Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON vs HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON is a top-of-rack open networking 1U switch engineered for 25GbE cloud data centers, high-density server fabrics, and modern storage clusters. The HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C is a high-density 1U top-of-rack data center and storage switch running ArubaOS-CX.
| Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON | HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2019 | Jan 2019 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 1U rack |
| Ports | 48x 25GbE SFP28 + 4x 100GbE QSFP28 + 4x 200GbE QSFP28-DD ports | 48x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 8x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Switching capacity | 4.0 Tbps (8.0 Tbps full duplex) | 6.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 750W AC or DC power supplies, normal or reverse airflow | Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies with N+1 redundant fans |
| Form factor | — | 1U fixed-configuration datacenter switch |
| Port configurations | — | 48x 25GbE SFP28 + 8x 100GbE QSFP28, or 32x 100GbE QSFP28 |
| Forwarding capacity | — | Up to 2,000 Mpps |
| Datacenter features | — | EVPN-VXLAN, RoCEv2 RDMA, Priority Flow Control, ETS |
| Resiliency | — | Hot-swappable N+1 fans and redundant hot-swappable power supplies |
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