Co-authored by Siva Nittala, Switching Product Manager, Cisco

The lineup of Catalyst 9300 series switches includes two new additions which are built from the ground up for intent-based networking. The Catalyst 9300 1G fiber switches provide a seamless migration path from Catalyst 3850 Fiber with better price-to-value, avoiding cable upgrade expenses, for a reduction of total cost of ownership. These new models expand the Catalyst 9300 series to fiber to the desk and 1G fiber aggregation applications. Optimized for 1G wired access, the C9300L models are the fixed access replacement for the Catalyst 3650 series, with Fabric-in-a-Box capability that makes them ideal for business-critical branch deployments.

All these new switches offer the same benefits of higher availability, greater speed and capacity and more advanced security and programmability that are found in the rest of the Catalyst 9000 switch family.

Catalyst 9300 1G fiber: great for aggregation

By replacing your Catalyst 3850 switches with Catalyst 9300 1G fiber switches, you