Technical Details
The Cisco Catalyst C9200-24P-E is a Layer 3 managed 1U rackmount switch with 24 Gigabit (10/100/1000) PoE+ ports and modular uplinks, running Cisco IOS XE with the Network Essentials license. Uplinks are added through a field-replaceable network module that supports 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G options. It ships with a 370 W PoE+ budget on its single power supply, expandable to 740 W with a second power supply. Its switching capacity is 128 Gbps and its forwarding rate is 95.23 Mpps. It stacks with other Catalyst 9200 switches over Cisco StackWise-160 at 160 Gbps.
Overview
The Cisco Catalyst C9200-24P-E is a modular-uplink, 24-port Gigabit PoE+ access switch in the Cisco Catalyst 9200 series.
The modular Catalyst 9200 models use field-replaceable network-module uplinks, field-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and Cisco StackWise-160 stacking, and run Cisco IOS XE on the Cisco UADP 2.0 Mini ASIC. With the Network Essentials license, the C9200-24P-E supports Layer 2 switching and routed access, including static routing, RIP, EIGRP stub, OSPF up to 1,000 routes, Policy-Based Routing, PIM stub multicast, VRRP, 802.1X, and MACsec-128 encryption.
Cisco positions the Catalyst 9200 as the successor to the end-of-sale Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR access switches.
Best For
The Cisco C9200-24P-E suits campus and branch access-layer deployments that need PoE+ for wireless access points, IP phones, and IP cameras at the base license tier. Its modular uplinks let you choose 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G to match the aggregation or core layer, and its 370 W PoE+ budget (740 W with a second power supply) is suitable for mixed PoE deployments; actual device counts depend on each powered device's power draw. The Network Essentials license covers Layer 2 switching and routed access, which is sufficient where advanced routing and segmentation are not required.
Not suitable if:
- You need more than 24 access ports.
- You need advanced Layer 3 routing (full OSPF/EIGRP, IS-IS) or segmentation (VRF, SGT).
- You need multigigabit (mGig) access ports above 1 Gbps for Wi-Fi 6E/7 access points.
- You do not need PoE on the access ports.
Part Number Decode
- C9200 indicates the modular-uplink platform within the Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series.
- 24P indicates 24 Gigabit (10/100/1000) PoE+ access ports.
- -E indicates the perpetual Network Essentials license.
- The SKU has no uplink letter because the uplinks are supplied by a separate, field-replaceable network module (for example, C9200-NM-4X for four 1/10G uplinks).
