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EX2300 | EX2300-C | EX3400 | EX4000 | EX4100 | |
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Form factor | Fixed 1 U access | Fixed 1 U access | Fixed 1 U access | Fixed 1 U access | Fixed 1 U access |
Port density | 1GbE and SFP+ uplink port options | 12 x 1GbE and 2 SPF+ 10GbE | 1GbE and SFP+/QSFP+ uplink port options | EX4000-8P: 12 (8 host ports + 2 port 1GBaseT Uplinks + 2 port 10GbE SFP+ Uplinks) EX4000-12T/12P: 16 (12 host ports + 2 port SFP+ Uplinks + 2 port 10GbE SFP+ Virtual Chassis/uplinks) EX4000-12MP: 16 (12 host ports + 2 port SFP+ Uplinks + 2 port 10GbE SFP+ Virtual Chassis/uplinks) EX4000-24T/24P: 28 (24 host ports + 2 port SFP+ Uplinks + 2 port 10GbE SFP+ Virtual Chassis/uplinks) EX4000-24MP: 28 (24 host ports + 2 port SFP+ Uplinks + 2 port 10GbE SFP+ Virtual Chassis/uplinks) EX4000-48T/48P: 52 (48 host ports + 2 port SFP+ Uplinks + 2 port 10GbE SFP+ Virtual Chassis/uplinks) EX4000-48MP: 52 (48 host ports + 2 port SFP/SFP+ uplinks + 2 port 10GbE SFP+ Virtual Chassis/uplinks) |
EX4100-24P/T: 24 x 1GbE PoE/Non-PoE, 4 x 1/10GbE uplinks, and 4 x 10/25GbE stacking/uplinks EX4100-48P/T: 48 x 1GbE PoE/Non-PoE, 4 x 1/10GbE uplinks, and 4 x 10/25GbE stacking/uplinks |
Wired Assurance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Campus Fabrics | Virtual Chassis | Virtual Chassis | Virtual Chassis | No. 6-member Virtual Chassis. | 10-member Virtual Chassis, EVPN-VXLAN |
Cloud Managed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dimensions (W x H x D) | EX2300-24T/24P/48T: 17.4 x 1.75 x 10.2 in (44.19 x 4.45 x 25.9 cm) 1 rack unit EX2300-48P: 17.4 x 1.75 x 12.2 in (44.19 x 4.45 x 30.98 cm) 1 rack unit |
10.98 x 1.72 x 9.4 in (27.9 x 4.4 x 23.9 cm)
1 rack unit |
17.4 x 1.7 x 13.8 in (43.7 x 4.4 x 35 cm) 1 rack unit |
EX4000-8P and EX4000-12T: 10.39 x 1.71 x 9.57 in (26.4 x 4.34 x 24.3 cm) |
1.72” (H) x 17.4” (W) x 13.8” (D) |
Backplane speed | 80 Gbps | 40 Gbps | 160 Gbps | Up to 80Gbps Virtual Chassis interconnect | 200 Gbps Virtual Chassis Interconnect |
Data rate | EX2300-24P/24T: 128 Gbps EX2300-48T/48P: 176 Gbps |
64 Gbps | EX3400-24P/24T/24T-DC: 288 Gbps EX3400-48P/48T: 336 Gbps |
EX4000-8P: 30 Gbps (unidirectional)/60 Gbps (bidirectional), EX4000-12P/12T: 52 Gbps (unidirectional)/104 Gbps (bidirectional), EX4000-12MP: 58 Gbps (unidirectional)/116 Gbps (bidirectional), EX4000-24P/24T: 64 Gbps (unidirectional)/128 Gbps (bidirectional), EX4000-24MP: 70 Gbps (unidirectional)/140 Gbps (bidirectional), EX4000-48P/48T: 88 Gbps (unidirectional)/176 Gbps (bidirectional), EX4000-48MP: 100 Gbps (unidirectional) /200 Gbps (bidirectional) |
EX4100-24P/T: 164/328 Gbps, EX4100-48P/T: 188/376 Gbps |
Throughput | EX2300-24P/24T: 95 Mpps (wire speed) EX2300-48T/48P: 130 Mpps (wire speed) |
47 Mpps | EX3400-24P/24T/24T-DC: 214 Mpps (wire speed) EX3400-48P/48T: 250 Mpps (wire speed) |
EX4000-8P - 44Mpps, EX4000-12P/T - 77Mpps, EX4000-12MP - 86Mpps, EX4000-24P/T - 95Mpps, EX4000-24MP - 104Mbps, EX4000-48P/T - 130Mpps, EX4000-48MP - 148Mpps |
EX4100-24P/T: 244 Mpps, EX4100-48P/T: 279 Mpps |
Resiliency | Integrated power supply and fans | Fanless Design | Redundant, field-replaceable power supplies Redundant trunk groups that provide port redundancy and simplify switch configuration |
Integrated Power supply and fans | Redundant internal load-sharing power supplies; redundant variable speed fans |
Traffic monitoring | sFlow | sFlow | sFlow | sFlow | sFlow, IPFIX, flow based telemetry |
Quality-of-service (QoS) queues/port | 8 | 8 | 8 unicast/4 multicast | 12 (8 unicast, 4 multicast) | 12 (8 unicast, 4 multicast) |
MAC addresses | 16,000 | 16,000 | 32,000 | 32,000 | 64000 |
