arista 720XP-48Y6 vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6300M
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 720XP-48Y6 is a 1U cognitive campus access switch offering 48 ports of Gigabit Ethernet with high-power IEEE 802.3bt PoE, 4 ports of 25GbE SFP28, and 2 ports of 100GbE QSFP28 uplinks. The Aruba CX 6300M switch series delivers modular power, hot-swappable fan trays, and high-density Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet in a 1U stackable enterprise platform.
| arista 720XP-48Y6 | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6300M | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2020 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U modular stackable switch |
| Access ports | 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports with 802.3bt Class 6 PoE (60W per port) | — |
| Uplink interfaces | 4x 10G/25G SFP28 and 2x 40G/100G QSFP28 optical uplinks | — |
| Poe capacity | Up to 1440W total PoE power budget | High-power 802.3bt Class 8 PoE up to 90W per port (up to 2880W system budget) |
| Switching throughput | 496 Gbps / 369 Mpps | — |
| Features | EVPN-VXLAN campus fabric, CloudVision, Dynamic ARP Inspection, 802.1X | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U modular chassis with hot-swap power and fans |
| Power supplies | — | Dual hot-swappable load-sharing power supplies |
| Downlink ports | — | 24 or 48 ports (1GbE, Smart Rate up to 5GbE, or SFP+ fiber models) |
| Uplinks | — | 4x 10G/25G/50G SFP56 ports |
| Stacking | — | Up to 10 switches in a single VSF virtual stack |
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