C9400-LC-48S – 48x 1G SFP Fiber Ports – Nonblocking – Catalyst 9400 Line Card
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C9400-LC-48S Description
The C9400-LC-48S is a Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series 48-port Gigabit Ethernet SFP line card for fiber distribution rooms and Fiber To The Desktop floors. The card has 48 nonblocking 1G SFP ports, a maximum rated power of 170 W and a one-slot footprint in C9404R, C9407R and C9410R chassis, reaching 384 ports in a full C9410R. The card runs on all five supervisor engines from Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1, and bandwidth per slot follows the engine from 80 Gbps to 480 Gbps.
Quick Specs
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Parameter |
Specification |
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Product ID |
C9400-LC-48S |
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Ports |
48 nonblocking SFP ports at 1 GE |
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Supported supervisor engines |
C9400-SUP-1, C9400-SUP-1XL, C9400-SUP-1XL-Y, C9400X-SUP-2 and C9400X-SUP-2XL |
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Bandwidth per slot |
80 Gbps with C9400-SUP-1, 240 Gbps or 120 Gbps or 80 Gbps with C9400-SUP-1XL and C9400-SUP-1XL-Y by chassis, 240 Gbps with C9400X-SUP-2, 480 Gbps with C9400X-SUP-2XL, all at 1:1 |
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Compatible chassis |
C9404R, C9407R and C9410R, scaling from 48 to 96, 240 and 384 ports respectively |
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Security and frames |
IEEE 802.1AE MACsec-256 in hardware, jumbo frames to 9216 bytes |
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Maximum rated power |
170 W |
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Physical form |
Occupies one chassis slot, 1.6 x 14.92 x 14.57 in. (4.06 x 37.90 x 37.00 cm) |
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Minimum software release |
Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1 |
Application Scenarios
In buildings with fiber horizontal cabling, the line card terminates up to 48 desktop runs on SFP ports with nonblocking forwarding.
At an aggregation site, the card collects Gigabit Ethernet handoffs from DSLAM, PON and mobile backhaul equipment on its SFP ports.
Product Comparison
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Parameter |
C9400-LC-48S | ||
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Ports |
48 |
24 |
48 |
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Port speed |
1 GE |
1 GE |
10 GE or 1 GE |
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Port type |
SFP |
SFP |
SFP+/SFP |
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Cisco IOS XE software release |
16.8.1 or later |
16.8.1 or later |
17.8 or later |
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Supervisor engines |
C9400-SUP-1, C9400-SUP-1XL, C9400-SUP-1XL-Y, C9400X-SUP-2, C9400X-SUP-2XL |
C9400-SUP-1, C9400-SUP-1XL, C9400-SUP-1XL-Y, C9400X-SUP-2, C9400X-SUP-2XL |
C9400X-SUP-2, C9400X-SUP-2XL only |
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Maximum rated power |
170 W |
120 W |
250 W |
C9400-LC-48S differs from C9400-LC-24S in port count: C9400-LC-48S offers 48 SFP ports at 1 GE against 24, with a maximum rated power of 170 W against 120 W, while both take one slot and run from Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1. A room terminating fewer than 24 fiber runs with no near-term growth should order C9400-LC-24S. Links that must run above 1 GE call for C9400-LC-48XS, which carries 48 SFP+ or SFP ports but needs C9400X-SUP-2 or C9400X-SUP-2XL, Cisco IOS XE 17.8 and 250 W, while C9400-LC-48S runs on all five supervisor engines.
Ordering Checklist
- Catalyst 9400 chassis: Install C9400-LC-48S in a C9404R, C9407R or C9410R; port density differs for each chassis.
- Supervisor engines: Pair the card with C9400-SUP-1, C9400-SUP-1XL, C9400-SUP-1XL-Y, C9400X-SUP-2 or C9400X-SUP-2XL. The card does no forwarding of its own, so it works only with a supported supervisor engine.
