Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 vs Dell PowerSwitch N3248PXE-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 N3248PXE-ON is an enterprise 1U multi-gigabit access switch featuring 48 multi-speed copper ports (1G/2.5G/5G/10G) with 90W 802.3bt PoE and four 25GbE SFP28 uplinks.
| Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX3 | Dell PowerSwitch N3248PXE-ON | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2021 | Apr 2020 |
| 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 | 1.36 Tbps aggregate throughput (1012 Mpps forwarding rate) |
| Forwarding rate | 1.4 Bpps | — |
| Port configuration | — | 48x multi-gigabit RJ45 ports (up to 10GBASE-T) with 802.3bt Type 4 90W PoE + 4x 25GbE SFP28 uplinks |
| Poe budget | — | Up to 90W per port (IEEE 802.3bt), up to 3000W total PoE budget with dual high-output power supplies |
| Operating system | — | ONIE; supports Dell SmartFabric OS10 with full Layer 3 routing |
| Power supply | — | Hot-swappable redundant 1600W AC power supplies |
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