Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX3P vs Juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48T
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX3P is an enterprise 1U top-of-rack datacenter switch featuring 48 ports of 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T multi-speed copper and 6 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28. The Juniper QFX5120-48T is an enterprise 1U datacenter top-of-rack leaf switch delivering 48 ports of 100M/1G/10GBASE-T twisted-pair copper and 6 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks.
| Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX3P | Juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48T | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Nov 2020 | Mar 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Access ports | 48x 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T multi-gigabit ports | — |
| Uplinks | 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching performance | 2.16 Tbps throughput | — |
| Security | Hardware MACsec-256 encryption standard on all ports | — |
| Telemetry | Flow table telemetry, dynamic buffer latency monitoring | — |
| Modes | Cisco NX-OS or ACI spine/leaf fabric | — |
| Ports | — | 48x 100M/1G/10GBASE-T RJ-45 ports and 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks |
| Switching capacity | — | 2.16 Tbps / 1.6 Bpps wire-speed forwarding performance |
| Cabling | — | Standard Cat6/Cat6a RJ-45 twisted-pair copper connectivity |
| Fabric support | — | Hardware-based EVPN-VXLAN Layer 2 and Layer 3 gateway architecture |
| Redundancy | — | Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power modules and reversible fan trays |
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