This document compares the specifications of Extreme Networks' VSP 8600, ERS 5900, VSP 7200, ERS 3600 switches to competing products from other vendors such as Brocade's BD 8K, BD 8810, Juniper's X670-G2, and Extreme's own X460-G2 and X440-G2 switches. Key specifications compared include switching capacity, port density of various speeds, MAC address table size, routing capabilities, airflow design, and support for features like MLAG and virtual routing. The VSP 8600 is highlighted as having much higher switching capacity and port density compared to the Brocade BD 8K.

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Comparison VSP/ERS with EXOS
Bin Han
2019.02

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In Comparison to BD 8K
VSP 8600 BD 8K
Switching Capacity (Marketing) 21.6 Tbps 3.8 Tbps
Switching Capacity (Fabric) 14.4 Tbps 1.36 Tbps
Switching Capacity (Per Slot) 1.44 Tbps 160 Gbps
Air Flow Front-to-Back Side-to-Side
I/O Slots 8 (Half Width) 8
10G Fiber Port Density 192 Ports
192 Ports
(Wire Speed 64 Ports)
10G Copper Port Density 192 Ports N/A
40G Port Density 128 Ports
48 Ports
(Wire Speed 16 Ports)
100G Port Density 48 Ports N/A
MLAG
SMLT
(Split Multi Link Trunk)
MLAG
PoE Future Supported (802.3af)
Virtual Router N/A Supported

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In Comparison to BD 8810
VSP8600 BD8810
RU 7 14
I/O Slot# 8 8
Switching Capacity (total) 21.6Tbps 3.8Tbps
Switching Capacity per I/O 1.44Tbps 160Gbps
Forwarding Rate 952.32Mpps (per I/O) 2,840Mpps
100G interface Yes (6 ports) No
40G interface 128 48
25G interface 48 No
1G / 10G interface 192 768 / 216
MAC address 256K (750K ready in HW) 512K
ARP 64K 16K
IPv4 / IPv6 256K (1M in next Gen2) / 64K 512K / 512K

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In Comparison to X670-G2
VSP 7200 X670-G2-48x-4q
10G Port Density 48 (Copper or SFP+) 48 (SFP+)
40G Port Density 6 4
Air Flow Front-to-Back / Back-to-Front Front-to-Back / Back-to-Front
VXLAN L2/L3 Gateway L2 Gateway
VXLAN Control Plane N/A OSPF
MLAG
SMLT
(Split Multi Link Trunk)
MLAG
Virtual Router N/A Supported

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In Comparison to X460-G2
ERS 5900 X460-G2
1G Access Port Density 24, 48, 96 24, 48
10G Port Density (Front Panel) 4 4
Expansion Module N/A 10G 2 Ports or 40G 2 ports
Multi-rate Model 5928MST-uPWR X460-G2-16mp-32p-10GE4
Half-Duplex
Supported
(except 5927MST-uPWR)
X460-G2-24p-24hp-10GE4-Base
X460-G2-24t-24ht-10GE4-Base
uPoE (60W per Port) Supported N/A
Air Flow Front-to-Back / Back-to-Front Front-to-Back / Back-to-Front
Modular PSU Yes (Redundant) Yes (Redundant)
Modular Fan Tray Yes (Redundant) Yes (Single)
MLAG N/A MLAG

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In Comparison to X440-G2
ERS 3600 X440-G2
1G Access Port Density 24, 48 12, 24, 48
1G Uplink Port 2 (Combo) 4 (Combo)
10G Uplink Port Density 4 4
Redundant PSU N/A Supported (External)
Dynamic Routing RIP RIP, OSPF
IPv4 Routing Capacity 256 480
IPv6 Routing Capacity N/A 240
MLAG N/A MLAG

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