cisco Nexus 6000 Nexus 6001P vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 6001P is a high-density 1U datacenter switch offering 48 fixed ports of 1G/10G SFP+ and 4 fixed 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 6000 Nexus 6001P | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Apr 2013 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Downlink ports | 48x 1G/10GbE SFP+ ports | — |
| Uplink ports | 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports | — |
| Switching capacity | 1.28 Tbps / 952 Mpps forwarding performance | Up to 2.5 Tbps |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount with dual redundant power and fans | 1U fixed switch with redundant power and fans |
| Features | Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding, full FCoE transit, vPC, and VXLAN | — |
| 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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