Can C9500-12Q use 10Gb SFP+ transceivers?

[rkonwinski]

Model	Description	Total QSFP or SFP+ Ports
C9500-12Q	Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series 12-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet with QSFP	12 QSFP/12 SFP+
C9500-24Q	Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series 24-port 40 Gigabit Ethernet with QSFP+	24 QSFP/24 SFP+
C9500-40X	Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series 40-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet with SFP+	40 SFP+

The above is from the datasheet but it's not clear if you can use a 10Gb gbic.

[Hilda Arteaga]

Hi rkonwinski

Thanks for contacting us, assuring compatibility is important.

The "C9500-12Q"does not support these transceivers, since it has no uplinks for 10G SFP

Nevertheless the C9500-40X and C9500-48X can, in fact the Cisco Catalyst 9500 series support optional network modules for uplink ports only on 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches that has 40-ports. Thus the 12 is excluded.

Hope this helps!