in the network.

Based on how the switch is used in the network, an appropriate standard SDM ASIC template may be configured for specific features. The Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switch Supervisor Engine supports eDM ASIC templates:

• Standard SDM templates: These are predefined (static) templates based on the primary requirements for specific places in the network. 

  • This includes the "default" SDM template, which is available without configuration. The default SDM template for Cisco C9610 is the "core" template

SDM templates

The following sections describe the flexible ASIC SDM templates for C9610-SUP-3/XL.

Default SDM ASIC template

The following table describes the default SDM ASIC (core) template for C9610-SUP-3/XL.

Line cards

Line cards provide the physical network ports and are essential modular components that enhance the adaptability and performance of Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches, meeting diverse network requirements and helping to protect the investment in network infrastructure.

C9610-LC-32CD

30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 200GE¹ , 2-port 400GE line card

Line card use cases:

• C9610-LC-32CD combo card is a newer version of C9600X-LC-32CD specifically designed for C9610R with superior airflow and layout, for high port-density campus core or edge designs with majority QSFP optics.
• Able to support 32 line-rate QSFP28 ports for maximum high-speed upstream or downstream connections.
• Able to convert four QSFP28 ports into two QSFP-DD ports for high-speed connections to upstream devices (e.g., SP or DC switches).

Line card highlights:

• Paired with C9610-SUP-3/3XL (3.2 Tbps full-duplex), this line card provides up to 32 ports of QSFP28 or 28 ports of QSFP28 and two ports of QSFP-DD non-blocking.
• 100/40GE QSFP28
• 400/200GE QSFP-DD

Notes:

¹ Based on transceiver module availability 

C9610-LC-40YL4CD

40-port 50/25/10GE, 2-port 200GE¹, 2-port 400GE line card

Line card use cases:

• C9610-LC-40YL4CD combo card is a newer version of C9600-LC-40YL4CD specifically designed for C9610R with superior airflow and layout, for medium to high port density campus core or distribution designs with both SFP (downlink) and QSFP (uplink) optics.
• The traditional two-row 1RU design provides 40 ports of multi-rate SFP56 ports to connect to downstream devices (e.g., access switches). 
• The same line card also provides two ports of multi-rate QSFP28 ports and two ports of multi-rate QSFP-DD to connect to upstream devices (for example, SP or DC switches), without need for additional modules.

Line card highlights:

• Paired with C9610-SUP-3/3XL (3.2 Tbps full-duplex) this line card provides up to 40 non-blocking ports of SFP56, two ports of QSFP56 and two ports of QSFP-DD fiber.
• 50/25/10GE SFP56
• 200/100GE QSFP56¹
• 400GE QSFP-DD

Notes:

¹ Based on transceiver module availability

C9610-LC-ADPT

Adapter use cases:

• Adapts existing C9600-LC or C9600X-LC modules to operate in a C9610R chassis

Adapter highlights:

• Includes a small PCB to convert C9606R backplane connectors to new C9610R backplane connectors
• Extra LC width and height (1.2RU) to fit securely in the C9610R chassis
• Converts side-to-side airflow (C9606R) to front-to-back airflow in C9610R chassis

C9600X-LC-32CD

30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 200GE¹, 2-port 400GE line card

Line card use cases:

• C9600X-LC-32CD combo card is specifically designed for high port-density campus core or edge designs with majority QSFP optics.
• Able to support 32 line-rate QSFP28 ports for maximum high-speed upstream or downstream connections.
• Able to convert four QSFP28 ports into two QSFP-DD ports for high-speed connections to upstream devices (e.g., SP or DC switches).

Line card highlights:

• Paired with C9610-SUP-3/3XL² (3.2 Tbps full-duplex), this line card provides up to 32 ports of QSFP28 or 28 ports of QSFP28 and two ports of QSFP-DD non-blocking fiber.
• 100/40GE QSFP28
• 400/200GE QSFP-DD

Notes:

¹ Based on transceiver module availability

² With C9610-LC-ADPT adapter

C9600-LC-40YL4CD

40-port 50/25/10GE, 2-port 200GE¹, 2-port 400GE line card

Line card use cases:

• C9600-LC-40YL4CD combo card is specifically designed for medium-high port-density campus core or distribution designs with both SFP and QSFP optics.
• The traditional two-row 1RU design provides 40 ports of multi-rate SFP56 ports to connect to downstream devices (e.g., access switches).
• The same line card also provides two ports of multi-rate QSFP28 ports and two ports of multi-rate QSFP-DD to connect to upstream devices (for example, SP or DC switches), without the need for additional modules.
• This line card can also operate with both Supervisor Engine 2 or Supervisor Engine 1, providing increased flexibility and reusability.

