Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Series Switch Data Sheet
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The Cisco® Catalyst® ESS9300 Embedded Series Switches are built for secure, high-bandwidth networking and are optimized for size, weight, and power to operate in extreme environments.
The Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Series Switch revolutionizes Cisco's embedded networking portfolio with high-speed and security capabilities. These 1GE/10GE embedded switches are optimized to meet specialized form-factor, ruggedization, port density, and power needs of many applications requiring customization and complements Cisco’s off-the-shelf Industrial Ethernet switching portfolio.
The small-form-factor, board configuration options, and optimized power consumption provide Cisco partners and integrators the flexibility to design custom solutions for defense, oil and gas, transportation, mining, and other industries. With its zeroization, secure boot, and physical alarm relay capabilities, the embedded switch has the crucial security features needed to protect networks from cyber and physical threats. The ESS9300 runs the trusted and feature-rich Cisco IOS® XE Software, allowing Cisco partners and integrators to offer their customers the familiar Cisco IOS Command-Line Interface (CLI) and management experience on their ESS9300 series – based solutions. Additionally, Cisco IOS® XE Software also offers a powerful graphical management interface that is built-in, called WebUI, for an even more enhanced user experience.
The Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Switch is available in two configurations to meet the diverse operational needs:
● The Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Switch in small form factor (ESS-9300-10X-E) is a ruggedized 10G embedded platform designed for embedded applications for tactical, outdoor, and mobile installations requiring low power, small size, and ruggedization.
Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Switch in small form factor (ESS-9300-10X-E)
◦ Single board
◦ Small form-factor board size (110 x 85 mm; 4.3 x 3.3 in.).
◦ 10 ports of 10G: Enhanced Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP+).
◦ Ethernet management port (optional).
◦ RS-232 and USB console.
◦ Common +3.3VDC and +5VDC power inputs.
◦ Advanced next-generation Cisco IOS XE software.
◦ Low power — 35W (typical).
● The Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Switch in VPX form factor (ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A) is a ruggedized 1G/10G embedded platform designed for use in Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) and C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) aligned system architectures.
CMOSS is a suite of standards to support the reduction of the size, weight and power of C5ISR and EW systems while increasing the flexibility and adaptability of these systems. OpenVPX is a part of CMOSS standards standardized platform for assembling modular computing systems, frequently referred to as VPX, and is the successor to the widely deployed VME standard.
Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Switch in VPX form factor (ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A)
The Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Switch in VPX form factor is designed to act as a Mezzanine switch card in VPX3-623 module (as shown in Figure 3 below) for VPX system developed by Cisco partner Curtiss-Wright. This is the first time that Cisco switching will be available in the VPX form factor.
The ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A mezzanine card plugs into the Curtiss Wright VPX3-623 carrier module to form a complete OpenVPX card for the 3U chassis.
◦ Single board acting as a XMC+ mezzanine card in Curtis Wright VPX3-623, conforming to VITA 88
◦ Board size 130 x 74 mm (5.1 x 2.9 in.)
◦ Copper and Optical Connectivity
◦ 2x Control Plane 10GBASE-KR interfaces
◦ 16x Gigabit 1000BASE-T interfaces – 10 ports usable on the Curtiss-Wright VPX3-623 carrier module
◦ 6x fixed optical 10GBASE-SR interfaces on rear VPX connector
◦ Network Advantage features
Primary features and its benefits
| Feature and its Benefits |
ESS-9300-10X-E |
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| 1G and 10G links |
● 10G links enable high-quality video and data communications for the next generation of bandwidth-intensive use cases such as tactical data centers, HD video surveillance, self-driving vehicles, and future-readiness.
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● 10G and 1G links to support Network connectivity for SOSA and CMOSS.
● This allows military applications for Mobile ground and airborne tactical data centers, Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) network integration.
