arista 7050X 7050TX3-48C8 vs cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 93108TC-FX
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7050TX3-48C8 is an enterprise 1U top-of-rack datacenter switch delivering 48 ports of 100M/1G/10GBASE-T twisted-pair copper and 8 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks. The Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX is a 1U top-of-rack 10GBASE-T datacenter switch powered by Cisco Cloud Scale technology.
| arista 7050X 7050TX3-48C8 | cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 93108TC-FX | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | cisco |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Aug 2018 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Access ports | 48x 100M/1G/10GBASE-T RJ-45 ports | — |
| Uplinks | 8x 40G/100G QSFP28 optical ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 2.56 Tbps throughput | 2.16 Tbps / 1.5 Bpps forwarding rate |
| Buffer | 32MB shared packet buffer | — |
| Cooling options | Front-to-rear or rear-to-front airflow with hot-swap power and fans | — |
| Copper ports | — | 48x 100M/1G/10GBASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Optical uplinks | — | 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports |
| Power cooling | — | Hot-swappable N+1 redundant power supplies and fans (port-to-power or power-to-port) |
| Fabric support | — | VXLAN EVPN, Cisco ACI Leaf |
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