cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9372PX vs juniper EX Series EX4600
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9372PX is a first-generation 1U fixed datacenter leaf switch providing 48 ports of 1G/10G SFP+ and 6 ports of 40G QSFP+ uplinks. The Juniper EX4600 is a compact 1U 10GbE/40GbE enterprise campus distribution and aggregation switch.
| cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9372PX | juniper EX Series EX4600 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jun 2014 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Downlink ports | 48x 1G/10G SFP+ optical/copper ports | — |
| Uplink ports | 6x 40G QSFP+ optical ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 1.44 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | 1.44 Tbps / 1.07 Bpps forwarding performance |
| Forwarding rate | Up to 1,150 Mpps | — |
| Airflow | Port-side exhaust or port-side intake airflow options | — |
| Operating modes | Cisco NX-OS or Cisco ACI Leaf mode | — |
| Ports | — | 24x fixed 10GbE SFP/SFP+ and 4x fixed 40GbE QSFP+ ports |
| Expansion slots | — | Two modular expansion bays supporting 8x 10GbE SFP+ or 4x 40GbE QSFP+ modules |
| Virtual chassis | — | Interconnects up to 10 switches into a single logical management plane |
| Power and cooling | — | Dual redundant hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies and field-replaceable fans |
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