HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 10000 vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 9300
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Aruba CX 10000 with AMD Pensando is a 1U distributed services datacenter switch integrating an AMD Pensando Elba programmable DPU into enterprise top-of-rack networking. The Aruba CX 9300-32D is a high-density 1U 100/400GbE fixed-configuration spine and leaf switch engineered for hyperscale enterprise datacenters, AI clusters, and cloud service providers.
| HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 10000 | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 9300 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2021 | Apr 2022 |
| Form factor | 1U distributed services switch | 1U fixed 400G switch |
| Form factor | 1U fixed distributed services switch | 1U fixed datacenter switch |
| Ports | 48x 10G/25G SFP28 and 6x 40G/100G QSFP28 | 32x 400GbE QSFP-DD ports (backward compatible with 100G/200G) |
| Dpu processor | Integrated AMD Pensando Elba Data Processing Unit | — |
| Stateful services | Stateful L4-L7 firewalling, telemetry, micro-segmentation, and encryption | — |
| Firewall throughput | Up to 800 Gbps stateful firewall inspection bandwidth | — |
| Network switching | 3.2 Tbps standard Layer 2/Layer 3 switching capacity | — |
| Policy orchestration | Pensando Policy and Services Manager (PSM) and Aruba Fabric Composer | — |
| Switching capacity | — | 25.6 Tbps bidirectional switching bandwidth |
| Forwarding rate | — | Up to 5.68 Bpps |
| Datacenter features | — | EVPN-VXLAN, RoCEv2, PFC, ECN, and deep packet telemetry |
| Cooling and power | — | Hot-swappable 5+1 redundant fans and dual hot-swap power supplies |
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