Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR vs HPE Aruba CX 6200F
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR switch series is an enhanced variant of the 2960-X providing dual field-replaceable power supplies and Layer 3 dynamic routing capabilities. The Aruba CX 6200F switch series is a family of stackable 1U access switches featuring fixed internal power supplies and fans.
| Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR | HPE Aruba CX 6200F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jun 2013 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U stackable switch | 1U fixed stackable switch |
| Port density | 24 or 48 ports 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet | — |
| Uplink options | 4x 1GbE SFP or 2x 10GbE SFP+ optical uplinks | — |
| Power supplies | Dual modular hot-swappable power supplies for N+1 redundancy | — |
| Stacking | FlexStack-Plus stacking up to 8 switches (80 Gbps) | Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking up to 8 switches |
| Layer 3 features | OSPF, EIGRP stub, PBR, and RIP routing standard with IP Lite | OSPF, static routing, Access Control Lists, and DHCP Relay |
| 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 |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 176 Gbps |
| Analytics | — | Embedded Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE) |
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