cisco Nexus 3000 Nexus 3172PQ vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 3172PQ is an enterprise 1U top-of-rack switch delivering 48 fixed ports of 1G/10G SFP+ and 6 ports of 40G QSFP+. 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 Nexus 3000 Nexus 3172PQ | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Oct 2013 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Ports | 48x 1G/10GbE SFP+ and 6x 40GbE QSFP+ ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 1.44 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | Up to 2.5 Tbps |
| Forwarding performance | Up to 1.1 Bpps | — |
| Vxlan support | Hardware-accelerated VXLAN bridging and routing | — |
| Cooling airflow | Front-to-back (port-side exhaust) or back-to-front (port-side intake) | Front-to-back (port-to-power) or back-to-front (power-to-port) |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed switch with redundant power and fans |
| 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 |
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