Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs Dell PowerSwitch N3248P-ON
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 N3248P-ON is a next-generation 48-port PoE+ Layer 3 campus switch equipped with four 10GbE SFP+ uplinks and ONIE open networking.
| Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | Dell PowerSwitch N3248P-ON | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2021 | Oct 2019 |
| 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 | 176 Gbps aggregate throughput (132 Mpps forwarding rate) |
| Forwarding rate | 1.4 Bpps | — |
| Port configuration | — | 48x 1GbE RJ45 PoE+ ports + 4x 10GbE SFP+ uplink ports |
| Poe budget | — | Up to 30.8W per port (PoE+), up to 1440W total PoE budget with dual power supplies |
| Operating system | — | ONIE; supports Dell SmartFabric OS6 / OS10 with full Layer 3 routing |
| Power supply | — | Hot-swappable redundant 1050W or 1600W AC power supplies |
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