cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 vs HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2 is a compact 1U datacenter spine and leaf switch delivering 36 ports of wire-speed 40G/100G QSFP28. The HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C is a high-density 1U top-of-rack data center and storage switch running ArubaOS-CX.
| cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 | HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2018 | Jan 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Ports | 36x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports (each supports 4x 10G or 4x 25G breakout) | 48x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 8x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Switching capacity | 7.2 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | 6.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput |
| Forwarding rate | Over 2.8 Bpps | — |
| Encryption | Hardware MACsec-256 encryption across all 36 ports | — |
| Modes | NX-OS standalone spine/leaf or ACI fabric spine/leaf | — |
| Cooling power | Hot-swappable dual power supplies and N+1 redundant fan modules | — |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed-configuration datacenter switch |
| Port configurations | — | 48x 25GbE SFP28 + 8x 100GbE QSFP28, or 32x 100GbE QSFP28 |
| Forwarding capacity | — | Up to 2,000 Mpps |
| Datacenter features | — | EVPN-VXLAN, RoCEv2 RDMA, Priority Flow Control, ETS |
| Resiliency | — | Hot-swappable N+1 fans and redundant hot-swappable power supplies |
| Power supply | — | Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies with N+1 redundant fans |
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