cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 vs HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C
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 8360-32Y4C is a compact 1U enterprise campus core and data center top-of-rack switch running ArubaOS-CX.
| cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9336C-FX2 | HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2018 | Nov 2020 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Ports | 36x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports (each supports 4x 10G or 4x 25G breakout) | 32x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 4x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Switching capacity | 7.2 Tbps non-blocking bandwidth | 2.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput |
| Forwarding rate | Over 2.8 Bpps | Up to 2,678 Mpps |
| 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 switch with modular cooling and power |
| Models | — | Various models offering 32x 100G, 16x 100G, 48x 25G, 24x 10G, or 12x 10G/25G |
| 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 |
| Power supply | — | Dual field-replaceable hot-swap AC power supplies with redundant fans |
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