In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, networks are the backbone of modern business.
Cisco’s Smart Switches represent a pivotal shift in enterprise networking, engineered to support the demands of AI-driven workloads,
high-performance connectivity, and robust security — all while simplifying management and future-proofing infrastructure.
Cisco’s Smart Switches are designed with the future in mind — they are not just incremental updates to traditional switches, but a reinvention tailored for the AI era and beyond. Built on programmable silicon, these switches deliver powerful performance, enhanced visibility, and elevated security — making them ideal for campus, edge, and core deployments.
These switches leverage Cisco SiliconOne ASICs — a programmable architecture that enables parallel processing and isolates dedicated slices for specific tasks. This translates into significantly higher performance, better scalability, and the capability to handle demanding AI workloads without bottlenecks.
Cisco Smart Switches include built-in AI-native telemetry and assurance tools that provide real-time analytics and insights. These capabilities help IT teams detect anomalies, optimize traffic, and resolve issues proactively — all without requiring external sensors or monitoring tools.
Management is unified through a single dashboard, delivering full visibility across the network and supporting zero-touch provisioning. This reduces manual efforts, increases operational agility, and enables intelligent automation for faster deployments and consistent configurations.
Energy-smart features such as Smart Power and hibernation modes help reduce overall power consumption — offering potential energy savings of up to 30-40% in certain environments.
Security is at the heart of Cisco Smart Switches. As the network becomes an increasingly attractive target for attacks, these switches are engineered with advanced security mechanisms that protect both data and infrastructure.
With quantum computing on the horizon, Cisco Smart Switches include built-in post-quantum cryptography (PQC) that helps safeguard data against future decryption threats. This quantum-resilient approach ensures long-term data protection across the network.
These switches serve as a first line of defense in Cisco’s Zero-Trust Network Access (UZTNA) framework, dynamically blocking unauthorized devices and restricting lateral movement directly at the switch. Intelligent security insertion also allows traffic steering to firewalls when advanced inspection is required.
The Cisco C9350 Series represents one of the first tangible implementations of the Smart Switch philosophy, offering enterprises a future-ready platform for modern network needs.
The C9350 Series delivers a unified experience across cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments using the same hardware and simplified SKU structure. With Cisco IOS XE serving as the common operating system, organizations benefit from consistent licensing and feature sets across deployment modes.
C9350 switches offer remarkable throughput and uplink flexibility, including support for multi-rate connections up to 100 G and advanced stacking capabilities. With high-speed bandwidth, these switches are well suited to supporting both wired and wireless endpoints with significant traffic demands.
The series incorporates hardware-accelerated security such as 100G IPsec, MACsec-256 encryption, and encrypted traffic analytics — helping organizations prevent threats before they impact operations. Additionally, features like Cisco TrustSec and Cisco Umbrella integration support comprehensive security across the network edge.
With unified support and common licenses across cloud and on-premises management tools like Cisco Meraki and Catalyst Center, the C9350 Series simplifies administration while providing deep visibility and automation for complex networks.
In an era where AI, IoT, and cloud services are the norm, networks must be capable of adapting rapidly to evolving requirements. Cisco Smart Switches deliver:
Whether you’re upgrading an existing campus network or designing infrastructure for next-generation workloads, Cisco Smart Switches lay a foundation that’s secure, intelligent, and ready for what comes next.