Cisco Nexus 9516 vs Juniper QFX Series QFX10016
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9516 is a 16-slot modular datacenter chassis switch delivering massive port density and switching bandwidth for large cloud service provider and enterprise datacenter spine fabrics. The Juniper QFX10016 is a 16-slot 21U modular core and spine chassis switch delivering up to 96 Tbps of switching throughput.
| Cisco Nexus 9516 | Juniper QFX Series QFX10016 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | Juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2014 | Jun 2015 |
| Form factor | modular chassis | modular chassis |
| Chassis slots | 16 | — |
| Line card slots | 16 payload line card slots | — |
| Supervisor slots | 2 redundant supervisor engine slots | — |
| Fabric modules | Up to 6 rear fabric modules | — |
| Chassis height | 21U rack mount | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 230.4 Tbps | — |
| Max ports | Up to 1024 100G ports or 256 400G ports in a single chassis | — |
| Operating modes | NX-OS standalone spine or Cisco ACI spine | — |
| Slots | — | 16 payload line card slots, 6 switch fabric modules, 2 redundant routing engines |
| Height | — | 21U modular rack chassis with high-volume cooling fans |
| System capacity | — | Up to 96 Tbps switching throughput / 32 Bpps forwarding rate |
| Buffering | — | Custom deep packet buffer architecture preventing burst packet loss |
| Redundancy | — | Fully redundant power feeds, cooling trays, fabric modules, and control planes |
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