cisco Catalyst 9500 Catalyst 9500 vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Catalyst 9500 switch series is the industry's first purpose-built 1U fixed-core and aggregation enterprise platform. The Aruba CX 8320 switch series is an enterprise 1U campus core and datacenter top-of-rack switch delivering wire-speed 10GbE and 40GbE performance.
| cisco Catalyst 9500 Catalyst 9500 | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jun 2017 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Form factor | 1U or 2U fixed-configuration switch | 1U fixed switch with redundant power and fans |
| Port variations | Models offering 16/24/40/48 ports of 10G/25G SFP28 or 16/32 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28 | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 3.2 Tbps system bandwidth | Up to 2.5 Tbps |
| Forwarding rate | Up to 2 Bpps throughput | — |
| Virtualization | Cisco StackWise Virtual active-active multi-chassis technology | — |
| Routing protocols | BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EIGRP, VRF-lite, and full MPLS L3VPN | — |
| Port options | — | 48x 10GbE SFP+ with 6x 40GbE QSFP+, or 32x 40GbE QSFP+ |
| Forwarding capacity | — | Up to 1,905 Mpps |
| High availability | — | Aruba VSX multi-chassis redundancy |
| Cooling airflow | — | Front-to-back (port-to-power) or back-to-front (power-to-port) |
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