Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX vs Juniper EX Series EX2300-C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX is a high-performance compact enterprise switch offering full Layer 3 routing in a silent, fanless form factor. The Juniper EX2300-C is a compact fanless 1U enterprise Ethernet switch engineered for whisper-quiet desktop, open-office, retail, and hospitality edge connectivity.
| Cisco Catalyst 3560-CX | Juniper EX Series EX2300-C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Feb 2015 | Apr 2016 |
| Form factor | compact desktop switch | compact switch |
| Form factor | Compact fanless desktop or DIN-rail enclosure | — |
| Ports | 8 or 14 ports 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet | 12x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Uplink bandwidth | 2x 10GbE SFP+ or 2x 1GbE SFP and copper uplinks | — |
| Poe output | Up to 240W total PoE+ power budget | — |
| Routing | Full Layer 3 OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, and VRF-lite support with IP Services | — |
| Acoustic profile | Fanless silent thermal dissipation | — |
| Uplinks | — | 2x fixed 1GbE/10GbE SFP/SFP+ uplinks |
| Acoustics | — | Silent fanless convection cooling design |
| Switching capacity | — | 64 Gbps / 47 Mpps forwarding throughput |
| Poe budget | — | Up to 124W PoE+ power budget on EX2300-C-12P model |
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