Line card highlights:

• Paired with C9610-SUP-3/3XL² (3.2 Tbps full-duplex), this line card provides up to 40 non-blocking ports of SFP56, two ports of QSFP56 and two ports of QSFP-DD fiber.
• 50/25/10GE SFP56
• 200/100GE QSFP56¹
• 400GE QSFP-DD.

Notes:

¹ Based on transceiver module availability

² With C9610-LC-ADPT adapter

C9600X-LC-56YL4C

56-port 50/25/10GE, 4-port 100GE line card

Line card use cases:

• C9600X-LC-56YL4C combo card is specifically designed for high port-density campus core or distribution designs with majority SFP optics.
• The unique three-row 1RU design provides 56 ports of multi-rate SFP56 ports to connect to downstream devices (e.g., access switches).
• The same line card also provides two ports of multi-rate QSFP28 ports to connect to upstream devices (e.g., SP or DC switches), without the need for additional modules.

Line card highlights:

• Paired with C9610-SUP-3/3XL¹ (3.2 Tbps full-duplex), this line card provides up to 56 ports of SFP56 and four ports of QSFP28 non-blocking fiber ports.
• 50/25/10/1GE SFP56
• 100GE QSFP28

Notes:

¹ With C9610-LC-ADPT adapter

C9600-LC-48TX

48-port multigigabit RJ45 copper line card

Line card use cases:

• C9600-LC-48TX line card is specifically designed for high port-density campus distribution or access designs with majority multgigabit (mGiG) RJ45 ports.
• Able to support 48 line-rate 10G-baseT mGig ports for high-density high-speed downstream connections based on copper cabling.
• This line card can also operate with both Supervisor Engine 2 or Supervisor Engine 1, providing increased flexibility and reusability.

Line card highlights:

• Supported on C9610-SUP-3/3XL Paired with C9610-SUP-3/3XL¹ (2.4 Tbps full-duplex), this line card provides up to 48 ports of RJ45 non-blocking copper.
• 100M/1/2.5/5/10GE RJ45

Notes:

¹ With C9610-LC-ADPT adapter

Line card compatibility

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches offer the ability to mix and match a range of line cards to support numerous cores and distribution deployments. Supported line cards are listed in the following tables by part number.

Pluggable optics

Optical transceivers, also known as pluggable optics, are required to operate Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switch fiber-optic line cards. Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches fiber-optic line cards provide a variety of optical port types and speeds. These are compatible with Cisco-branded or non-Cisco branded optical transceivers. 

For details about the different optical modules supported by each line card and the minimum Cisco software release required for each of the supported optical modules, please visit the following links:

Optics compatibility for each Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches line card:

• C9610-LC-32CD (30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE)
• C9610-LC-40YL4CD (40-port 50/25/10GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE)
• C9600X-LC-32CD (30-port 100/40GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE)
• C9600-LC-40YL4CD (40-port 50/25/10GE, 2-port 200GE, 2-port 400GE)
• C9600-LC-56YL4C (56-port 50/25/10/1GE, 4-port 40/100GE)
• C9600-LC-48TX (48-port RJ45 copper - 10GE)

For more information about Cisco pluggable optics, please visit Optical Transceivers and Coherent Optics. 

Management

The ability to manage these devices from the cloud brings enhanced scalability, flexibility, and efficiency through central configuration management, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Users opting to leverage the cloud-native capabilities of IOS XE retain advanced control from the cloud through the implementation of Cloud CLI to access read and write commands based on their selected operating mode.

Unified experience

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches deliver a seamless onboarding experience to the management mode of your choice, allowing you to select the management options that best match your operational needs.

Cloud management via Meraki dashboard

Cisco Meraki dashboard is a cloud-native network management platform that empowers you to streamline provisioning, configuration, and monitoring of your Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches while reducing IT overhead. Through the guided onboarding workflow, you can choose the operating mode that fits your needs:

1. Configuration Source: Cloud¹: Full cloud-managed provisioning and monitoring plus read-only Cloud CLI terminal for advanced troubleshooting via Meraki dashboard. For details on cloud management with cloud configuration, click here.
2. Configuration Source: Device¹: Configuration through console, SSH, or CLI, complemented by centralized monitoring and read/write Cloud CLI terminal via Meraki dashboard. For details on cloud management with device configuration, click here.

Cisco Meraki dashboard also supports inventory and license management for Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches without fully onboarding them for cloud or device configuration.

¹ Available in a future release

On-premises management

Cisco Catalyst™ Center, formerly Cisco DNA Center, is a powerful on-premises network controller and management dashboard that empowers you to take charge of your network, optimize your Cisco investment, and lower your IT spending. Catalyst Center provides a single dashboard for every fundamental management task to simplify running your network. With this platform, IT can respond to changes and challenges faster and more intelligently.

Catalyst Center provides coverage for Cisco enterprise switching, routing, and mobility products. For a complete list of Cisco products supported, please see our compatibility matrix, which is updated regularly.

