Cisco Hardware Refresh Jun 2025
Based on various Cisco website and other online resources
Acces switches
| Old Device | New Device |
|---|---|
| 2960X/2960XR | catalyst 9200 |
| 3650/3850 | catalyst 9300 |
| 4500-E series | catalyst 9400 |
| Desktop switch | catalyst 9200CX |
Cisco catalyst 9200 switch characteristic:
• Lower total stacking bandwidth• Lower switching and forwarding capacity than catalyst 9300
• Powered by IOS XE Lite OS
• Only ethernet connectivity no fiber
• No application hosting support
Catalyst 9300
• Provides both fixed and modular uplink option• Application hosting support
• Fiber and copper connectivity options
• Stacking upto 8 switches with power stacking
Catalyst 9400
• Multiple supervisor modules• Modular chassis design for access layer, available in 4 ,7 and 10 slot chassis with multiple supervisor modules
• Dual Chassi stacking (StackWise virtual)
• Application hosting support
• Great for long-term investment protection.
Core switches
| Old Device | New Device |
|---|---|
| 3850-XS /4500 | Catalyst 9500 series |
| 6840 -X /6880-X | Catalyst 9500 series |
| 6500-E/6807-XL | Catalyst 9600 series |
Features 9500
• 1RU• High performance
• Core layer device
• 1gig to 400Gig port speed
• Not stackable
Features 9600
• For high-capacity environment like campus core• Come with big ACL, MAC and route table scales and buffers
• Rely on a centralized architecture
• 25.4 Tbs switching capacity
Wireless Controller
| Old Device | New Device |
|---|---|
| WLC 5820 | WLC 9800 |
WLC 9800 WLC Feature
• Cisco Catalyst 9800 hardware or VM• 100 Gb bw
• 250 to 6000 ap
• 5k to 64K client.
Branch WAN Router
| Old Device | New Device |
|---|---|
| ISR 4221 and 4321 | catalyst 8200L |
| ISR 4321 and 4331 | 8200 Series |
| ISR 4351, 4431, 4451 | 8300 Series |
WAN aggregation Router
| Old Device | New Device |
|---|---|
| ASR 1000 | Catalyst 8500 |
Catalyst 8500 and 8500L series switches
• 1RU or 3RU• Fixed configuration, no expansion model
• This router focused on high performance and bandwidth compared to 8200 and 8300
Virtual Router
| Old Device | New Device |
|---|---|
| CSR 1000v, ENCS 5100 Series | Catalyst 8000V |
