Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs Dell PowerSwitch N1524P
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 PowerSwitch N1524P is a 1U PoE+ campus access switch providing 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports and four 10GbE SFP+ uplinks.
| Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | Dell PowerSwitch N1524P | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2021 | May 2015 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U switch |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | — |
| Ports | 48x 1/10/25GbE SFP28 + 6x 40/100GbE QSFP28 | — |
| Switching capacity | 3.6 Tb/s | 128 Gbps aggregate throughput (95 Mpps forwarding rate) |
| Forwarding rate | 1.4 Bpps | — |
| Port configuration | — | 24x 1GbE RJ45 PoE+ ports + 4x 10GbE SFP+ uplink ports |
| Poe budget | — | Up to 30.8W per port (IEEE 802.3at PoE+), 600W total PoE power budget with external power supply |
| Operating system | — | Dell Networking OS6 with Layer 2+ enterprise feature set |
| Power supply | — | Integrated 250W AC power supply (expandable with optional RPS-720) |
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