For more information on Catalyst Center support, click here.

Licensing

Unified licensing

Unified licensing in a Cisco Networking Subscription or an Enterprise Agreement is available for Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches.

To learn more about Cisco Networking Subscription, go to the Cisco Networking Subscription data sheet.

Cisco Enterprise Agreements

The Cisco Enterprise Agreement (EA) is a flexible licensing solution that simplifies the purchase, management, and deployment of Cisco technologies.

By combining multiple Cisco software and services into one agreement, the EA provides easy access to a wide range of products, including networking, security, collaboration, and data center solutions.

This approach reduces administrative tasks, offers predictable costs, and allows for scalability and adaptability. With the flexibility of the Cisco EA, organizations can drive digital transformation and innovation while maintaining control over their IT investments. For more information, go to Cisco Enterprise Agreement.

Migration essentials

The network is the backbone of modern workplaces, powering seamless experiences across all environments. Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches ensure every device connects to your network with unparalleled ease, security, and reliability. All with embedded security and assurance to keep everything across your network up and running.

This platform is crucial in completing the comprehensive transition from the previous generation of Switching (Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800). Consequently, customers will now be empowered to capitalize on the campus innovation that Cisco has invested in its Switching Portfolio through the utilization of the Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches.

Cisco stands alone in delivering a networking solution that integrates security, assurance, and intelligence across the entire network spectrum, from campuses to branches to datacenters and beyond. Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches take the core of the future-proofed workplace to the next level in terms of high availability, performance and density. This new modular core switching platform offers a pathway to cloud, on-premises, or air-gapped core deployments with the same hardware. Programmability (NETconf, RESTconf, gNMI), EVPN, and enhanced cloud storage (S3) are enabled by our next generation Enterprise-Class Silicon One that combines Switching/Routing into one powerful ASIC with strong scale and performance in L2/L3.

Key benefits

• Transform your network to handle a hybrid world where the workplace is anywhere, endpoints could be anything, and applications are hosted all over the place.
• Reinforce security and redefine the experience for your hybrid workforce big and small.
• Reduce costs, complexity, and downtime, automate policy, enable fast service creation, and get 360-degree contextual insights across users, devices, and applications.
• Assure network performance with real-time and historical data analytics, to learn, adapt, and even detect problems before they happen.
• Create better customer and employee experiences through higher performance and improved support for mobility and new apps.
• Detect and stop threats, simplify security complexity, keep your business more secure, and make your IT more productive.

The Cisco C9000 series of switches is the first to support the latest, cloud-native Cisco IOS XE and unified software licenses, allowing customers to purchase the features and capabilities they need. See the benefits you could be receiving now by comparing Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches to older models.

Resources for upgrading

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Offers

Ordering information

Warranty

Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty (LLW) that includes next-business-day (NBD) shipment of replacement hardware. Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches come with an Enhanced Limited Lifetime Warranty (E-LLW) that includes next-business-day (NBD) delivery of replacement hardware where available and 90 days of 8x5 Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support. Your formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the information packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to carefully review the warranty statement shipped with your specific product before use. Cisco reserves the right to refund the purchase price as its exclusive warranty remedy. For further information about warranty terms, visit the Cisco Warranty portal.

The following table provides information about the Cisco C9610 Series product warranty.

Sustainability profile

Cisco is embedding sustainability into the product lifecycle—from manufacturing to end of use. Designed with consideration for Cisco’s Circular Design Principles, our products feature both individual and portfolio-wide programs and innovations, including those that address efficient architecture design, power consumption, energy management, packaging sustainability, and takeback. These elements are pivotal in reducing operational costs and advancing net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, and other sustainability-related ambitions.

Information about Cisco’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is available in Cisco’s Purpose Reporting Hub.

Information regarding Cisco compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations is available in the Environmental Compliance section.

The information presented in this data sheet is based on the most accurate and reliable information available at the time of publication. This information should not be interpreted as a definitive, exhaustive, or permanent representation of product performance or features. This information may be subject to future updates as new data becomes available.

Appendix

Safety and compliance

Chassis

The section below lists the safety and compliance information for the Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches chassis.

Supervisor Engine

The section below lists the safety and compliance information for the Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches supervisor engines.

Line cards

The section below lists the safety and compliance information for Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches line cards.

Management and Industry standards

The following section lists management and standards support for Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches.

Additional resources

Translations

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Documentation and support 

• Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches Architecture White Paper
• Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches Switches Hardware Installation Guide
• Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches Switches Ordering Guide
• Enterprise Networks Software Subscription Matrix for Switching
• Migrating from Cisco Catalyst 6500/6800 to 9600 Series Switches (PDF)
• Benefits of Upgrading to Cisco Catalyst 9000 Switches Feature Comparison
• Cisco Power Calculator
• Cisco Support Home for Cisco C9610R Switch
• Networking customer stories