arista 7050X 7050CX3-32S vs Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7050CX3-32S is a 1U wire-speed 100GbE spine and leaf switch featuring 32 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28 alongside 2 ports of 10G SFP+. The Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON is a high-density 1U open networking switch engineered for spine interconnects, high-throughput leaf aggregation, and 100GbE storage backplanes.
| arista 7050X 7050CX3-32S | Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Aug 2018 | Jun 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Ports | 32x 40G/100G QSFP28 and 2x 10GbE SFP+ ports | 32x 100GbE QSFP28 + 2x 10GbE SFP+ ports (ports break out to 128x 25GbE / 10GbE) |
| Switching capacity | 6.4 Tbps / 2.0 Bpps forwarding rate | 3.2 Tbps (6.4 Tbps full duplex) |
| Latency | Cut-through switching from 800 nanoseconds | — |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount | — |
| Software | Arista EOS with EVPN-VXLAN, sFlow, and CloudVision telemetry | — |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug 750W AC/DC power supplies |
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