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| Switching features |
Enables third-party integrators to offer rich enterprise-grade Layer 2 switching feature set to end customers. Layer 3 features available with network advantage license upgrade. |
Ships with layer 2 and layer 3 features. |
| Robust industrial design |
Small form factor packing 10G allows integrators to pack higher port density into a compact form factor and build custom solutions that can withstand harsh environments (temperature range of –40° to 85°C, -40° to 185°F). |
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| Security |
● Enterprise-grade Cisco IOS XE switching security features help ensure highly secure voice, video, and data communications.
● Secure boot and Cisco anti-counterfeit technology ensure authenticity for both hardware and software.
● Zeroization is a feature that is important to the defense and government intelligence communities to ensure that network access and security credentials are not compromised by theft of hardware.
● Alarm relay contacts can also be used to ensure physical integrity of the device enclosure.
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| Manageability |
Facilitates easy deployment and rapid configuration with easy-to-use Web UI and familiar Cisco CLI. |
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| Quality of service |
Allows customers to prioritize flows and helps ensure that mission-critical flows are not affected by low-priority traffic. |
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| Description |
ESS-9300-10X-E |
ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A |
| Interfaces |
● 10 ports of 10G /1G (approved SFP+/SFPs), 1 management port of 10/100/1000BASE-T
● RS-232 and USB console
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● 2x Control Plane 10GBASE-KR interfaces
● 6x fixed optical 10GBASE-SR interfaces on rear VPX connector
● 16x Gigabit 1000BASE-T interfaces – 10 ports usable on the Curtiss-Wright VPX3-623 carrier module
● LVCMOS console (3.3V)
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| Memory |
● 4 GB DDR4 DRAM
● 8 GB onboard eMMC flash storage (2.5 GB usable space)
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| Power supply |
3.3VDC and +5VDC (+/–3%) |
3.3VDC and +12VDC (+/–3%) |
| 35W (typical) |
<35W (typical) (Depends on Curtiss Wright carrier configuration) |
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| Connectors |
SEARAY Connector Series from SAMTEC:
● SEAF-20-05.0-S-06-2-A-K 120-pin (J1)
● SEAF-40-05.0-S-06-2-A-K 240-pin (J2)
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VITA 88 Connectors |
| Dimensions (W x D) |
110 x 85 mm (4.3 x 3.3 in.) |
130 x 74 mm (5.1 x 2.9 in.) |
| 88 g (3.1 oz) |
<200g (<7 oz) |
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| Features |
ESS-9300-10X-E and ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A |
| Forwarding rate |
Line rate for all ports and all packet sizes |
| Number of queues |
8 |
| Number of VRF1 |
32 |
| MAC addresses |
16,000 |
| VLAN IDs |
1000 |
| Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) groups |
1000 |
| Number of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) instances |
128 |
| Network Essentials License |
ESS-9300-10X-E and ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A |
| Layer 2 switching |
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Trunking, 802.1W Spanning Tree Rapid Reconfiguration, 802.1ab LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol), 802.1s - Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) Standard Compliance, 802.1s VLAN Multiple Spanning Trees, 802.1Q Tunneling, 802.3 standard, Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD), Cisco Discovery Protocol, unicast MAC filter, VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) v2 and v3, EtherChannel, voice VLAN, Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+), and Rapid STP (RSTP) |
| Multicast |
IGMPv1, v2, v3 snooping, IGMP filtering, IGMP querier |
| Management |
