cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 vs juniper QFX Series QFX5110-32Q
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 Juniper QFX5110-32Q is a 1U datacenter spine and high-density leaf switch delivering 32 ports of 40GbE QSFP+ with up to 4 ports capable of 100GbE QSFP28 operation.
| cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 | juniper QFX Series QFX5110-32Q | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2018 | Feb 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Ports | 36x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports (each supports 4x 10G or 4x 25G breakout) | 32x 40GbE QSFP+ ports (with up to 4 ports supporting 100GbE QSFP28) |
| Switching capacity | 7.2 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | 2.56 Tbps / 1.44 Bpps wire-speed forwarding performance |
| 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 | — |
| Overlays | — | Full EVPN-VXLAN fabric support for multi-tenant datacenter environments |
| Breakout capability | — | Supports 4x 10GbE breakout cables on all 40GbE QSFP+ ports |
| Power and cooling | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC supplies with front-to-back or back-to-front airflow |
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