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HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 100001U distributed services 48 ports

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. Delivering 48 ports of 25GbE and 6 ports of 100GbE, the CX 10000 executes stateful east-west firewalling, micro-segmentation, NAT, and line-rate encryption directly at the server access edge without trombone routing through centralized firewall appliances.

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Specifications

BrandHPE
FamilyAruba CX
Form factor1U distributed services switch
ReleasedOct 2021
Form factor1U fixed distributed services switch
Ports48x 10G/25G SFP28 and 6x 40G/100G QSFP28
Dpu processorIntegrated AMD Pensando Elba Data Processing Unit
Stateful servicesStateful L4-L7 firewalling, telemetry, micro-segmentation, and encryption
Firewall throughputUp to 800 Gbps stateful firewall inspection bandwidth
Network switching3.2 Tbps standard Layer 2/Layer 3 switching capacity
Policy orchestrationPensando Policy and Services Manager (PSM) and Aruba Fabric Composer

Generations

Works together

How the HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 10000 connects to servers, storage and the network: 3 ways, with the parts and products on each path.

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over EthernetFile storage (NFS and SMB)Hyperconverged cluster

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet

Keep the speed the same at all three points: a 25GbE server, a 25GbE switch port and a 25GbE array port. Mixed speeds work but the slowest link sets the pace.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

iSCSI and NVMe/TCP over Ethernet: how it fits together

File storage (NFS and SMB)

Front-end ports face the clients; back-end ports (on scale-out systems) connect the nodes to each other and need their own switch pair.

Servers

Adapters for the server

Storage

Optics

File storage (NFS and SMB): how it fits together

Hyperconverged cluster

Plan at least two 25GbE ports per node to two switches; all-NVMe clusters often move to 100GbE.

HCI nodes

Adapters for the server

Optics

Hyperconverged cluster: how it fits together

Plan and size it

Check compatibility with HPE

Before you buy, confirm the exact configuration against the vendor's own lists: firmware levels, operating systems, adapters and optics that HPE has tested with the HPE Aruba CX Aruba CX 10000.

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FAQ

How does the CX 10000 eliminate firewall hair-pinning?

By inspecting and enforcing firewall policies directly on the switch port where the server is cabled, lateral east-west traffic never has to traverse the core to reach a dedicated security appliance.

What protocols does the DPU offload?

Stateful packet filtering, flow logging, IPSec encryption, and real-time telemetry streaming are offloaded to the Pensando Elba DPU silicon.

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