--- title: "Inside the 6.4Tbps Cisco Smart Switch" url: https://daily.dev/posts/inside-the-6-4tbps-cisco-smart-switch-kls5m38si source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmiCCeIAUgo type: video:youtube source: "David Bombal" published: 2026-03-24T15:06:44.490Z updated: 2026-03-24T15:07:24.133Z reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Inside the 6.4Tbps Cisco Smart Switch **[David Bombal](https://daily.dev/sources/davidbombal)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cisco's new Smart Switches combine networking and security in a single hardware platform. Two form factors are available: a high-density 100G device and a top-of-rack switch with 25G ports and 400G uplinks. The key hardware components are the Cisco Silicon One ASIC (delivering 6.4Tbps of bandwidth with built-in encryption and MACsec support) and AMD Pensando DPUs that handle stateful Layer 4 firewall-like filtering. Each unit includes 128GB of RAM capable of storing millions of flows and approximately 600,000 policy rules. Traffic can be redirected through the DPU for stateful inspection on a per-VLAN or per-VRF basis, with more flexibility on the roadmap. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Run Fast, Secure Apps at the Edge with Cisco Smart Switches](https://daily.dev/posts/run-fast-secure-apps-at-the-edge-with-cisco-smart-switches-hxf6vrhpc) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cisco Unveils the Latest Security Innovations for Modern Data Center Networks](https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-unveils-the-latest-security-innovations-for-modern-data-center-networks-ei5fjwb5q) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/inside-the-6-4tbps-cisco-smart-switch-kls5m38si)