Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Network Module - Expansion module - 10 Gigabit SFP+ x 8 - for Catalyst 9300

NAT support. Support for both static and dynamic NAT and Port Address Translation (PAT). IPv6 support. IPv6 support in hardware, providing wire-rate forwarding for IPv6 networks. SD-Access. Policy-based automation from edge to cloud. Segmentation and micro-segmentation made easy, with predictable performance and scalability. Automation through the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Enterprise Module (APIC-EM). Policy through the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). Network assurance through the Network Data Platform. Faster launch of business services and significantly improved issue resolution time. Plug and Play (PnP) enabled: a simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease branch or campus device rollouts or updates to an existing network. Switching capacity. Up to 960-Gbps switching capacity (IPv4) with up to 1440 Mpps of throughput. Virtualization technology. StackWise virtual technology, a network system virtualization technology that increases operational efficiency and boosts nonstop communications and scaled system bandwidth. AC power supplies. Platinum-rated AC power supplies. Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) 2.0 Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). Ready for next-generation technologies with programmable pipeline, microengine capabilities, and template-based, configurable allocation of Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, Access Control Lists (ACLs), and QoS entries. Routing entries. Up to 64,000 routing entries for high-end campus access and aggregation deployments. Open IOS-XE. Open IOS-XE, a modern operating system for the enterprise with support for model-driven programmability, on-box Python scripting, streaming telemetry, container-based application hosting, and patching for critical bug fixes. The OS also has built-in defenses to protect against runtime attacks. Ethernet. Up to 24 nonblocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP ports.