cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7018 vs cisco Nexus 7700 Nexus 7718
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 7018 is an 18-slot enterprise datacenter core chassis switch engineered for maximum port density and centralized aggregation. The Cisco Nexus 7718 is an 18-slot flagship modular datacenter core switch delivering massive capacity and up to 83 Tbps of switching throughput in a 26U frame.
| cisco Nexus 7000 Nexus 7018 | cisco Nexus 7700 Nexus 7718 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | cisco |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Apr 2009 | Jun 2013 |
| Form factor | modular chassis | modular chassis |
| Chassis slots | 18 | 18 |
| Supervisor slots | Slots 9 and 10 (redundant supervisor modules) | Slots 9 and 10 (redundant supervisor modules) |
| Line card slots | 16 payload line card slots (Slots 1-8, 11-18) | 16 payload slots (Slots 1-8, 11-18) |
| Chassis height | 25U rack mount | 26U rack mount |
| System capacity | Up to 18.7 Tbps with Fabric-2 modules | — |
| Max ports | Up to 768 10GbE or 192 40GbE ports in a single chassis | — |
| Power | Up to four 7500W power supplies | — |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 83 Tbps system bandwidth |
| Fabric architecture | — | 6 orthogonal rear fabric modules |
| Port scale | — | Up to 768 10G, 384 40G, or 192 100G ports in a single chassis |
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