Usb Host Ports; Mode Button; Network Modules - Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Product Overview
the Mgmt-vrf. Mgmt-vrf is used to segment management traffic from the global routing table of the switch.
The Ethernet management port supports speeds upto 10/100/1000 Mbps and is set to auto-negotiate.

USB Host Ports

The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches support two USB host ports — USB 2.0 on the front panel and USB
3.0 on the back panel. USB 2.0 port supports Cisco USB flash drives with capacities from 128 MB to 8 GB
(USB devices with port densities of 128 MB, 256 MB, 1 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB are supported). Cisco IOS
software provides standard file system access to the flash device: read, write, erase, and copy, as well as the
ability to format the flash device with a FAT file system. USB 3.0 SSD port provides an optional 120 GB
USB 3.0 SSD storage device for application hosting and saving packet captures and trace logs.
In Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series High Performance Switches, the USB 3.0 port is available on the front panel
and support Cisco USB flash drives with capacities from 64 MB to 16 GB.

Mode Button

The mode button has the following function:
• 10G Status LED Mode — works with 10G Status LEDs to indicate status of 10G ports
10G Status LED Mode
Note This functionality is available only on Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches.
Each 40G port can be configured to function as a 10G port using a Cisco QSFP to four SFP Active Optical
Breakout Cables that connect a 40G QSFP port of the switch on one end to four 10G SFP ports of the switch
on the other end. After system bootup, the four 10G Status LEDs indicate the status of 10G ports 1-4 by default
which maps to 40G port number 1. A short press on the mode button moves the pointer to the next 10G group
(5-8) which maps to 40G port number 2. You can check the status of all the 96 10G ports by pressing the
mode button 24 times, after which it rolls back to 10G port 1-4.

Network Modules

The C9500-16X and C9500-40X switch models support two network modules that provide uplink ports to
connect to other devices. The switch should only be operated with either a network module or a blank module
installed.
Table 9: Network Modules
Network Module
C9500-NM-8X
C9500-NM-2Q
Description
This module has eight 10G SFP ports. Any combination of standard SFP modules
are supported.
This module has two 40G QSFP ports. Any combination of standard QSFP
modules are supported.
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