Web UI, MIB, SmartPort, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), syslog, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) session (1), Full Flexible NetFlow (FnF), Network Time Protocol (NTP) |
| Security |
Zeroization, secure boot, port security, IEEE 802.1X, DHCP snooping, dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) inspection, IP Source Guard, private VLAN. MAC authentication bypass, 802.1X multidomain authentication, storm control - unicast, multicast, broadcast, Secure Copy (SCP), Secure Shell (SSH), SNMPv3, TACACS+, RADIUS server/client, MAC address notification, Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) guard, hardware physical alarm inputs (2), and relay output (1), MACsec-128 (are supported on all 10x10G ports simultaneously at line rate). |
| Certificate Based MACsec |
Certificate-based MACsec Encryption feature uses 802.1X port-based authentication with Extensible Authentication Protocol–Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) to carry Certificates for ports where MACsec encryption is required This feature makes it feasible to manage the key at the centralized server over preshared key-based MACsec Uses MACsec and the MACsec Key Agreement (MKA) Protocol |
| Quality of Service (QoS) |
Ingress policing, rate limit, egress queuing/shaping, auto QoS |
| Layer 2 IPv6 |
IPv6 host support, HTTP over IPv6, SNMP over IPv6 |
| ESS-9300-10X-E and ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A |
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| IP routing |
OSPF (V2 and V3), RIP (V1 and V2), ISIS (for IPv4 and IPv6), EIGRP (for IPv4 and IPv6), PBR (Policy Based Routing), BGP |
| Virtualization |
VRF-lite |
| Security |
MACsec-256 (are supported on all 10x10G ports simultaneously at line rate) |
| IP Multicast |
PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM), PIM dense mode (PIM-DM) and PIM Sparse dense mode |
| High Availability |
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) echo mode, HSRP (IPv4 and IPv6), VRRP (IPv4 and IPv6) |
Note: Please refer to the “New Features for Cisco Catalyst IE and ESS Switches” section of each of the software release notes for a more complete list of features. The above tables attempt to provide the most popular features. Referring to the release notes also has the benefit of specifying the minimum required release to support the desired feature.
The main page for release notes is here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/ios-nx-os-software/ios-xe-17/products-release-notes-list.html.
Please be sure to select the titles that begin with, “Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches, and Cisco Catalyst ESS9300 Embedded Series Switch.
| Specification |
ESS-9300-10X-E and ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A |
| Industrial-grade board component temperature |
–40° to 85°C (–40° to 185°F) component local ambient temperature specification |
| Operating temperature |
–40° to 85°C (–40° to 185°F). Temperature range of a completed solution depends on the thermal design characteristics of the enclosure used by the system integrator |
| Storage temperature |
–40° to 85°C (–40° to 185°F) |
| Operating altitude |
4.572 km (15,000 ft) –40° to 74°C (–40° to 165°F) 12.2 km (40,000 ft) –40° to 25°C (–40° to 77°F) |
| Nonoperating altitude |
12.2 km (40,000 ft) |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) |
ESS-9300-10X-E - Ground, fixed, controlled: 48.2 years ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A – TBD |
| Descriptions |
ESS-9300-10X-E and ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A Specifications |
| SNMP MIB objects |
