Cisco Nexus 9396PX vs HPE Aruba CX 8320
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Cisco Nexus 9396PX is an early 2U top-of-rack datacenter switch providing 48 fixed ports of 1G/10G SFP+ and an expansion uplink module supporting up to 12 ports of 40G QSFP+. The Aruba CX 8320 switch series is an enterprise 1U campus core and datacenter top-of-rack switch delivering wire-speed 10GbE and 40GbE performance.
| Cisco Nexus 9396PX | HPE Aruba CX 8320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Cisco | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Nov 2013 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 2U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Fixed ports | 48x 1G/10G SFP+ optical ports | — |
| Uplink module | Modular uplink slot supporting 4x 40G or 12x 40G QSFP+ modules | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 1.92 Tbps | Up to 2.5 Tbps |
| Form factor | 2U rack mount | 1U fixed switch with redundant power and fans |
| Architecture | Cisco Cloud Scale / Broadcom hybrid architecture | — |
| Modes | NX-OS or Cisco ACI Leaf | — |
| Port options | — | 48x 10GbE SFP+ with 6x 40GbE QSFP+, or 32x 40GbE QSFP+ |
| Forwarding capacity | — | Up to 1,905 Mpps |
| High availability | — | Aruba VSX multi-chassis redundancy |
| Cooling airflow | — | Front-to-back (port-to-power) or back-to-front (power-to-port) |
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