Cisco Nexus 9364C vs Juniper QFX Series QFX5210-64C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9364C is an enterprise 2U fixed datacenter spine switch delivering 64 ports of wire-speed 40G/100G QSFP28. The Juniper QFX5210-64C is a 2U high-density 100GbE datacenter spine switch powered by Broadcom Tomahawk 2 silicon.
| Cisco Nexus 9364C | Juniper QFX Series QFX5210-64C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jun 2017 | Oct 2017 |
| Form factor | 2U fixed switch | 2U fixed switch |
| Port configuration | 64x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 12.8 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | 12.8 Tbps / 4.2 Bpps wire-speed forwarding performance |
| Forwarding rate | Up to 4.3 Bpps | — |
| Form factor | 2U rack mount | — |
| Operating modes | Cisco ACI Spine or NX-OS IP Fabric Spine | — |
| Cooling power | Hot-swappable redundant power supplies and 3+1 redundant fan modules | — |
| Ports | — | 64x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports |
| Silicon | — | Broadcom Tomahawk 2 packet processing engine |
| Fabric scale | — | High-density spine for 25G/100G Clos networks supporting up to 256x 25GbE links |
| Redundancy | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and hot-swappable fan trays |
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