arista 720D-48Y6 vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6200F
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 720D-48Y6 is a 1U non-PoE cognitive campus distribution and high-density access switch delivering 48 ports of Gigabit Ethernet, 4 ports of 25GbE SFP28, and 2 ports of 100GbE QSFP28 uplinks. The Aruba CX 6200F switch series is a family of stackable 1U access switches featuring fixed internal power supplies and fans.
| arista 720D-48Y6 | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6200F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2022 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed stackable switch |
| Ports | 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 non-PoE ports | — |
| Uplinks | 4x 10G/25G SFP28 and 2x 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks | — |
| Switching capacity | 496 Gbps / 369 Mpps forwarding rate | Up to 176 Gbps |
| Power consumption | Low-power non-PoE architecture under 50W typical draw | — |
| Management | Arista EOS, CloudVision, ZTP, and open REST APIs | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed power and cooling rack switch |
| Downlink ports | — | 24 or 48 ports of 10/100/1000BASE-T |
| Uplink ports | — | 4x 10GbE SFP+ optical ports |
| Stacking | — | Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking up to 8 switches |
| Layer 3 features | — | OSPF, static routing, Access Control Lists, and DHCP Relay |
| Analytics | — | Embedded Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE) |
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