Cisco C9300-48H-E — Catalyst 9300 48-Port UPOE+ Switch with Modular Uplinks and Network Essentials
What it is
C9300-48H-E is a Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series enterprise access switch designed for campus and branch networks that need 48 × 1 Gigabit Ethernet copper ports with UPOE+, modular uplinks, and high stacking bandwidth.
It provides 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 UPOE+ ports, supports up to 90W per port on compatible powered devices, and includes the Network Essentials software tier.
Why buyers pick C9300-48H-E (plain English)
48 high-power PoE ports: All 48 copper ports support Cisco UPOE+, making the switch suitable for high-power wireless access points, PTZ cameras, displays, collaboration devices, and other demanding endpoints.
Up to 90W per port: UPOE+ provides substantially more power than standard PoE+, which tops out at 30W.
High PoE capacity: The standard high-power PSU configuration gives the switch a substantial PoE budget for dense powered-device deployments.
Modular uplinks: The uplink module is selected separately, letting you choose the fiber or high-speed uplink configuration that best fits your network.
Network Essentials licensing: Provides the core enterprise switching and Layer 3 feature set without the broader Network Advantage license.
60-second spec box (C9300-48H-E)
Access / downlink ports
- 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45
- Cisco UPOE+
- Up to 90W per port
- Supports standard PoE and PoE+ devices
PoE
- IEEE 802.3af PoE
- IEEE 802.3at PoE+
- Cisco UPOE / UPOE+
- High-power PoE design
- Total available PoE budget depends on PSU configuration
Uplinks
- Modular uplink slot
- Uplink network module selected separately
- Supports compatible Catalyst 9300 uplink modules
Stacking
- Cisco StackWise-480
- Up to 480 Gbps stack bandwidth
- Multi-switch stacking support
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StackPower support
Switching / routing
- Managed Layer 2 and Layer 3
- VLANs
- QoS
- STP / RSTP / MSTP
- EtherChannel / LACP
- IPv4 / IPv6
- Static routing
- ACLs
- Multicast support
- DHCP security features
Software
- Cisco IOS XE
- Network Essentials
- SKU suffix: -E
Management
- Cisco CLI
- SSH
- SNMP
- NETCONF / RESTCONF
- YANG
- Cisco Catalyst Center integration
- Model-driven telemetry
Power
- High-capacity AC power supply configuration
- Dual power-supply slots
- Redundant PSU support
- Designed for dense UPOE+ deployments
Physical
- 1U rack-mount switch
- Catalyst 9300 enterprise chassis
- Modular power and uplink architecture
Where it fits (and when to choose something else)
Perfect for:
- High-density wireless AP deployments
- Wi-Fi 6 access points
- PTZ security cameras
- Digital signage
- Collaboration endpoints
- Smart-building devices
- Campus access networks
- Branch networks requiring high-power PoE
Choose something else if:
- You need more advanced routing features → choose C9300-48H-A
- You only need standard PoE+ → consider C9300-48P-E
- You need multigigabit access speeds → consider C9300-48UN-E or a Catalyst 9300X model
- You do not need PoE → choose a data-only Catalyst 9300 model
- You need fixed uplinks → consider a Catalyst 9300L model
TL;DR
C9300-48H-E is a Cisco Catalyst 9300 enterprise switch with 48 × 1G UPOE+ RJ-45 ports, up to 90W per port, modular uplinks, StackWise-480, StackPower, Cisco IOS XE, and Network Essentials licensing — ideal for high-density, high-power enterprise access networks.
