Cisco Catalyst 3850 vs Juniper EX Series EX4200
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch series is an enterprise 1U stackable campus access and aggregation switch family combining wired switching and wireless controller capabilities. The Juniper EX4200 is an enterprise 1U stackable switch that pioneered Juniper Virtual Chassis technology, enabling up to 10 switches to interconnect over a dedicated 128 Gbps backplane bus.
| Cisco Catalyst 3850 | Juniper EX Series EX4200 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jan 2013 | Jan 2008 |
| Form factor | 1U stackable switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Access ports | 24 or 48 ports Gigabit copper, Multi-gigabit, or SFP/SFP+ fiber | — |
| Modular network modules | 4x 1G, 2x 10G, 4x 10G, 8x 10G, or 2x 40G QSFP+ modules | — |
| Stacking bandwidth | StackWise-480 delivering 480 Gbps across 9 members | 128 Gbps dedicated Virtual Chassis backplane bus |
| Power technology | Cisco StackPower for unified power pooling | — |
| Wireless capacity | Integrated wireless controller supporting up to 100 APs and 2000 clients | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 480 Gbps per switch | Up to 136 Gbps / 101 Mpps forwarding rate |
| Ports | — | 24 or 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Uplink module | — | Optional modular 4x 1GbE SFP or 2x 10GbE SFP+ uplink cards |
| Power supplies | — | Dual hot-swappable redundant modular power supplies |
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