Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs Dell PowerEdge MX7116n
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 PowerEdge MX7116n is a zero-latency Fabric Expander Module engineered for secondary MX7000 chassis.
| Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | Dell PowerEdge MX7116n | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2021 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U fixed switch |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | — |
| Ports | 48x 1/10/25GbE SFP28 + 6x 40/100GbE QSFP28 | 16x 25GbE internal links, 2x QSFP28-DD expander ports connecting to MX9116n |
| Switching capacity | 3.6 Tb/s | Pass-through unmanaged repeater throughput |
| Forwarding rate | 1.4 Bpps | — |
| Internal ports | — | 16x 25GbE internal connections to blade sleds |
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