Product Comparison Matrix

Product

1G/10G
capability

VXLAN/
NVGRE

FCoE
Support

uplink options

Rack

Blade port density

Transceivers types

reference
5000 Series

Cisco
Nexus 5548P

1, 10

48

SFP+, FC (optional)

5000 series is all fixed port

Nexus 5548UP

1, 10

48

SFP+, FC

Data Center Design

Nexus 5596UP

1, 10

96

SFP+, FC

24

SFP+, SFP

Nexus 4000

2@ 1 or 10 GbE

switch selector was very handy

HP
6600x24XG

1, 10

10 GbE Copper,
10 GbE Fiber

24

SFP+

6410cl-6XG

1, 10

10000MB Fiber,
10 GbE fiber

SFP+

5920AF-24XG

1, 10

10 GbE Copper,
10 GbE Fiber

24

SFP+

5900AF-48XG

1, 10, 40

10 GbE Fiber, 40
GbE fiber

52 (48 SFP+, 4 QSFP+)

SFP+, QSFP+

5820-24XG-SFP+

1, 10

10/100/1000
Copper, 100MB
Fiber, 1000MB
Fiber, 10 GbE
fiber

24 10 GbE SFP+, 4 10/100/1000

SFP+

5820 14XG-SFP+

1, 10

10/100/1000
Copper, 100MB
Fiber, 1000MB
Fiber, 10 GbE
fiber

14x SFP+ 10-GbE ports, 2

extended module slots and 1 open
module slot.

SFP+

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Product

1G/10G
capability

VXLAN/
NVGRE

FCoE
Support

uplink options

Rack

Blade port density

Transceivers types

reference

Qfabric Product Family

Juniper Networks
1, 10, 40

QFX 3500

Y/Y

4 @ 10 GbE SFP+

63 10GbE ports: 36 dual-mode

10GbE/1GbE ports; 12 dual-mode
10GbE or 2/4/8 Gbps FC ports; 15
QFSP-to-SFP+ 10GbE ports; 4 40
Gbps QSFP+ ports (future)

SFP+ (optical/copper),
QSFP+

Arista 7100 Series

Arista
7100 Series (SFP+)

y/y

y/y

None

24, 48, or 52 ports

SFP+, QSFP+, 10GBASE-T fully programmable FPGA

7050 Series

1, 10, 40

y/y

up to 16 @ 40 GbE y

16 ports 40 GbE or 64 and 52 ports

10 GbE

SFP+, QSFP+

1, 10, 40

y/y

4 @ 40 GbE

64

48x 10Gb SFP+

(10Gb/1Gb) ports + dual
QSFP+ 40GbE ports;
upgradeable to 64 ports
with optional QSFP+ /
40GbE module;

PowerConnect 8100 Series

Dell
PowerConnect 8164F

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Product

1G/10G
capability

VXLAN/
NVGRE

FCoE
Support

uplink options

Rack

Blade port density

Transceivers types

PowerConnect 8164

y/y

64

48x 10GBASE-T
(10Gb/1Gb/100Mb)
with auto-sensing GbE
switching ports + dual
QSFP+ 40GbE ports;
upgradeable to 64 ports
with optional QSFP+ /
40GbE module

PowerConnect 8132F

y/y

32

24x 10Gb SFP+

(10Gb/1Gb) ports;
upgradeable to 32 ports
with optional QSFP+ /
40GbE module

PowerConnect 8132

32

24x 10GBASE-T
(10Gb/1Gb/100Mb)
with auto-sensing
GbE switching ports;
upgradeable to 32 ports
with optional QSFP+ /
40GbE module

24

24x 10GBASE-T
(10Gb/1Gb/100Mb)
with 4x Combo Ports
of SFP+ (10Gb/1Gb) or
10GBASE-T

PowerConnect 8024

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Product
PowerConnect 8024F

1G/10G
capability

VXLAN/
NVGRE

FCoE
Support

1, 10

uplink options

Rack

Blade port density

Transceivers types

24x SFP+ (10Gb/1Gb)

with 4x Combo
Ports of 10GBASE-T
(10Gb/1Gb/100Mb) or
SFP+

24

reference

Switch Family

Brocade
VDX 8770

1, 10, 40 GbE

VDX 6730

VDX6710

VDX 6650

1/10/40 GbE

256 max ports

1 GbE copper SFP, 10

GbE SFP+, Twinax, 10
GbE SR, 10 GbE LR, 40
GbE QSFP

24 10GbE, 8 Fibre Channel

SFP+

48 1 GbE copper, six 10 GbE SFP+

SFP+

56-port 10GBASE-X SFP+

(dual-speed 1/10 GbE), 2-port
410GBASE-X QSFP+ (10 GbE),

SFP+, QSFP+

4-port 40GBASE-X QSFP+ (40 GbE)

ICX 6450

1 GbE only

10 GbE

24 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45, 4 1/10

GbE SFP+

SFP+

ICX 6430

y/y

10 GbE

24 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45, 4 1 GbE

SFP

SFP+

ICX 6610

y/y

4 @ 40 GbE

24 or 48 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45

ports, 24 SFP, 8 10 GbE SFP+, 4 QSFP

SFP, SFP+. QSFP

Brocade 8000

10 GbE

24 10GbE, 8 Fibre Channel

SFP+

Brocade 8470
BladeCenter

16-30

SFP+

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Product

1G/10G
capability

VXLAN/
NVGRE

FCoE
Support

uplink options

Rack

opt. 4 @ 40 GbE

Blade port density

Transceivers types

X650 Series

Extreme
Summit X650

24

10GBASE-T, SFP+, VIM1

RackSwitch Series

IBM
RackSwitch G8264T

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4 @ 40 GbE

48

SFP+, QSFP+

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