cisco Nexus 5600 Nexus 5696Q vs HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 5696Q is a 4U modular high-density 40GbE datacenter switch delivering up to 96 ports of 40GbE QSFP+ or 384 ports of 10GbE across eight expansion line card slots. The HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C is a compact 1U enterprise campus core and data center top-of-rack switch running ArubaOS-CX.
| cisco Nexus 5600 Nexus 5696Q | HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Apr 2014 | Nov 2020 |
| Form factor | 4U modular switch | 1U rack |
| Chassis slots | 8 payload line card slots | — |
| Switching capacity | 7.68 Tbps / 5.7 Bpps forwarding throughput | 2.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput |
| Port density | Up to 96 ports 40GbE QSFP+ or up to 384 ports 10GbE using breakout cables | — |
| Unified modules | Supports 10G/40G Ethernet and native 8G/16G Fibre Channel line card modules | — |
| Chassis height | 4U rack mount | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed switch with modular cooling and power |
| Models | — | Various models offering 32x 100G, 16x 100G, 48x 25G, 24x 10G, or 12x 10G/25G |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 2,678 Mpps |
| Security | — | Hardware-based IEEE 802.1AE MACsec encryption standard on selected ports |
| Overlays | — | Integrated hardware VTEP for Layer 2 and Layer 3 EVPN-VXLAN fabrics |
| Ports | — | 32x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 4x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Power supply | — | Dual field-replaceable hot-swap AC power supplies with redundant fans |
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