cisco Catalyst 9200 Catalyst 9200 vs juniper EX Series EX2300
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 9200 is an enterprise 1U access switch offering modular uplink flexibility, dual field-replaceable power supplies, and hot-swappable cooling fans. The Juniper EX2300 is a compact 1U fixed-configuration enterprise access switch built for cloud-ready branch deployments and commercial campus access layers.
| cisco Catalyst 9200 Catalyst 9200 | juniper EX Series EX2300 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2019 | Apr 2016 |
| Form factor | 1U modular switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Downlink ports | 24 or 48 ports 10/100/1000 Ethernet or multi-gigabit | — |
| Modular uplinks | Field-replaceable network modules (4x 1G, 4x 10G, or 2x 25G) | — |
| Stacking bandwidth | StackWise-160 delivering 160 Gbps across 8 switches | — |
| Power supplies | Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies | — |
| Cooling | Dual field-replaceable fan modules | — |
| Poe power | Full PoE+ up to 1440W total power budget | — |
| Switching performance | Up to 260 Gbps | — |
| Ports | — | 24 or 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Uplinks | — | 4x fixed 1GbE/10GbE SFP/SFP+ optical uplinks |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 176 Gbps / 130 Mpps forwarding capacity |
| Poe budget | — | Up to 740W 802.3at PoE+ power budget on 48-port models |
| Cloud management | — | Juniper Mist Wired Assurance telemetry and Junos OS management |
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