Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series Modular Campus Core / Distribution Switch

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The Cisco Catalyst 9400 Series is a family of modular chassis-based campus distribution and core switches spanning three chassis sizes: the 4-slot C9404R, 7-slot C9407R, and 10-slot C9410R. The modular design allows line cards to be mixed and matched — choosing from high-density GE access cards, 10G uplink cards, 40G or 100G cards, and PoE/UPOE+ variants — providing full flexibility to build the exact campus distribution topology required.

All Catalyst 9400 chassis support redundant supervisor modules in active/standby pairs — ensuring that supervisor failure does not interrupt campus traffic. Line card modules, power supplies, and fan trays are all hot-swappable and field-replaceable, enabling true non-disruptive operations in campus environments where downtime is unacceptable.

The Catalyst 9400 is built on Cisco's Uadp 2.0 programmable ASIC across all line cards — enabling new forwarding features and security capabilities to be delivered via software updates without hardware replacement. This protects the investment over the 10+ year lifecycle typical of campus distribution and core switches.

In a Cisco DNA Center SD-Access deployment, the 9400 serves as the distribution node — implementing automated VXLAN fabric policies, SGT-based micro-segmentation, and Layer 3 routing between access layer fabric edges and the campus core. Combined with 100G uplinks to the campus core and full PoE delivery to access layer stacks, the 9400 provides the most complete campus distribution platform available.