Smart switches to anchor your AI-ready workplaces
Future-proof network architecture with a new generation of stackable fixed access switches that deliver security, scale, and flexibility purpose-built for an AI enterprise.
The Cisco C9350-12Y provides 12 ports of 25G using SFP28 interfaces, ideal for compact server rooms, small aggregation layers, and branch deployments that require high-speed uplinks to servers, storage, or wireless controllers.
C9350-12Y highlights:
- 12 × 1/10/25G SFP28 interfaces
- Layer-3
- 1000 Gbps of switching capacity
- 2600 Gbps of switching capacity with stacking
- Forwarding rate (MPPS): 744
- Forwarding rate with stacking (MPPS): 1934.40
- The Cisco C9350-12Y integrates a single Silicon One A100/L ASIC to deliver consistent 25G hardware-based forwarding.
- The Cisco C9350-12Y supports up to 200G bandwidth for modular uplinks (C9350-NM-2C, C9350-NM-8Y, C9350-NM-8M). (sold separately)
Series Overview
Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches deliver exceptional performance and robust security with flexible management options to meet the demands of modern enterprise networks.
Built on the new Cisco Silicon One™ ASICs, Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches deliver up to 10 Gbps multigigabit Ethernet and 90W Power over Ethernet (PoE) ports, converged switching and routing, and continuous zero-trust security. They are Cisco Hypershield-ready for advanced threat mitigation, provide support for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms and encryption to guard against future attacks using quantum computers, and are hardware-ready to offer protection against day-zero attacks on software vulnerabilities using Cisco Live Protect.
More than just the next generation of enterprise-grade switches, Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches simplify IT operations by unifying hardware, software, and support, regardless of how you choose to manage your network.
Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches are the evolution of enterprise-class stackable fixed campus access-layer switches designed to deliver security, scale, and flexibility while connecting, powering, measuring, and managing the network from enterprise access edge through the core.
Cloud management via the Meraki dashboard
The Cisco Meraki dashboard is a cloud-native network management platform that streamlines the provisioning, configuration, and monitoring of your Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches while reducing IT overhead. Through the guided onboarding workflow, you can choose the operating mode that fits your needs.
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 Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches, IOS XE delivers a unified software operating system for multiple management modes.
