arista 7280R 7280SR-48C6 vs cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 93180YC-FX
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7280SR-48C6 is an enterprise 1U deep-buffer switch and edge router delivering 48 ports of 10GbE SFP+ and 6 ports of 100GbE QSFP28. The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX is an enterprise 1U top-of-rack datacenter switch built on the Cisco Cloud Scale ASIC.
| arista 7280R 7280SR-48C6 | cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 93180YC-FX | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | cisco |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Mar 2016 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Ports | 48x 10GbE SFP+ and 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 2.16 Tbps / 1.5 Bpps forwarding rate | 3.6 Tbps bidirectional bandwidth |
| Packet buffer | 24GB deep packet buffer with Virtual Output Queueing | — |
| Routing scale | Full Internet BGP routing table support with Algorithmic ACLs | — |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount | — |
| Downlink ports | — | 48x 10G/25G SFP28 optical/copper ports |
| Uplink ports | — | 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 2.6 Bpps |
| Storage networking | — | Supports native Fibre Channel (16G/32G) and FCoE on downlink ports |
| Operating modes | — | Cisco NX-OS Mode or Cisco ACI Leaf Mode |
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