cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300 vs juniper EX Series EX4300 Multigigabit
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch series is the premier stackable enterprise campus switching platform for security, IoT, mobility, and cloud connectivity. The Juniper EX4300 Multigigabit is a high-density 1U access switch engineered to power Wi-Fi 6 wireless access points and high-draw IoT equipment.
| cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300 | juniper EX Series EX4300 Multigigabit | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U modular switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Chassis ports | 24 or 48 ports copper (1GbE, Multi-gigabit) or SFP/SFP+ fiber | — |
| Modular network modules | Up to 4x 10G SFP+, 8x 10G SFP+, 2x 40G QSFP+, 2x 25G SFP28, or 2x 100G QSFP28 | — |
| Stacking performance | StackWise-480 delivering 480 Gbps across 8 switches | — |
| Poe delivery | Cisco UPOE+ up to 90W per port (IEEE 802.3bt Class 8) | — |
| Security features | Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA), MACsec-256, Trustworthy Solutions | — |
| Application hosting | Native Docker container and ThousandEyes enterprise agent hosting | — |
| Ports | — | 24x multigigabit 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T and 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports |
| Poe power | — | 802.3bt PoE++ up to 95W per port with up to 1400W total budget |
| Uplinks | — | 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports and optional modular uplink bays |
| Switching capacity | — | 960 Gbps / 714 Mpps forwarding performance |
| Stacking | — | 320 Gbps Virtual Chassis stacking connecting up to 10 members |
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