Cisco Catalyst C9200L-24PXG-2Y-A 24-Port mGig PoE+ Switch, 2x25G Uplinks, Network Advantage

The Cisco Catalyst C9200L-24PXG-2Y-A has 8 multigigabit access ports that run at up to 10G and 16 standard Gigabit Ethernet ports, for 24 access ports in total. Not all ports are multigigabit; the eight mGig ports are intended for high-throughput endpoints such as multigigabit wireless access points, while the remaining sixteen serve Gigabit endpoints. All 24 ports are PoE+ capable at up to 30 W.

The C9200L-24PXG-2Y-A supports PoE+ at up to 30 W per port on all 24 access ports. A single power supply provides a 370 W PoE budget, and a second PWR-C5-600WAC raises it to 740 W, which is enough for all 24 ports to draw the full 30 W at once. The budget, not the port count, is what limits how many devices draw full power simultaneously.

The C9200L-24PXG-2Y-A has two fixed SFP28 uplink ports that run at 1G, 10G, or 25G. These SFP28 slots accept 1G SFP, 10G SFP+, and 25G SFP28 optics. Specific transceiver compatibility should be verified against the manufacturer's transceiver compatibility matrix at tmgmatrix.cisco.com. Transceivers are sold separately.

The C9200L-24PXG-2Y-A supports Cisco StackWise-80 stacking of up to eight members at 80 Gbps of stack bandwidth, using the C9200L-STACK-KIT stacking adapters and cable, which are ordered separately. It stacks only with other C9200L switches running the same Network Advantage license level, and it does not stack with C9200 modular-uplink switches, C9200CX compact switches, or any other Catalyst series.

Both are 24-port PoE+ multigigabit switches at the Network Advantage tier with 8 mGig ports each, and they differ in uplinks and throughput. The 2Y-A has two 25G SFP28 uplinks with 292 Gbps of switching capacity and a 229.16 Mpps forwarding rate. The 4X-A has four 1G/10G SFP+ uplinks with 272 Gbps of switching capacity and a 214.28 Mpps forwarding rate. Choose the 2Y for a 25G uplink and the 4X for four 10G uplinks.

The two switches are identical hardware and differ only in license tier. The -E model ships with perpetual Network Essentials, which covers Layer 2 plus basic routed access such as static routing, RIP, EIGRP stub, OSPF for up to 1,000 routes, PBR, PIM stub multicast, and VRRP. The -A model ships with perpetual Network Advantage, which adds full OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, HSRP, VRF, VXLAN, LISP, and SGT segmentation. Neither tier includes BGP on a C9200L, and SD-Access on the fixed-uplink C9200L is limited to one virtual network.

No. The switch runs on its included perpetual base license indefinitely. Under Cisco's ordering model, new switch orders include a term-based Cisco DNA or Cisco Catalyst software subscription of the same tier as the network license; that subscription unlocks Cisco Catalyst Center and cloud-managed features. When the subscription term ends, the switch continues operating on the perpetual base license capabilities after a reload.

Network Devices Inc. sells the C9200L-24PXG-2Y-A as current, new, factory-sealed stock. Cisco publishes End-of-Sale and End-of-Life status for every Catalyst 9200 Series part number on its official End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices page for the series, which is the authoritative source for a specific SKU. Buyers standardizing on a platform for a multi-year refresh should confirm the current status there before ordering.

The C9200L-24PXG-2Y-A is sold new and factory-sealed. It is covered by a Network Devices Inc. one-year warranty and a 30-day return policy.