Arista 7050X 7050SX3-48YC8 vs Dell PowerSwitch Z9100-ON
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7050SX3-48YC8 is a modern 1U top-of-rack datacenter switch built on the Broadcom Trident 3 switching engine. The Dell PowerSwitch Z9100-ON is a high-performance 1U 32-port 100GbE open networking aggregation and spine switch.
| Arista 7050X 7050SX3-48YC8 | Dell PowerSwitch Z9100-ON | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Arista | Dell |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Aug 2018 | Oct 2015 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U switch |
| Downlink ports | 48x 10G/25G SFP28 optical/copper ports | — |
| Uplink ports | 8x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching throughput | 4.0 Tbps / 2.0 Bpps forwarding capacity | — |
| Latency | Cut-through switching from 800 nanoseconds | — |
| Packet buffer | 32MB fully shared packet buffer architecture | — |
| Datacenter features | EVPN-VXLAN, RoCEv2, PFC, ECN, and sFlow | — |
| Port configuration | — | 32x 100GbE QSFP28 ports (or up to 128x 25GbE / 10GbE via breakout cables) |
| Switching capacity | — | 6.4 Tbps full-duplex non-blocking switching throughput |
| Operating system | — | ONIE; supports Dell OS9, OS10, Cumulus Linux, and SONiC |
| Airflow options | — | Normal (I/O to PSU) or Reverse (PSU to I/O) airflow |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug 750W AC or DC power supplies |
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