cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 93108TC-FX3P vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 93108TC-FX3P is an enterprise 1U top-of-rack datacenter switch featuring 48 ports of 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T multi-speed copper and 6 ports of 40G/100G QSFP28. 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 9000 Nexus 93108TC-FX3P | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Nov 2020 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Access ports | 48x 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T multi-gigabit ports | — |
| Uplinks | 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching performance | 2.16 Tbps throughput | — |
| Security | Hardware MACsec-256 encryption standard on all ports | — |
| Telemetry | Flow table telemetry, dynamic buffer latency monitoring | — |
| Modes | Cisco NX-OS or ACI spine/leaf fabric | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed switch with redundant power and fans |
| Port options | — | 48x 10GbE SFP+ with 6x 40GbE QSFP+, or 32x 40GbE QSFP+ |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 2.5 Tbps |
| 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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