BRIDGE-MIB CISCO-ACCESS-ENVMON-MIB CISCO-AUTH-FRAMEWORK-MIB CISCO-BRIDGE-EXT-MIB CISCO-BULK-FILE-MIB CISCO-CALLHOME-MIB CISCO-CAR-MIB CISCO-CDP-MIB CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB CISCO-DATA-COLLECTION-MIB CISCO-DHCP-SNOOPING-MIB CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB CISCO-ENVMON-MIB CISCO-ERR-DISABLE-MIB CISCO-FLASH-MIB CISCO-FTP-CLIENT-MIB CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB CISCO-IGMP-FILTER-MIB CISCO-IMAGE-MIB CISCO-IP-STAT-MIB CISCO-LAG-MIB CISCO-LICENSE-MGMT-MIB CISCO-MAC-AUTH-BYPASS-MIB CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB CISCO-PAE-MIB CISCO-PING-MIB CISCO-PORT-QOS-MIB CISCO-PORT-SECURITY-MIB CISCO-PORT-STORM-CONTROL-MIB CISCO-PRIVATE-VLAN-MIB CISCO-PROCESS-MIB CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB CISCO-ENTITY-ALARM-MIB CISCO-SNMP-TARGET-EXT-MIB CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB CISCO-UDLDP-MIB CISCO-VLAN-IFTABLE-RELATIONSHIP-MIB CISCO-VLAN-MEMBERSHIP-MIB CISCO-VTP-MIB ENTITY-MIB ETHERLIKE-MIB HC-RMON-MIB IEEE8021-PAE-MIB IEEE8023-LAG-MIB IF-MIB LLDP-EXT-MED-MIB LLDP-MIB NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB OLD-CISCO-CPU-MIB OLD-CISCO-SYSTEM-MIB RMON-MIB SMON-MIB SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB SNMP-MPD-MIB SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB SNMP-PROXY-MIB SNMP-TARGET-MIB SNMP-USM-MIB SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB SNMPV2-MIB 802.1X MIB |
| IEEE standards |
IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges, STP IEEE 802.1p Layer2 COS prioritization IEEE 802.1q VLAN IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning-Trees IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning-Tree IEEE 802.1X Port Access Authentication IEEE 802.1AB LLDP IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation (LACP) IEEE 802.3ah 100BASE-X SMF/MMF only IEEE 802.3x full duplex on 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T specification IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX specification IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T specification IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X specification IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security (MACsec) |
| RFC compliance |
RFC 768: UDP RFC 783: TFTP RFC 791: IPv4 protocol RFC 792: ICMP RFC 793: TCP RFC 826: ARP RFC 854: Telnet RFC 959: FTP RFC 1157: SNMPv1 RFC 1901,1902-1907 SNMPv2 RFC 2273-2275: SNMPv3 RFC 2571: SNMP Management RFC 1166: IP Addresses RFC 1256: ICMP Router Discovery RFC 1305: NTP RFC 1492: TACACS+ RFC 1493: Bridge MIB Objects RFC 1643: Ethernet Interface MIB RFC 1757: RMON RFC 2068: HTTP RFC 2131, 2132: DHCP RFC 2236: IGMP v2 RFC 3376: IGMP v3 RFC 2474: DiffServ Precedence RFC 3046: DHCP Relay Agent Information Option RFC 3580: 802.1X RADIUS RFC 4250-4252 SSH Protocol RFC4884 - Extended ICMP to Support Multi-part Messages |
Optics supported in ESS-9300-10X-E
| 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 |
| GLC-ZX-SM-RGD= |
1000BASE-ZX |
GE |
Approx. 70km |
SMF |
IND |
Yes |
| GLC-EX-SMD= |
1000BASE-EX |
GE |
40km |
SMF |
EXT |
Yes |
| SFP-GE-S= |
1000BASE-SX |
GE |
550m |
MMF |
EXT |
Yes |
| GLC-SX-MM= |
1000BASE-SX |
GE |
550m |
MMF |
COM |
No |
| GLC-T-RGD= |
1000BASE-T |
GE |
100m |
Copper |
IND |
NA |
| GLC-LH-SM= |
1000BASE-LX/LH |
GE |
550m/10km |
MMF/SMF |
COM |
No |
| GLC-TE= |
1000BASE-T |
GE |
100m |
Copper |
EXT |
NA |
| GLC-T= |
1000BASE-T |
GE |
100m |
Copper |
COM |
NA |
| CWDM-SFP-xxxx= (8 freq) |
CWDM 1000BASE-X |
GE |
SMF |
COM |
Yes |
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| DWDM-SFP-xxxx= (40 freq) |
DWDM 1000BASE-X |
GE |
SMF |
COM |
Yes |
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| SFP-10G-BXD-I= |
10GBASE-BX10 |
10GE |
10km |
SMF |
IND |
Yes |
| SFP-10G-BXU-I= |
10GBASE-BX10 |
10GE |
10km |
SMF |
IND |
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 |
| SFP-H10GB-CUxM= |
10G Passive Twinax |
10GE |
1m/3m/5m |
Twinax |
COM |
NA |
| SFP-H10GB-ACUxM= |
10G Active Twinax |
10GE |
7m/10m |
Twinax |
COM |
NA |
| SFP-10G-T-X* |
10GBASE-T |
10GE |
Up to 30 meters |
Cat6A/Cat7 |
EXT |
NA |
Note: ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A uses fixed optics on the Curtiss Wright VPX3-623 carrier card
Regulatory compliance standards
| Compliance |
ESS-9300-10X-E |
ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A |
| Emissions |
CISPR32: 2015/AMD1: 2019, EN 55032:2013 FCC Part 15B, ICES-003 |
N.A. |
| Immunity |
