Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches represent the upcoming iteration of enterprise-grade core and aggregation layer switches. The Cisco Catalyst C9500-12Q-A Switch provides 12 x 10/100/1000 PoE+ ports, a 12-Port 40-Gigabit Ethernet (QSFP) Network Module, and a 1U rack-mountable enclosure type. The Cisco Catalyst C9500-12Q-A has complete programmability and serviceability. The Cisco C9500-12Q-A Switch is powered by an x86 CPU, 960 Gbps switching capacity, and 720 Mpps forwarding rate, which makes it Cisco’s primary purpose-built fixed core and aggregation enterprise switching solution designed to cater to the requirements of security, IoT, and cloud computing environments.