Big Multigig (2.5 / 5 / 10) PoE++ with QSFP+ / QSFP28 switches

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NablaSquaredG

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Hey,

I'm trying to make a little list of Big Multigig (2.5 / 5 / 10GBit) PoE++ with QSFP+ / QSFP28 switches. There doesn't seem to be a lot of them, so please let me know if I've missed one

Requirements:
At least 12 2.5 / 5 / 10GBit Ports with PoE++
At least 24 ports in total, all with PoE+ at least
At least 2 QSFP+ / QSFP28 Uplinks

1. Ruckus ICX7650-48ZP: 24x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++ / PoH / UPoE, 24x 1GBit PoE+, total power budget 1500W, 4x40G / 2x100G Uplink or stacking, module slot available if switch is in stacking mode (1x100 / 2x40 / 4x10 available)

ASIC BCM556565 - Broadcom Firebolt5 or Helix?

Was available for $1200 for a short amount of time on fleabay, but none available right now.


2. Ruckus ICX7550-24ZP: 12x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++ / 802.3bt, 12x 1 / 2.5 PoE++ / 802.3bt, total power budget 1900W, 2x40 / 1x100G Uplink, 2x40G / 2x100G Stacking, module support: 1x100 / 2x40 / 4x10 modules available (same as ICX7650) - but module support in which uplink / stacking mode is a big complicated...


3. Ruckus ICX7550-48ZP: 12x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++ / 802.3bt, 36x 1 / 2.5 PoE++ / 802.3bt, total power budget 1900W, 2x40 / 2x100G Uplink, 2x40G / 2x100G Stacking,
module support: 1x100 / 2x40 / 4x10 modules available (same as ICX7650) - but module support in which uplink / stacking mode is a big complicated...


4. Juniper EX4300-48MP: 24x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++, 24x 1GBit PoE+, total power budget 1400W, maybe same ASIC as ICX7650-48ZP, 4x40G Stacking ports (NOT USABLE AS UPLINK!!), module support: 2x100G (EX-UM-2QSFP-MR) / 4x10G (EX-UM-4SFPP-MR)

Nice switch, available for $1000 - but pretty much worthless without the 2x100G uplink module (EX-UM-2QSFP-MR) which is unobtanium


5. Juniper EX4400-24MP: 24x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++, total power budget 2160W, 2x100G Stacking / Uplink Ports, module Support: 1x100G / 4x25G / 4x10G

6. Juniper EX4400-48MP: 12x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++ / 802.3bt, 36x 1 / 2.5 PoE++ / 802.3bt (same ASIC as ICX7550-48ZP?), total power budget 2200W, 2x100G Stacking / Uplink Ports, module Support: 1x100G / 4x25G / 4x10G

7. Extreme 5720 series - TODO: Add information

8. Dell N3248PXE-ON - 48x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++, total power budget ? (3200W with 2 PSUs?), 4x 25G SFP28 ports, 2X 100G QSFP28 ports



Honorable Mention (no QSFP uplink ports):
Juniper EX4100-24MP: 8x 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 PoE++, 16x 1GBit PoE++, total power budget 1620W, 4x10GbE uplinks, 4x25GbE stacking/uplink ports


Sadly, all of them seem to be either unobtanium / too expensive / useless (looking at you Juniper EX4300-48MP)

If I have forgotten any switch, let me know.
 
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zunder1990

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Cisco C9300-48UXM with C9300-NM-2Y uplink module?
between swtich and uplink module like $1600 on ebay.
 

BoGs

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Thanks for the list, I am looking to potentially upgrade as Wifi is now 2.5G and who knows in future :lol:
 

deimosian

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If they're ever available second hand on eBay the Edge-core EPS203 AS4630-54NPE looks like it checks all your boxes.