Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX vs Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T RackSwitch
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX is a 1U data center switch featuring 48 100M/1G/10GBase-T ports and 6 40G/100G QSFP28 uplink ports. The Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T RackSwitch is a 1U 10GBASE-T top-of-rack Ethernet switch engineered for enterprise data centers requiring copper 10GbE server connectivity.
| Cisco Nexus 93108TC-EX | Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T RackSwitch | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Mar 2016 | Jul 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Downlink ports | 48x 100M/1G/10GBase-T copper ports | — |
| Uplink ports | 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 optical ports | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 2.16Tbps throughput and 1.5 billion packets per second (bpps) | 1.12 Tbps switching fabric with 833.3 Mpps forwarding throughput |
| Architecture | Cisco Cloud Scale ASIC with 40MB shared buffer | — |
| Operating modes | Cisco NX-OS or Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-swap AC or DC power supplies | Dual redundant hot-swap AC power supplies |
| Management | Cisco Nexus Dashboard, NX-OS CLI, and Cisco ACI Controller (APIC) | REST API, OpenFlow, CLI, SNMP, Telemetry |
| Port configuration | — | 24x 10GBASE-T (RJ-45) ports and 8x 40GbE QSFP+ uplink ports (breakout to 4x 10GbE supported) |
| Operating system | — | Lenovo Cloud Network Operating System (CNOS) |
| Airflow | — | Rear-to-front (server-cooling compliant) or front-to-rear airflow |
| Latency | — | Cut-through switching with sub-2.5 microsecond latency |
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