HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C vs Lenovo ThinkSystem NE2572
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C is a high-density 1U top-of-rack data center and storage switch running ArubaOS-CX. The ThinkSystem NE2572 RackSwitch is Lenovo's primary 1U 25GbE top-of-rack data center switch, designed for modern server clusters, hyperconverged systems, and NVMe-over-Fabrics storage arrays.
| HPE Aruba CX 8325-48Y8C | Lenovo ThinkSystem NE2572 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jan 2019 | Jun 2017 |
| Form factor | 1U rack | 1U rack |
| Form factor | 1U fixed-configuration datacenter switch | — |
| Port configurations | 48x 25GbE SFP28 + 8x 100GbE QSFP28, or 32x 100GbE QSFP28 | — |
| Switching capacity | 6.4 Tbps aggregate switching throughput | 3.6 Tbps aggregate full duplex switching throughput |
| 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 | — |
| Ports | 48x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 8x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports | 48x 25GbE SFP28 ports + 6x 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports |
| Power supply | Dual hot-swappable AC or DC power supplies with N+1 redundant fans | Dual redundant hot-swap AC power supplies (front-to-rear or rear-to-front airflow) |
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