Dell PowerSwitch N3048P vs Juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48Y
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerSwitch N3048P is a flagship 48-port PoE+ Layer 3 campus switch delivering up to 1440W of PoE power, two 10GbE SFP+ uplinks, and dedicated hardware stacking. The Juniper QFX5120-48Y is a high-speed 1U datacenter top-of-rack leaf switch delivering 48 ports of 10G/25G SFP28 and 8 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks.
| Dell PowerSwitch N3048P | Juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48Y | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Juniper |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Apr 2014 | Jun 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Port configuration | 48x 1GbE RJ45 PoE+ ports + 2x 10GbE SFP+ ports + 2x GbE combo ports + 2x dedicated stacking ports | — |
| Poe budget | Up to 30.8W per port (PoE+), up to 1440W total PoE budget with dual power supplies | — |
| Switching capacity | 260 Gbps aggregate throughput (193 Mpps forwarding rate) | 4 Tbps / 2.97 Bpps forwarding capacity |
| Operating system | Dell Networking OS6 with full Layer 3 advanced routing (OSPF, BGP, VRRP) | — |
| Power supply | Hot-swappable redundant 1100W AC power supplies | — |
| Ports | — | 48x 10G/25G SFP28 and 8x 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks |
| Silicon | — | Broadcom Trident 3 programmable datacenter packet processing silicon |
| Overlays | — | Hardware-accelerated EVPN-VXLAN Layer 2/Layer 3 gateway and DCI functionality |
| Telemetry | — | Comprehensive Junos telemetry streaming, Python on-box scripting, and open APIs |
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