HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8100 vs HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Aruba CX 8100 switch series is a family of compact 1U campus core and aggregation switches designed for enterprise datacenters and mid-sized campus backbones. 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.
| HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8100 | HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 8320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | HPE |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | Apr 2023 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U fixed switch | 1U fixed switch |
| Form factor | 1U fixed-configuration switch with hot-swap power and fans | 1U fixed switch with redundant power and fans |
| Port configurations | 24x or 48x 10GbE SFP+ with 4x 40G/100G QSFP28 uplinks | — |
| Switching capacity | Up to 1.76 Tbps | Up to 2.5 Tbps |
| Forwarding rate | Up to 1,309 Mpps | — |
| Airflow options | Front-to-back or back-to-front airflow | — |
| Resiliency | Aruba VSX active-active control plane with sub-second failover | — |
| Protocols | BGP, OSPF, VRF, EVPN-VXLAN, and PIM | — |
| 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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