cisco Catalyst 9200 Catalyst 9200 vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6200F
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 9200 is an enterprise 1U access switch offering modular uplink flexibility, dual field-replaceable power supplies, and hot-swappable cooling fans. The Aruba CX 6200F switch series is a family of stackable 1U access switches featuring fixed internal power supplies and fans.
| cisco Catalyst 9200 Catalyst 9200 | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6200F | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U modular switch | 1U fixed stackable switch |
| Downlink ports | 24 or 48 ports 10/100/1000 Ethernet or multi-gigabit | 24 or 48 ports of 10/100/1000BASE-T |
| Modular uplinks | Field-replaceable network modules (4x 1G, 4x 10G, or 2x 25G) | — |
| Stacking bandwidth | StackWise-160 delivering 160 Gbps across 8 switches | — |
| Power supplies | Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies | — |
| Cooling | Dual field-replaceable fan modules | — |
| Poe power | Full PoE+ up to 1440W total power budget | — |
| Switching performance | Up to 260 Gbps | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed power and cooling rack switch |
| Uplink ports | — | 4x 10GbE SFP+ optical ports |
| Stacking | — | Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking up to 8 switches |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 176 Gbps |
| Layer 3 features | — | OSPF, static routing, Access Control Lists, and DHCP Relay |
| Analytics | — | Embedded Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE) |
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