Front View
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1 |
STATUS LED |
5 |
Ejector levers |
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2 |
LOCATE (blue beacon) LED |
6 |
PORT LINK LED for the port in the top row |
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3 |
Model or product number |
7 |
PORT LINK LED for the port in the bottom row |
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4 |
Captive installation screws |
8 |
Line card Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID) |
Specifications
| Parameter | Specification | Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product ID | C9400-LC-48S | Cisco ordering description | Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet (SFP), spare part number C9400-LC-48S= |
| Total ports | Up to 48 nonblocking SFP ports | Port speed | 1 GE |
| Port media | SFP fiber | Supported supervisor engines | C9400-SUP-1, C9400-SUP-1XL, C9400-SUP-1XL-Y, C9400X-SUP-2 and C9400X-SUP-2XL |
| Compatible chassis | C9404R, C9407R and C9410R | Bandwidth per slot with C9400-SUP-1 | 80 Gbps at 1:1 oversubscription on all three chassis |
| Bandwidth per slot with C9400-SUP-1XL and C9400-SUP-1XL-Y | 240 Gbps on C9404R, 120 Gbps on C9407R and 80 Gbps on C9410R, all at 1:1 | Bandwidth per slot with C9400X-SUP-2 | 240 Gbps at 1:1 on all three chassis |
| Bandwidth per slot with C9400X-SUP-2XL | 480 Gbps at 1:1 on all three chassis | Port scaling by chassis | 48 to 96 ports in C9404R, 48 to 240 ports in C9407R and 48 to 384 ports in C9410R |
| Positioned deployments | Enterprise, mid-market and commercial core and distribution requiring line-rate capability; service provider DSLAM, PON, mobile data backhaul and FTTX aggregation; enterprise Fiber To The Desktop | Encryption | IEEE 802.1AE MACsec-256 capability in hardware |
| Frame handling | Layer 2 to Layer 4 jumbo frame support up to 9216 bytes | Forwarding architecture | Functionally transparent; packet processing, queuing, buffering and QoS run on the supervisor engine, with dedicated bandwidth from each line-card slot to the supervisor |
| Maximum rated power | 170 W | Typical power draw | Approximately 40 to 75 percent of the maximum rated value |
| MTBF | 937,600 hours | Minimum software release | Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1 |
| Physical dimensions (H x W x D) | 1.6 x 14.92 x 14.57 in. (4.06 x 37.90 x 37.00 cm), occupying one chassis slot | Standards | IEEE 802.3z, 802.3x, 802.3ab, 802.3bt, 802.3at, 802.3af, 802.3az, 802.3bz and 802.3an |
| EtherChannel | Gigabit EtherChannel on all 1,000 Mbps ports, IEEE 802.3ad LACP and PaGP, 16 ports per tuple with LACP and 8 with PaGP, and EtherChannel across line cards | Operating temperature | -5°C to +45°C (23°F to 113°F) up to 6,000 feet and -5°C to +40°C (23°F to 104°F) up to 10,000 feet, with 0°C minimum ambient for cold startup |
| Short-term exceptional conditions | -5°C to +55°C (23°F to 131°F) up to 6,000 feet and -5°C to +50°C (23°F to 122°F) up to 10,000 feet | Storage temperature | -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F) |
| Operating humidity | 10 to 95 percent, noncondensing | Operating altitude | -60 to 3000m |
| Safety certifications | UL 60950-1, CAN/CSA-C222.2 No. 60950-1, EN 60950-1, IEC 60950-1, AS/NZS 60950.1 and IEEE 802.3, with fiber optic lasers rated Class 1 | EMC certifications | 47 CFR Part 15, CISPR22 Class A, EN 300 386 V1.6.1, EN 55022 Class A, EN 55032 Class A, CISPR 32 Class A, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3, ICES-003 Class A, TCVN 7189 Class A, V-3 Class A, CISPR24, EN55024 and TCVN 7317 |
| RoHS compliance | ROHS5 | Optics support reference | Supported optical modules and their minimum software releases are published in the Cisco transceiver module device support tables rather than in the line card data sheet |
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