Cisco Catalyst 9200 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem NE0152T RackSwitch
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 Lenovo ThinkSystem NE0152T RackSwitch is a 1U Gigabit Ethernet top-of-rack data center switch designed for out-of-band server management and 1GbE host connectivity.
| Cisco Catalyst 9200 | Lenovo ThinkSystem NE0152T RackSwitch | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2019 | Nov 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U modular switch | 1U rack |
| 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 | — |
| Port configuration | — | 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports and 4x 1/10GbE SFP+ uplink ports |
| Switching capacity | — | 176 Gbps non-blocking switching throughput and 130.9 Mpps forwarding rate |
| Operating system | — | Lenovo Cloud Network Operating System (CNOS) with OpenFlow and telemetry support |
| Airflow | — | Front-to-rear or rear-to-front airflow models available |
| Latency | — | Sub-1 microsecond packet latency |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-swap AC power supplies |
| Management | — | CLI, SNMP v1/v2/v3, RESTful API, Ansible, Python scripting |
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