Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Ethernet Switch

Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series switches with 28 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces deliver high-speed Gigabit Ethernet connectivity in a compact form factor and are designed for a wide range of industrial applications for which hardened products are required. The platform is built to withstand harsh environments in manufacturing energy transportation mining smart cities and oil and gas. The switches are ideal for outdoor enclosures or harsh environments while adhering to overall IT network design compliance and performance requirements.

These switches run Cisco IOS® XE an operating system with built-in security and trust featuring Secure Boot image signing and the Cisco® Trust Anchor module. Cisco IOS XE also provides API-driven configuration with open APIs and data models.

The Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series can be managed with a powerful management tool Cisco DNA Center and can easily be set up with a completely redesigned user-friendly modern GUI tool called WebUI. The platform supports Full Flexible NetFlow (FNF) for real-time visibility into traffic patterns and threat analysis with Cisco Secure Network Analytics.

The IE9300 Rugged Series switches offer:

• Robust resiliency enabled by features such as dual ring design through four Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) PROFINET Media Redundancy Protocol (MRP) ring High Availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) ring EtherChannel integrated redundant power supplies dying gasp etc.
• True zero-touch replacement for middle-of-the-night or middle-of-nowhere failures
• Line-rate low-latency forwarding with advanced hardware assist features
• Simplified software management with universal images
• Support for industrial automation protocols EtherNet/IP (CIP) and PROFINET