arista 7280R 7280SR3-48YC8 vs HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Arista 7280SR3-48YC8 is a 1U deep-buffer leaf and edge router powered by Broadcom Jericho 2 silicon. The HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C is a high-density 1U top-of-rack data center and storage switch running ArubaOS-CX.
| arista 7280R 7280SR3-48YC8 | HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | arista | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2019 | Jan 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Ports | 48x 10G/25G SFP28 and 8x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | 48x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 8x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Switching capacity | 4.0 Tbps / 2.0 Bpps | 6.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput |
| Packet buffer | 8GB integrated high-bandwidth packet buffer | — |
| Security | Line-rate MACsec-256 on all downlink and uplink ports | — |
| Software | Arista EOS with EVPN-VXLAN and CloudVision integration | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed-configuration datacenter switch |
| Port configurations | — | 48x 25GbE SFP28 + 8x 100GbE QSFP28, or 32x 100GbE QSFP28 |
| Forwarding capacity | — | Up to 2,000 Mpps |
| Datacenter features | — | EVPN-VXLAN, RoCEv2 RDMA, Priority Flow Control, ETS |
| Resiliency | — | Hot-swappable N+1 fans and redundant hot-swappable power supplies |
| Power supply | — | Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies with N+1 redundant fans |
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