cisco Catalyst 3850 Catalyst 3850 vs juniper EX Series EX4600
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 EX4600 is a compact 1U 10GbE/40GbE enterprise campus distribution and aggregation switch.
| cisco Catalyst 3850 Catalyst 3850 | juniper EX Series EX4600 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jan 2013 | Jun 2014 |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | 1.44 Tbps / 1.07 Bpps forwarding performance |
| Ports | — | 24x fixed 10GbE SFP/SFP+ and 4x fixed 40GbE QSFP+ ports |
| Expansion slots | — | Two modular expansion bays supporting 8x 10GbE SFP+ or 4x 40GbE QSFP+ modules |
| Virtual chassis | — | Interconnects up to 10 switches into a single logical management plane |
| Power and cooling | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and field-replaceable fans |
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