Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs Dell Connectrix MDS-9396S
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 MDS-9396S is a 2U 96-port 16Gb Fibre Channel switch based on the Cisco MDS 9396S platform.
| Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | Dell Connectrix MDS-9396S | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | end-of-support |
| Released | Apr 2021 | May 2015 |
| 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 96 Fibre Channel ports (base 48 ports expandable to 96 ports in 12-port increments) |
| Port speeds | — | Auto-sensing 2, 4, 8, and 16Gb/s Fibre Channel speeds |
| Switching bandwidth | — | 1.536 Tbps aggregate bandwidth with line-rate non-blocking switching |
| Operating system | — | Cisco NX-OS Software for MDS 9000 Series |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug power supplies with hot-swappable fan trays |
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