Arista 7280R 7280CR-48 vs Cisco Nexus 9364C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7280CR-48 is a 2U high-density 100GbE deep-buffer datacenter spine and routing platform offering 48 ports of 100GbE QSFP28. The Cisco Nexus 9364C is an enterprise 2U fixed datacenter spine switch delivering 64 ports of wire-speed 40G/100G QSFP28.
| Arista 7280R 7280CR-48 | Cisco Nexus 9364C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Arista | Cisco |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Mar 2016 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 2U fixed switch | 2U fixed switch |
| Ports | 48x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 9.6 Tbps / 2.8 Bpps | 12.8 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth |
| Buffer size | 24GB deep packet buffer | — |
| Form factor | 2U rack mount | 2U rack mount |
| Routing protocols | BGP-EVPN, MPLS L3VPN, Segment Routing, and full internet routing tables | — |
| Port configuration | — | 64x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 4.3 Bpps |
| Operating modes | — | Cisco ACI Spine or NX-OS IP Fabric Spine |
| Cooling power | — | Hot-swappable redundant power supplies and 3+1 redundant fan modules |
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