Cisco is proud to announce the availability of the latest IOS-XE release - IOS-XE Amsterdam 17.3. This release is the newest Extended Maintenance Release on the Catalyst 9000 platforms, which will be supported for a lifetime of 36 months. IOS-XE 17.3.1 introduces over 40 new features for Catalyst 9k switches, with new innovations in Security, Fabric Architectures, High Availability and many more.
IOS-XE 17.3.1 continues to evolve the hardware portfolio and delivers multiple key features across Platform Infrastructure, Security, High Availability, and Network Solutions extending Intent Based Networking (IBN) for Enterprise Campus.
Catalyst 9000 Family – Open IOS-XE 17.3.1 lifecycle
Since our last announcement of the IOS-XE 17.2, we’ve added more products on the 9200, 9300 and 9600 series. Let’s take a look – Catalyst 9200 has added a new series of switches under Flexible Uplink models with an increased virtual network (VN’s) or Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) scale to accommodate Software-Defined Access Fabric (SDA) Deployments. This specific catalyst 9200 model can be deployed as “Fabric Edge Node” with support of 32 VRF’s comprising of 31 user-configurable VRF’s and remaining one as Default VRF and supports all other catalysts 9200 capabilities.
With recent IEEE 802.3bt standardization, there has been a huge momentum across different PoE end points and the whole ecosystem is ever growing. Cisco had already introduced 90W standard line cards on Catalyst 9400 last year. But now, 90W capability has also been added on Catalyst 9300 Series under flexible uplink models to provide more choices for customers in picking modular chassis vs fixed switches for their growing power over ethernet (POE) needs. These new 9300 models can provide 90W on all ports based on the IEEE 802.3 BT standards and also are backward compatible with all previous standards.
Read the Key Summary Features here: Catalyst 9000 Switching Updates
