Cisco C9300L-48PF-4G-E — Catalyst 9300L 48-Port PoE+ Switch with 4× 1G SFP Uplinks, High-Power PSU and Network Essentials
What it is
C9300L-48PF-4G-E is a Cisco Catalyst 9300L Series enterprise access switch designed for campus and branch networks that need 48 Gigabit Ethernet PoE+ ports, standard 1 Gigabit fiber uplinks, and increased power capacity for larger PoE deployments.
It provides 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 PoE+ access ports and 4 × fixed 1 Gigabit SFP uplinks. The “PF” version includes a higher-capacity 1100W AC power supply, while the “-E” suffix indicates Network Essentials licensing.
Why buyers pick C9300L-48PF-4G-E (plain English)
48 PoE+ ports: Powers and connects IP phones, wireless access points, security cameras, and other PoE-powered devices from a single switch.
Higher PoE capacity: The 1100W power supply gives the PF model more available power than the standard 48P configuration, making it better suited to dense PoE deployments.
Four dedicated fiber uplinks: Built-in 1G SFP ports provide straightforward fiber connectivity to aggregation or distribution switches.
Enterprise Catalyst platform: Runs Cisco IOS XE and provides enterprise security, VLAN, QoS, automation, telemetry, and management features.
Network Essentials licensing: Provides the core enterprise switching and Layer 3 feature set without the additional capabilities of Network Advantage.
60-second spec box (C9300L-48PF-4G-E)
Access / downlink ports
- 48 × 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45
- PoE / PoE+
- Up to 30W per port on supported devices
Uplinks
- 4 × 1 Gigabit SFP
- Fixed uplink configuration
- Supports compatible fiber or copper SFP transceivers
PoE
- IEEE 802.3af PoE
- IEEE 802.3at PoE+
- High-power PF configuration
- 1100W AC power supply
- Higher available PoE budget than standard C9300L-48P models
Performance
- 104 Gbps switching capacity
- Up to 424 Gbps with stacking
- Approx. 77.38 Mpps forwarding rate
- Approx. 315.48 Mpps with stacking
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
Stacking
- Cisco StackWise
- Multi-switch stacking support
- Single logical management plane
Software
- Cisco IOS XE
- Network Essentials
- SKU suffix: -E
Management
- Cisco CLI
- SSH
- SNMP
- NETCONF / RESTCONF
- Cisco Catalyst Center integration
- Telemetry and automation support
Power
- 1100W AC power supply
- Redundant power supply support
- Designed for higher-density PoE deployments
Physical
- 1U rack-mount switch
- Enterprise Catalyst 9300L chassis
- Hot-swappable fan and power architecture
Where it fits (and when to choose something else)
Perfect for:
- High-density PoE office networks
- Large IP phone deployments
- Wireless access points
- Security camera networks
- Campus edge switching
- Branch offices
- Customers needing more PoE capacity than a standard 48P model
Choose something else if:
- You need 10G uplinks → choose C9300L-48PF-4X-E
- You don't need the higher-power PSU → choose C9300L-48P-4G-E
- You need more advanced routing features → choose C9300L-48PF-4G-A
- You need multigigabit access ports → move to a higher-end Catalyst 9300 / 9300X model
- You don't need PoE → choose a data-only Catalyst 9300L model
TL;DR
C9300L-48PF-4G-E is a Cisco Catalyst 9300L enterprise switch with 48 × 1G PoE+ RJ-45 ports, 4 × 1G SFP uplinks, a higher-capacity 1100W power supply, Cisco IOS XE, stacking support, and Network Essentials licensing — ideal for high-density PoE deployments where standard 1G uplinks are sufficient.
