cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9348GC-FXP vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6100
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9348GC-FXP is an enterprise 1U compact datacenter top-of-rack management and access switch. The Aruba CX 6100 switch series is a family of 1U enterprise access switches offering Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with high-speed 10GbE SFP+ uplinks.
| cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9348GC-FXP | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2018 | Sep 2020 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Access ports | 48x 100M/1GBASE-T RJ-45 ports | 12, 24, or 48 ports of 1GbE (10/100/1000BASE-T) |
| Uplinks | 4x 10G/25G SFP28 ports and 2x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | — |
| Switching throughput | 696 Gbps / 517 Mpps forwarding capacity | — |
| Form factor | 1U rack mount with front-to-back or back-to-front airflow | 1U fixed configuration switch |
| Features | Full NX-OS feature set, VXLAN EVPN, streaming telemetry | — |
| Acoustics | Low acoustic and power consumption profile | — |
| Uplink ports | — | 4x 1GbE/10GbE SFP+ optical uplinks |
| Poe capabilities | — | IEEE 802.3at Class 4 PoE up to 370W across ports |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 176 Gbps throughput |
| Operating system | — | Aruba AOS-CX |
| Management | — | Aruba Central, Aruba NetEdit, Web GUI, and REST APIs |
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