cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300 vs juniper EX Series EX4300
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 is a 1U stackable campus access and data center top-of-rack switch delivering 320 Gbps of Virtual Chassis backplane bandwidth.
| cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300 | juniper EX Series EX4300 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2017 | Oct 2013 |
| 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 | — | 24 or 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Fixed uplinks | — | 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports for Virtual Chassis stacking or uplinks |
| Uplink modules | — | Optional 4x 10GbE SFP+, 2x 40GbE QSFP+, or 8x 10GbE SFP+ modules |
| Stacking capacity | — | 320 Gbps Virtual Chassis bandwidth connecting up to 10 switches |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 496 Gbps / 369 Mpps forwarding throughput |
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