Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs Dell Connectrix DS-7730B
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 is a 1U top-of-rack data center switch providing 48 1/10/25GbE SFP28 downlink ports and 6 40/100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports with wire-rate MACsec and telemetry. The Dell Connectrix DS-7730B is a next-generation 2U 128-port 64Gb/s Gen 7 Fibre Channel switch engineered for high-throughput enterprise flash storage networks.
| Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | Dell Connectrix DS-7730B | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2021 | May 2022 |
| Form factor | 1U | 2U switch |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | — |
| Ports | 48x 1/10/25GbE SFP28 + 6x 40/100GbE QSFP28 | — |
| Switching capacity | 3.6 Tb/s | — |
| Forwarding rate | 1.4 Bpps | — |
| Port count | — | Up to 128 Fibre Channel ports (96x 64Gb SFP+ ports + 16x 256Gb QSFP ports) |
| Port speeds | — | Auto-sensing 8, 16, 32, and 64Gb/s FC speeds (up to 256Gb/s on QSFPs) |
| Switching bandwidth | — | 8.192 Tbps aggregate bandwidth with ultra-low 460ns cut-through latency |
| Operating system | — | Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) Gen 7 enterprise edition |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug power supplies with hot-swappable fan trays |
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