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Description
Model Catalyst 9600 SUP-1 Catalyst 9600X SUP-2
Resiliency and High Availability
Software Maintenance Upgrade (SMU) Yes Yes
Cisco StackWise Virtual Yes Yes
Cisco StackWise Virtual (QuadSup RPR) Yes No2
Stateful Switchover (SSO) Yes (2 SUP, SVL) Yes (2 SUP, SVL)
In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) Yes (2 SUP, SVL) Yes (2 SUP, SVL)
Graceful Insertion and Removal (GIR) Yes Yes
MKA High Availability Yes Yes1
Enterprise Security
Trustworthy Solutions Yes Yes
Image Signing Yes Yes
Secure Boot Yes Yes
Cisco Trust Anchor Module Yes Yes
MACsec Encryption (256-bit AES-GCM) Yes Yes
Cisco WAN MACsec (256-bit AES-GCM) No Yes4
Object-Group ACLs (IPv4/IPv6) Yes Yes3
Enterprise QoS
Modular QoS CLI (MQC) Yes Yes
Strict Priority Queuing Yes Yes
Class/Color-aware Queuing Yes (WFQ) Yes (VoQ)
Policing/Metering Yes Yes
Shaping/Bandwidth Yes Yes
Hierarchical QoS Yes (2-level) Yes (2-level)
IP Routing
Routing Information Protocol version 2 (RIPv2), and next generation (RIPng) Yes Yes
Open Shortest Path First version 2 (OSPFv2), and OSPFv3 Yes Yes
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), and EIGRPv6 Yes Yes
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Version 4 (IS-ISv4) Yes Yes
Border Gateway Protocol version 4 (BGPv4), and BGPv6 Yes Yes
Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Sparse-Mode (PIM-SM) Yes Yes
Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) Source-Specific Mode (PIM-SSM) Yes Yes
Bidirectional PIM (BIDIR-PIM) Yes No2
IPv6 routing Yes Yes
L3 Routed Sub-Interfaces Yes Yes
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
MPLS L3 VPN Yes Yes
Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) Yes Yes
Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Yes No2
MPLS over GRE Yes No2
MPLS Traffic-Engineering (MPLS-TE) Yes Yes
BGP Ethernet VPN (EVPN) VXLAN
Fabric Spine, Leaf and Border Support Yes Yes
L2/L3 Virtual Network Interface (VNI) Yes Yes
Distributed Anycast Gateway (Symmetric IRB) Yes Yes
Centralized Gateway (Asymmetric IRB) Yes No2
ESI Multi-Home Support Yes No2
Tenant Routed Multicast (IPv4/IPv6) Yes Yes
L3 Border Handoff: Multi-VRF, MPLS, L3VPN Yes Yes
L2 Border Handoff: VPLS, L2VPN Yes No2
Software-Defined Access (SD-Access)
Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) Yes Yes
L2 Virtual Network Interface (VNI) Yes Yes
L3 Virtual Network Interface (VNI) Yes Yes
SDA Control-Plane Yes Yes
SDA Border Yes Yes
SDA Layer 2 Border Yes No
SDA Edge No No
Flexible NetFlow (FNF)
FNF IPv4 flow records Yes Yes1 (software)
FNF IPv6 flow records Yes Yes1 (software)
FNF sampler Yes Yes1
FNF data export Yes Yes1
NetFlow version 9 (NFv9) export Yes Yes1
IPFIX export Yes Yes1
Programmability
Simplified Campus Automation Yes Yes
NETCONF Yes Yes
RESTCONF Yes Yes
gNMI/gNOI Yes Yes
YANG models Yes Yes
ZTP/PnP Yes Yes
Smart Operations
Bluetooth Wireless UI Yes Yes
RFID tags Yes Yes
Blue beacon Yes Yes
Out-of-Band Management Yes Yes

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