Cisco Embedded Service 9300 Series Switches Software Configuration Overview

This section contains the following:

General Description

The Cisco ESS 9300 is a Small Form Factor (SFF) embedded Ethernet switch card. The compact design simplifies integration and offers system integrators the ability to use the Cisco ESS 9300 in a wide variety of applications. The Cisco ESS 9300 consists of one switch card. The ESS-9300-10X-E board supports up to 10 ports of 10 GE fiber, as well as the gig0/0 management port. The management port is active in ROMMON mode (IOS-XE not running). Thermal power is 35 Watts.


Important


There are no cooling plates sold with the switch. It is up to the integrator to design a thermal solution

Some of the key hardware features are:

  • Small form factor
  • 10 Optical 10G
  • Software: IOS-XE, Network Essentials and Network Advantage
  • Industrial temperature: -40°C to +85°C
  • ARM Quad-Core A53
  • 4GB DDR4 DRAM memory capacity with ECC
  • About 2.5GB usable eMMC flash

The port mapping for the hardware device to the IOS-XE device is as follows:

Table 1. Device Port Mapping

Device Port

IOS-XE Device

Management Port

GigabitEthernet0/0

Gigabit Ethernet Ports 1-10

TenGigabitEthernet1/1 - 1/10

USB

usbflash0:

mSATA

msata:

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest caveats and feature information, see Bug Search Tool and the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the feature information table at the end of this module.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

SD Support

There is one Cisco SD card that has been tested and is recommended, the SD-IE-4GB. If the end user or system integrator chooses to use a 3rd party device, it may work for their application and to their satisfaction. However the end user or system integrator is solely responsible for testing and ensuring proper operation.

The message that displays when a different SD card is installed is:


WARNING: Non-IT SD flash detected. Use of this card during normal operation can impact and
severely degrade performance of the system. Please use supported SD flash cards only.

You can find Cisco’s policy on Third Party Components here:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/warranties/warranty-doc-c99-740959.html#_Toc3320258

SFP Support

Both 100BASE-X and 1000BASE-X SFP transceivers are supported. Supported SFP and SFP+ Modules lists the specific SFP transceivers and their characteristics.


Note


LRM optics are not supported since the SFP is direct driven from the Cisco ASIC.

Supported SFP and SFP+ Modules

Table 2. Supported Modules

Part Number

Specification

SFP Type

Max Distance

Cable Type

Temp Range

DOM Support

GLC-SX-MM-RGD=

1000BASE-SX

GE

550m

MMF

IND

Yes

GLC-LX-SM-RGD=

1000BASE-LX/LH

GE

550m/10km

MMF/SMF

IND

Yes

GLC-SX-MMD=

1000BASE-SX

GE

550m

MMF

EXT

Yes

GLC-LH-SMD=

1000BASE-LX/LH

GE

550m/10km

MMF/SMF

EXT

Yes

GLC-BX-D=

1000BASE-BX10

GE

10km

SMF

COM

Yes

GLC-BX-U=

1000BASE-BX10

GE

10km

SMF

COM

Yes

CWDM-SFP-xxxx= (8 freq)

CWDM 1000BASE-X

GE

SMF

COM

Yes

DWDM-SFP-xxxx= (40 freq)

DWDM 1000BASE-X

GE

SMF

COM

Yes

SFP-GE-S=

1000BASE-SX

GE

550m

MMF

EXT

Yes

SFP-GE-L=

1000BASE-LX/LH

GE

550m/10km

MMF/SMF

EXT

Yes

GLC-SX-MM=

1000BASE-SX

GE

550m

MMF

COM

No

GLC-LH-SM=

1000BASE-LX/LH

GE

550m/10km

MMF/SMF

COM

No

GLC-TE=

1000BASE-T

GE

100m

Copper

EXT

N/A

GLC-T=

1000BASE-T

GE

100m

Copper

COM

N/A

SFP-10G-BXD-I=

10GBASE-BX10

10GE

10km

SMF

IND

Yes

SFP-10G-BXU-I=

10GBASE-BX10

10GE

10km

SMF

IND

Yes

SFP-10G-SR-X=

10GBASE-SR

10GE

400m

MMF

EXT

Yes

SFP-10G-LR-X=

10GBASE-LR

10GE

10km

SMF

EXT

Yes

SFP-10G-SR=

10GBASE-SR

10GE

400m

MMF

COM

Yes

SFP-10G-LR=

10GBASE-LR

10GE

10km

SMF

COM

yes

GLC-T-RGD=

1000BASE-T

GE

100m

Copper

IND

N/A

SFP-H10GB-CUxM=

10G Passive Twinax

10GE

1m/3m/5m

Twinax

COM

N/A

SFP-H10GB-ACUxM=

10G Active Twinax

10GE

7m/10m

Twinax

COM

N/A