Cisco Nexus 9508 vs Juniper QFX Series QFX10008
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9508 is an 8-slot modular datacenter chassis switch delivering massive port density and switching capacity for enterprise cloud cores and hyperscale ACI spine fabrics. The Juniper QFX10008 is an 8-slot 13U modular core and spine chassis switch engineered for large enterprise datacenters and cloud providers.
| Cisco Nexus 9508 | Juniper QFX Series QFX10008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Nov 2013 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | modular chassis | modular chassis |
| Chassis slots | 8 | — |
| Supervisor engine slots | 2 redundant supervisor engine slots | — |
| Line card payload slots | 8 payload line card slots | — |
| Fabric slots | Up to 6 orthogonal fabric modules | — |
| Chassis height | 13U rack mount | — |
| System throughput | Up to 115.2 Tbps with GX2 line cards | — |
| Port densities | Up to 512 100G ports or 128 400G ports in a single chassis | — |
| Slots | — | 8 payload line card slots, 6 switch fabric modules, 2 redundant routing engines |
| Height | — | 13U modular rack enclosure with front-to-back cooling |
| System capacity | — | Up to 48 Tbps switching capacity / 16 Bpps throughput |
| Buffering | — | Deep packet buffering per port to eliminate drops during high-volume bursts |
| Line cards | — | Interchangeable line cards supporting 10G, 40G, 100G, and 400G interfaces |
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