Description
The Aruba CX 9300 Switch series provides 25.6Tbps, 1U fixed configuration that supports 32 ports of 100/400GbE. This series is designed to provide flexible, cost-effective, high-density 400GbE for servers, storage, and intra-fabric connectivity.
The Aruba CX 9300 Switch series protects enterprises’ investment as they as they transition server farms from 10GbE and 25GbE to 100GbE/400GbE EVPN-VXLAN spine configurations, with reduced power and a smaller footprint. It supports large data center pods of up to 6,000 x 25G servers or up to 2,000 x 100G servers. This is an significant jump in scaling/density over current Aruba CX 8325-32C, which scales to 700 x 25G servers.
Features
High Performance and Scale
– The Aruba CX 9300 Switch series meets the modern demands of large scale virtualized and cloud networks.
– Provide flexible, cost-effective, high-density 100/400GbE for servers, storage, and intra-fabric connectivity.
– The Aruba CX 9300 Switch series with breakout cabling scalability allows a single 200GbE split into two 100GbE links.
– 100GbE ports can breakout to four 25GbE ports linking one switch port, and accommodating up to four adapter cards in servers or other subsystems.
– 400 Gbps port can be configured as 4x100GbE, 2x200GbE, or 1x400GbE.
Ethernet Storage Fabric
– The Aruba CX 9300 Switch series enables low-latency and “lossless” network QoS and connectivity characteristics that storage requires.
– Ideal for software-defined storage and HCI solutions, where multiple servers share captive (SSD/flash-based) storage resources.
Investment Protection
– The Aruba CX 9300 Switch series eases transition from 10GbE and 25GbE to 100GbE/400GbE.
– Provides higher scaling with reduced power and a smaller footprint.
Intelligent Analytics
– The Aruba CX 9300 Switch series features real-time monitoring and troubleshooting with Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE).
– Intelligent pre-processing of data turns raw telemetry into actionable insights.
| Feature |
Feature Value |
| Switch type |
Managed |
| Switch layer |
L3 |
| Quality of Service (QoS) support |
Yes |
| Cloud-managed |
Yes |
| Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity |
0 |
| Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type |
No |
| Installed SFP modules quantity |
0 |
| Installed SFP+ modules quantity |
0 |
| Fiber ports quantity |
40 |
| Fiber optic connector |
QSFP-DD, QSFP28 |
| Console port |
RJ-45/Micro-USB |
| QSFP28 ports quantity |
32 |
| Networking standards |
IEEE 802.1AX, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ab, IEEE 802.1ak, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ba, IEEE 802.3bs, IEEE 802.3by, IEEE 802.3cd, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z |
| Port mirroring |
Yes |
| Flow control support |
Yes |
| Link aggregation |
Yes |
| Spanning tree protocol |
Yes |
| VLAN support |
Yes |
| Virtual LAN features |
Private VLAN |
| Number of VLANs |
4040 |
| Switching capacity |
25600 Gbit/s |
| Jumbo frames support |
Yes |
| DHCP features |
DHCP relay, DHCP server |
| Access Control List (ACL) |
Yes |
| IGMP snooping |
Yes |
| SSH/SSL support |
Yes |
| Authentication type |
RADIUS, TACACS+ |
| Multicast support |
Yes |
| Management protocols |
SNMPv2c, SNMPv3 |
| Routing protocols |
BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, RIP-2, RIPng, VRRP |
| Rack mounting |
Yes |
| Form factor |
1U |
| Redundant fans support |
Yes |
| Airflow direction |
Back-to-front airflow |
| Number of fans |
6 fan(s) |
| Power source |
AC |
| Power supply included |
Yes |
| Redundant power supply (RPS) support |
Yes |
| Number of power supply units |
2 |
| AC input voltage |
100 – 240 V |
| AC input frequency |
50/60 Hz |
| Power consumption (typical) |
600 W |
| Power over Ethernet (PoE) |
No |
| Operating temperature (T-T) |
0 – 45 °C |
| Heat dissipation |
4435 BTU/h |
| Width |
438.4 mm |
| Depth |
590 mm |
| Height |
43.5 mm |
