HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6300M vs juniper EX Series EX4300
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Aruba CX 6300M switch series delivers modular power, hot-swappable fan trays, and high-density Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet in a 1U stackable enterprise platform. The Juniper EX4300 is a 1U stackable campus access and data center top-of-rack switch delivering 320 Gbps of Virtual Chassis backplane bandwidth.
| HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 6300M | juniper EX Series EX4300 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | juniper |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Oct 2019 | Oct 2013 |
| Form factor | 1U modular stackable switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Form factor | 1U modular chassis with hot-swap power and fans | — |
| Power supplies | Dual hot-swappable load-sharing power supplies | — |
| Downlink ports | 24 or 48 ports (1GbE, Smart Rate up to 5GbE, or SFP+ fiber models) | — |
| Poe capacity | High-power 802.3bt Class 8 PoE up to 90W per port (up to 2880W system budget) | — |
| Uplinks | 4x 10G/25G/50G SFP56 ports | — |
| Stacking | Up to 10 switches in a single VSF virtual stack | — |
| Ports | — | 24 or 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports |
| Fixed uplinks | — | 4x 40GbE QSFP+ ports for Virtual Chassis stacking or uplinks |
| Uplink modules | — | Optional 4x 10GbE SFP+, 2x 40GbE QSFP+, or 8x 10GbE SFP+ modules |
| Stacking capacity | — | 320 Gbps Virtual Chassis bandwidth connecting up to 10 switches |
| Switching capacity | — | Up to 496 Gbps / 369 Mpps forwarding throughput |
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