cisco Nexus 3000 Nexus 3232C vs cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 3232C is a high-density 1U 100GbE datacenter switch delivering 32 ports of wire-speed 40G/100G QSFP28. The Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 is a compact 1U datacenter spine and leaf switch delivering 36 ports of wire-speed 40G/100G QSFP28.
| cisco Nexus 3000 Nexus 3232C | cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | cisco |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Sep 2015 | Jun 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Ports | 32x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | 36x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports (each supports 4x 10G or 4x 25G breakout) |
| Switching capacity | 6.4 Tbps / 3.3 Bpps forwarding throughput | 7.2 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount | — |
| Latency | Cut-through switching with sub-microsecond port-to-port latency | — |
| Features | VXLAN EVPN, OpenFlow, Puppet, Chef, and Ansible automation | — |
| Forwarding rate | — | Over 2.8 Bpps |
| Encryption | — | Hardware MACsec-256 encryption across all 36 ports |
| Modes | — | NX-OS standalone spine/leaf or ACI fabric spine/leaf |
| Cooling power | — | Hot-swappable dual power supplies and N+1 redundant fan modules |
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