The StackWise-160/80 architecture allows stacking of up to eight switches in a ring topology to achieve a high density of stack bandwidth. This architecture expands the switches’ form factor, switching capacity, port density, and redundancy, providing a single control plane. Additionally, it offers resiliency, scalability, and central management. The latest Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches support StackWise-160, while the Cisco Catalyst 9200L models support StackWise-80. This technology is flexible, modular, and evolutionary, delivering Cisco IOS® XE feature capabilities with hardware acceleration to every port in the stack.

Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches are available in data, Power over Ethernet (PoE), and Multigigabit versions, with 24-port and 48-port variants for each version. The hardware design of each model is cost-effective to support different network capacity loads and switching performance requirements.