CISPR35, EN55035 EN55035:2017, CISPR35:2016 EN61000-4-2 ESD EN61000-4-3 Radiated Immunity EN61000-4-4 Electrical Fast Transients/ Bursts EN61000-4-5 Surge EN61000-4-6 Conducted immunity EN61000-4-8 Power Frequency Magnetic field immunity EN61000-4-10 Damped Oscillatory Magnetic field immunity EN61000-4-11 Voltage Dips and Interruptions EN61000-4-16 Conducted Low Frequency Immunity EN61000-4-18 Damped Oscillatory Wave Immunity |
N.A. |
| MIL standard |
MIL-STD-461G |
N.A. |
| Safety |
CB to IEC62368-1 ed2 UL Recognition |
CB to IEC62368-1 UL Recognition |
| Hazardous Material |
RoHS (EU, China, Taiwan) |
RoHS (EU, China, Taiwan) |
Note: Regulatory tests were conducted using the test platform. The integrator is responsible for obtaining any necessary regulatory approvals at system level.
ESS-9300-10X-E
The ESS-9300-10X-E is available in the following configurations:
| Product ID |
Product description |
| ESS-9300-10X-E |
ESS9300 board, no cooling plate, Network Essentials software |
| ESS9300-NW-A= |
Cisco Network Advantage license for ESS9300 Series Spare |
ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A
● ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A is designed to act as a Mezzanine switch card in VPX3-623 module for VPX system developed by Curtiss-Wright. This is available from Curtiss Wright Defense Solutions for use with Curtiss Wright VPX3-623 system, jointly developed by Cisco.
● Please contact your Cisco Account Executive for the US DoD for further details and to order this product.
● Please also note that this product is not available to order through Curtiss Wright until its target FCS in Q2CY25 which is subject to change without further notice. Please look at the VPX3-623 datasheet https://www.curtisswrightds.com/resources/vpx3-623-cisco-powered-switch-data-sheet.
The ESS9300 has a 1-year Limited Hardware Warranty.
Further warranty information for the ESS9300 switch is available at https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/warranty-listing.html.
Information about Cisco’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives and performance is provided in Cisco’s CSR and sustainability reporting.
| Sustainability Topic |
Reference |
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| General |
Information on product-material-content laws and regulations |
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| Information on electronic waste laws and regulations, including our products, batteries and packaging |
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| Sustainability Inquiries |
Contact: csr_inquiries@cisco.com |
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| Information on product takeback and reuse program |
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| Operating/non-operating environmental conditions |
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| Power |
Power consumption |
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| Power supply |
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| Material |
Product packaging weight and materials |
Contact: environment@cisco.com |
| Dimensions |
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| Weight |
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| New or Revised Topic |
Described In |
Date |
| MACsec-256 security feature |
April 12, 2023 |
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| Added ESS9300-NW-A= Network Advantage Spare License |
April 12, 2023 |
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| Added Certificate based MACsec In Software Features |
Network Essential License |
January 10, 2024 |
| Added a Footnote in Compliance Section |
Compliance Section |
January 12, 2024 |
| Added ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A datasheet as a follow on in the ESS9300 series to ESS-9300-10X-E datasheet and added some additional common content |
September 30, 2024 |
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| Reformatted Datasheet to be more readable and where applicable have single tables describing various for both ESS-9300-10X-E and ESS-9300-8X16T-W-A |
Entire datasheet |
October 9, 2024 |