cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300L vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6200M
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch series brings high-speed enterprise campus access to commercial organizations in a fixed uplink form factor. The Aruba CX 6200M switch series provides enterprise-grade modular resiliency in a 1U stackable form factor.
| cisco Catalyst 9300 Catalyst 9300L | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6200M | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jul 2019 | Mar 2021 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U modular stackable switch |
| Port density | 24 or 48 ports 1GbE or Smart Rate multi-gigabit (1G/2.5G/5G/10G) | — |
| Uplink configuration | Fixed 4x 10GbE SFP+ or 2x 25GbE SFP28 uplinks | — |
| Stacking architecture | StackWise-320 with 320 Gbps stacking throughput | — |
| Poe support | IEEE 802.3bt Type 3 Class 6 (60W UPOE) and PoE+ | IEEE 802.3bt Class 6 PoE (up to 60W per port, up to 1440W system budget) |
| Management | Cisco Catalyst Center (DNA Center), CLI, and NETCONF/YANG | — |
| Forwarding rate | Up to 380.95 Mpps | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U modular power and fan rack switch |
| Power supplies | — | Dual hot-swappable redundant power supplies |
| Fan trays | — | Field-replaceable hot-swap fan trays |
| Port configurations | — | 24 or 48 ports of 1GbE, with optional Smart Rate multi-gigabit ports |
| Uplinks | — | 4x 10GbE SFP+ ports |
| Operating system | — | AOS-CX with Python scripting and NAE |
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