cisco Nexus 9000 Nexus 9364C-GX vs HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX is a modern 2U datacenter spine switch built on Cisco Cloud Scale GX silicon. 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 9364C-GX | HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | cisco | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2020 | Nov 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U fixed switch | 1U rack |
| Ports | 64x 40G/100G QSFP28 ports | 32x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 4x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Switching bandwidth | 12.8 Tbps / 4.3 Bpps forwarding rate | — |
| Security | Wire-speed MACsec-256 encryption standard on all 64 ports | Hardware-based IEEE 802.1AE MACsec encryption standard on selected ports |
| Architecture | Cisco Cloud Scale GX 16nm silicon | — |
| Packet buffer | Shared intelligent buffer with Dynamic Packet Allocation | — |
| Management | Nexus Dashboard, Cisco ACI, and NX-OS CLI/APIs | — |
| 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 |
| Switching capacity | — | 2.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 2,678 Mpps |
| 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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