Cisco Catalyst 9600 Series Switches are the next-generation purpose-built 40/100G modular core/aggregation platform, providing resiliency at scale with the industry’s most comprehensive security while allowing the business to grow at a low total operational cost.
The Cisco Catalyst 9606R is a 6-slot 8RU chassis ready to support a wired switching capacity of up to 25.6 Tbps, with up to 6.4 Tbps of bandwidth per slot. Some salient features of the Cisco Catalyst 9606R chassis are:
- Supports a nonblocking 40/100G Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP+, QSFP28) line card
- Supports a line-rate 1/10/25G SFP and Enhanced SFP (SFP, SFP+, SFP28) line card
- Optimized for the enterprise with efficient side-to-side airflow
- Front accessibility for all removable components, such as the supervisor, line cards, power supply, and fan tray
- Dual accessible fan tray for easy removal
- Embedded RFID tag for easy asset tracking