arista 7050X 7050CX3-32S vs HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7050CX3-32S is a 1U wire-speed 100GbE spine and leaf switch featuring 32 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28 alongside 2 ports of 10G SFP+. The HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C is a compact 1U enterprise campus core and data center top-of-rack switch running ArubaOS-CX.
| arista 7050X 7050CX3-32S | HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Aug 2018 | Nov 2020 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Ports | 32x 40G/100G QSFP28 and 2x 10GbE SFP+ ports | 32x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 4x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Switching capacity | 6.4 Tbps / 2.0 Bpps forwarding rate | 2.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput |
| Latency | Cut-through switching from 800 nanoseconds | — |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount | 1U fixed switch with modular cooling and power |
| Software | Arista EOS with EVPN-VXLAN, sFlow, and CloudVision telemetry | — |
| Models | — | Various models offering 32x 100G, 16x 100G, 48x 25G, 24x 10G, or 12x 10G/25G |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 2,678 Mpps |
| Security | — | Hardware-based IEEE 802.1AE MACsec encryption standard on selected ports |
| Overlays | — | Integrated hardware VTEP for Layer 2 and Layer 3 EVPN-VXLAN fabrics |
| Power supply | — | Dual field-replaceable hot-swap AC power supplies with redundant fans |
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