cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9348GC-FXP vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8100
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 8100 switch series is a family of compact 1U campus core and aggregation switches designed for enterprise datacenters and mid-sized campus backbones.
| cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9348GC-FXP | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jun 2018 | Apr 2023 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Access ports | 48x 100M/1GBASE-T RJ-45 ports | — |
| 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 with hot-swap power and fans |
| Features | Full NX-OS feature set, VXLAN EVPN, streaming telemetry | — |
| Acoustics | Low acoustic and power consumption profile | — |
| Port configurations | — | 24x or 48x 10GbE SFP+ with 4x 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 1.76 Tbps |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 1,309 Mpps |
| Airflow options | — | Front-to-back or back-to-front airflow |
| Resiliency | — | Aruba VSX active-active control plane with sub-second failover |
| Protocols | — | BGP, OSPF, VRF, EVPN-VXLAN, and PIM |
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