Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches represent the upcoming iteration of enterprise-grade core and aggregation layer switches. The Cisco Catalyst C9500-48Y4C-A Switch provides 48 x 10/100/1000 PoE+ ports and a 48-port 1/10/25G uplink interface under the NW Ess. License. Cisco Catalyst C9500-48Y4C-A has complete programmability and serviceability. The Cisco C9500-48Y4C-A Switch is powered by an x86 CPU, 16 GB of DRAM, 16 GB of flash memory, 3.2 Tbps switching capacity, and 1 Bpps forwarding rate, along with 1 rack unit (RU), 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.