Cisco Catalyst 3850 vs HPE Aruba CX 6300M
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch series is an enterprise 1U stackable campus access and aggregation switch family combining wired switching and wireless controller capabilities. 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.
| Cisco Catalyst 3850 | HPE Aruba CX 6300M | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jan 2013 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U stackable switch | 1U modular stackable switch |
| Access ports | 24 or 48 ports Gigabit copper, Multi-gigabit, or SFP/SFP+ fiber | — |
| Modular network modules | 4x 1G, 2x 10G, 4x 10G, 8x 10G, or 2x 40G QSFP+ modules | — |
| Stacking bandwidth | StackWise-480 delivering 480 Gbps across 9 members | — |
| Power technology | Cisco StackPower for unified power pooling | — |
| Wireless capacity | Integrated wireless controller supporting up to 100 APs and 2000 clients | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 480 Gbps per switch | — |
| 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) |
| Poe capacity | — | High-power 802.3bt Class 8 PoE up to 90W per port (up to 2880W system budget) |
| Uplinks | — | 4x 10G/25G/50G SFP56 ports |
| Stacking | — | Up to 10 switches in a single VSF virtual stack |
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