Name: Fortinet FortiSwitch 2048F
Brand: Fortinet

Fortinet FortiSwitch 2048F

★ 3.4 Value Score

Switching Capacity: 4 Tbps (4000 Gbps duplex)
Forwarding Rate: Up to 4000 Mpps (vendor-quoted; one reseller lists a conflicting 1310 Mpps figure)
Ports: 48x SFP28 (1/10/25 GbE); 8x QSFP28 (40/100 GbE uplinks); 2x SFP+ (1/10 GbE, per some listings)
PoE Budget: None (non-PoE switch)
Layer: L2/L3 (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, RIP, VRRP, PIM-SSM, VXLAN, static routing)
Stacking support: Not confirmed in available sources; managed via FortiGate/FortiLink
Latency: Under 1 microsecond
Packet Buffer: 32 MB
MAC Address Table: 96K entries (per reseller listings)
VLANs: 4K
Form Factor: 1RU rack-mountable
Power Supply: Dual hot-swappable AC power supplies

✔ Pros: 25GbE SFP28 density in a compact 1RU chassis; 8x 100GbE QSFP28 uplinks for aggregation and data center leaf/spine roles; 4 Tbps switching capacity with sub-microsecond latency; Layer 3 routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VXLAN) included; Dual hot-swappable AC power for redundancy; Managed via FortiGate/FortiLink as part of the Fortinet Security Fabric
✘ Cons: No PoE, so it cannot power access points, cameras or phones; Very high list price (about $30,653 MSRP) compared with most switches; Stacking support is not confirmed in available sources; Forwarding-rate figures vary between resellers, so the official datasheet should be checked; Designed for data center and aggregation roles, which is more than most campus access deployments need; Requires optics and cabling budget for SFP28/QSFP28 ports on top of the base price
Est. Price: $17,368 - $23,690

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