Cisco Nexus 5596UP vs Lenovo ThinkSystem DB630S
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 5596UP is a 2U unified port datacenter switch providing 48 fixed Universal Ports and three modular expansion slots. The ThinkSystem DB630S is Lenovo's high-density 2U Gen 6 Fibre Channel SAN switch, engineered on Brocade G630 OEM hardware.
| Cisco Nexus 5596UP | Lenovo ThinkSystem DB630S | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Apr 2011 | May 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U fixed switch | 2U rack |
| Fixed ports | 48 Unified Ports (10GbE, FCoE, or 8G/4G/2G FC) | — |
| Expansion slots | 3 expansion slots supporting 16-port unified modules or Layer 3 modules | — |
| Maximum ports | Up to 96 unified ports in 2U | — |
| Switching capacity | 1.92 Tbps / 1,428 Mpps forwarding rate | 4.096 Tb/s aggregate full duplex throughput |
| Cooling power | Dual hot-swappable power supplies and 4 hot-swappable fan modules | — |
| Ports | — | Up to 128 ports: 96x 32Gb/s SFP+ ports plus 8x 128Gb/s 4x32Gb QSFP ports |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-swap AC power supplies |
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