Jumbo frames | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes |
IPv4 unicast/multicast routes | 4096 / 2048 | 4096 / 2048 | 36,000/4,000 | 1000/1024 | 32650/16100 |
IPv6 unicast/multicast routes | 2048 / 1024 | 2048 / 1024 | 18,000/2,000 | 1000/1024 | 16200/8000 |
Number of VLANs | 4093 | 4093 | 4,096 | 1020 | N/A |
ARP entries | 1500 | 1500 | 16,000 | 4,096 | 32000 |
EX4300 | EX4400 | EX4400-24X | EX4400-48XP | EX4400-48MXP | |
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Form factor | Fixed 1 U access | Fixed 1 U access | Fixed 1 U distribution/core | Fixed 1U access | Fixed 1 U access |
Port density | 1GbE and SFP+/QSFP+ uplink port options | EX4400-48F: 36 x 1GbE + 12 x 10GbE and 4 x 10/25GbE uplinks EX4400-24P/24T: 24 x 1GbE and 4 x 10/25GbE uplinks EX4400-48P/48T: 48 x 1GbE and 4 x 10/25GbE uplinks |
24 x 1/10GbaseX, 2 x 100GbE/40GbE uplinks. Common EX4400 uplink modules including 4 x 25GbE MACsec AES256, 4 x 10GbE non-MACsec, and 1 x 100GbE MACsec AES256. | EX4400-48XP: 48 x 1GbE and 4 x 10/25GbE uplinks | EX4400-48MXP: 12x100M/1/2.5/5/10G + 36x1/2.5G |
Wired Assurance | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Campus Fabrics | Virtual Chassis | 10-member Virtual Chassis, EVPN-VXLAN | EVPN-VXLAN, Virtual Chassis | 10-member Virtual Chassis, EVPN-VXLAN | Virtual Chassis, EVPN-VXLAN |
Cloud Managed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Dimensions (W x H x D) | 17.4 x 1.7 x 16.4 in (44.2 x 4.3 x 41.7 cm) 1 rack unit |
17.4 x 1.7 x 15.7 in (44.2 x 4.4 x 39.9 cm) | 17.39 x 1.72 x 16.93 in (44.17 x 4.37 x 43 cm) 1 rack unit | 17.4 x 1.7 x 15.7 in (44.2 x 4.4 x 39.9 cm) | 17.4 x 1.7 x 15.7 in (44.2 x 4.4 x 39.9 cm) |
Backplane speed | 320 Gbps (Virtual Chassis) | 400Gbps Virtual Chassis interconnect | 400-Gbps Virtual Chassis interconnect | 400Gbps Virtual Chassis interconnect | 400Gbps Virtual Chassis interconnect |
Data rate | EX4300-24P/24T: 448 Gbps EX4300-48P/48T: 496 Gbps EX4300-32F: 464 Gbps |
EX4400-48F: 456/912 Gbps EX4400-24P/24T: 324/648 Gbps EX4400-48P/48T: 348/696 Gpbs |
1080 Gbps (bidirectional) | EX4400-48XP: 348/696 Gpbs | EX4400-48MXP: 1020 Gbps |
Throughput | EX4300-24P/24TF: 333 Mpps (wire speed) EX4300-48P/48T: 369 Mpps (wire speed) EX4300-32F: 345 Mpps (wire speed) |
EX4400-48F: 714 Mpps EX4400-24P/24T: 333 Mpps EX4400-48P/48T: 369 Mpps |
803 Mpps | EX4400-48XP: 517 Mpps | EX4400-48MXP: 758 Mpps |
Resiliency | Internal, hot-swappable redundant power supply; field-replaceable fans; graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) in Virtual Chassis configuration | Redundant internal load-sharing power supplies; redundant variable-speed fans | Redundant internal load-sharing power supplies; redundant variable-speed fans | Redundant internal load-sharing power supplies; redundant variable-speed fans | Redundant internal load-sharing power supplies; redundant variable-speed fans |
Traffic monitoring | sFlow | sFlow, IPFIX, flow based telemetry | sFlow, IPFIX, flow-based telemetry | sFlow, IPFIX, flow based telemetry | sFlow, IPFIX, flow based telemetry |
Quality-of-service (QoS) queues/port | 12 | 12 (8 unicast, 4 multicast) | 12 (8 unicast, 4 multicast) | 12 (8 unicast, 4 multicast) | 12 (8 unicast, 4 multicast) |
MAC addresses | 64,000 | 112,000 | 112,000 | 112,000 | 112,000 |
Jumbo frames | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes | 9216 bytes |
IPv4 unicast/multicast routes | 32,000/8000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
IPv6 unicast/multicast routes | 18,000/4000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Number of VLANs | 4093 | 4093 | 4093 | 4093 | 4093 |
ARP entries | 64,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 | 24,000 |
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