Cisco Catalyst C9500-40X
End-of-Life — Migrate to Catalyst 9500-48Y4C

Cisco Catalyst 9500-40X – End-of-Life Notice
The Cisco Catalyst 9500-40X reached End of Sale on April 30, 2024 and is no longer available for new purchase from Cisco.
Cisco will continue limited support for existing deployments until the official End of Support date defined in Cisco’s product lifecycle policy.
Recommended Replacement
Cisco recommends upgrading to the Cisco Catalyst 9500-48Y4C, offering 25G access ports with 100G uplinks for modern campus networks.
- 48x 1/10/25G + 4x 40/100G uplinks
- UADP 2.0 ASIC with flexible forwarding
- SD-Access and Cisco DNA ready
- Hitless ISSU for zero-downtime upgrades
If you currently operate 9500-40X switches, our team can help plan a smooth migration to the 9500-48Y4C.
Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches:

Defense across the attack continuum
Reduce your attack surface with Cisco Trustworthy Solutions and MACsec 256-bit encryption. Enhance malware detection and rapid threat containment.

IoT readiness
Automate network provisioning, segmentation, and policy management to support IoT without interruption, while limiting where IoT devices go on the network.

Cloud readiness
Simplify, help secure, and transform your cloud environment from the network edge to where applications reside.

Foundational technology
High density and high availability with patching, graceful insertion and removal (GIR), NSF/SSO, and redundant, platinum-rated power supplies and fans.
Catalyst 9500 Series with Cisco DNA
The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series is the industry’s first purpose-built 25, 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet line of switches targeted for the enterprise campus. These switches deliver unmatched table scale (MAC/route/ACL) and buffering for enterprise applications. The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series includes nonblocking 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP+, QSFP28) and 1, 10 and 25 Gigabit Ethernet Small Form-Factor Pluggable Plus (SFP/SFP+/SFP28) switches with granular port densities that fit diverse campus needs.
The Cisco Digital Network Architecture (Cisco DNA) with Software-Defined Access (SD-Access) is the network fabric that powers business. It is an open and extensible, software-driven architecture that accelerates and simplifies your enterprise network operations. The programmable architecture frees your IT staff from timeconsuming, repetitive network configuration tasks so they can focus instead on innovation.

Pricing Notes:
- Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.

