cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 vs Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 is a compact 1U datacenter spine and leaf switch delivering 36 ports of wire-speed 40G/100G QSFP28. The Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON is a high-density 1U open networking switch engineered for spine interconnects, high-throughput leaf aggregation, and 100GbE storage backplanes.
| cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 | Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | Dell |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2018 | Jun 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Ports | 36x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports (each supports 4x 10G or 4x 25G breakout) | 32x 100GbE QSFP28 + 2x 10GbE SFP+ ports (ports break out to 128x 25GbE / 10GbE) |
| Switching capacity | 7.2 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | 3.2 Tbps (6.4 Tbps full duplex) |
| Forwarding rate | Over 2.8 Bpps | — |
| Encryption | Hardware MACsec-256 encryption across all 36 ports | — |
| Modes | NX-OS standalone spine/leaf or ACI fabric spine/leaf | — |
| Cooling power | Hot-swappable dual power supplies and N+1 redundant fan modules | — |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-plug 750W AC/DC power supplies |
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