Software Specifications

Software Specifications Description
Connector options
  • 40 100 GbE/40GbE ports for 9740-40C
  • 80 100 GbE/40GbE ports for 9740-80C
  • 72 (18x4) 10/25 GbE ports for 9740-40C
  • 144 (36x4) 10/25 GbE ports for 9740-80C
  • Out-of-band Ethernet management: 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45
  • Console management: RJ45 serial port
  • Storage: USB port, standard-A plug
Maximum MAC addresses600K (default profile)

190K (route profile)

Switch fabric capacity (data rate, full duplex)4.0 Tbps in each direction (front panel ports, 40x100Gbps) for 9740-40C 8.0 Tbps in each direction (front panel port, 80x100Gbps) for 9740-80C
Maximum VLANs4,096
Maximum ACLs (IPv4/IPv6/L2)2,000
Maximum members in a standard LAG 64
Maximum number of MCT switches2
Maximum number of Bridge Domains 4,096
Maximum IPv4 unicast routes 128,000
Maximum IPv6 unicast routes 10,000
Maximum IPv4 host routes47,000
Maximum IPv6 host routes33,000
Maximum jumbo frame size9,216 bytes
QoS priority queues (per port) 8
IEEE Compliance
  • IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol
  • IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
  • IEEE 802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree Protocol
  • IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP
  • IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
  • IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X
  • IEEE 802.3ba / 80 2.3bm 40 GBASE-X and 100 GBASE-X
  • IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging
  • IEEE 802.1p Class of Service Prioritization and Tagging
  • IEEE 802.1v VLAN Classification by Protocol and Port
  • IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
  • IEEE 802.3x Flow Control (Pause Frames)
  • IEEE 802.3ae 10 GBASE-X
  • IEEE 802.3 10 GBASE-T (up to 100 m using Cat6a cabling or better)
  • IEEE 802.3bj
  • IEEE 802.3by