cisco Nexus 3000 Nexus 3172PQ vs cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9372PX
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 3172PQ is an enterprise 1U top-of-rack switch delivering 48 fixed ports of 1G/10G SFP+ and 6 ports of 40G QSFP+. The Cisco Nexus 9372PX is a first-generation 1U fixed datacenter leaf switch providing 48 ports of 1G/10G SFP+ and 6 ports of 40G QSFP+ uplinks.
| cisco Nexus 3000 Nexus 3172PQ | cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9372PX | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | cisco |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Oct 2013 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Ports | 48x 1G/10GbE SFP+ and 6x 40GbE QSFP+ ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 1.44 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | 1.44 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth |
| Forwarding performance | Up to 1.1 Bpps | — |
| Vxlan support | Hardware-accelerated VXLAN bridging and routing | — |
| Cooling airflow | Front-to-back (port-side exhaust) or back-to-front (port-side intake) | — |
| Downlink ports | — | 48x 1G/10G SFP+ optical/copper ports |
| Uplink ports | — | 6x 40G QSFP+ optical ports |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 1,150 Mpps |
| Airflow | — | Port-side exhaust or port-side intake airflow options |
| Operating modes | — | Cisco NX-OS or Cisco ACI Leaf mode |
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