Dell PowerSwitch N3248PXE-ON vs Juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48Y
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerSwitch N3248PXE-ON is an enterprise 1U multi-gigabit access switch featuring 48 multi-speed copper ports (1G/2.5G/5G/10G) with 90W 802.3bt PoE and four 25GbE SFP28 uplinks. 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 N3248PXE-ON | Juniper QFX Series QFX5120-48Y | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2020 | Jun 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Port configuration | 48x multi-gigabit RJ45 ports (up to 10GBASE-T) with 802.3bt Type 4 90W PoE + 4x 25GbE SFP28 uplinks | — |
| Poe budget | Up to 90W per port (IEEE 802.3bt), up to 3000W total PoE budget with dual high-output power supplies | — |
| Switching capacity | 1.36 Tbps aggregate throughput (1012 Mpps forwarding rate) | 4 Tbps / 2.97 Bpps forwarding capacity |
| Operating system | ONIE; supports Dell SmartFabric OS10 with full Layer 3 routing | — |
| Power supply | Hot-swappable redundant 1600W 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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