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.
Products specifications
Attribute name | Attribute value |
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Width | 17.3" |
Depth | 23.2" |
Height | 1.71" |
Weight | 26 lbs |
Switch Type | Managed |
Power Source | AC |
Heat dissipation | 4435 BTU/h |
Built-in processor | Yes |
Switching capacity | 25600 Gbit/s |
Power supply included | Yes |
Number of VLANs | 4040 |
SFP+ module slots quantity | 2 |
Port mirroring | Yes |
DHCP features | DHCP relay, DHCP server |
Link aggregation | Yes |
Access Control List (ACL) | Yes |
SSH/SSL support | Yes |
IGMP snooping | Yes |
Redundant fans support | Yes |
Airflow direction | Front-to-back airflow |
Authentication type | RADIUS, TACACS+ |
IPv4 multicast entries | 8000 |
IPv6 multicast entries | 8000 |
Cloud-managed | Yes |
MLD entries | 4000 |
Compliance certificates | Trade Agreements Act (TAA) |
Form factor | 1U |
Flow control support | Yes |
Internal memory | 32768 MB |
Number of fans | 6 fan(s) |
Console port | RJ-45/micro-USB |
Fiber optic connector | QSFP-DD |
Networking standards | IEEE 802.1AX, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ab, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1t, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ak, IEEE 802.3ba, IEEE 802.3bs, IEEE 802.3by, IEEE 802.3cd, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z |
Fiber ports quantity | 32 |
Processor frequency | 1700 MHz |
Rack mounting | Yes |
MAC address table | 81920 entries |
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type | No |
AC input frequency | 50/60 Hz |
AC input voltage | 100 - 240 V |
Number of power supply units | 2 |
Redundant power supply (RPS) support | Yes |
Power consumption (max) | 600 W |
Multicast support | Yes |
Jumbo frames support | Yes |
10G support | Yes |
Quality of Service (QoS) support | Yes |
VLAN support | Yes |
Spanning tree protocol | Yes |
Virtual LAN features | Private VLAN |
Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 - 45 °C |
Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 - 70 °C |
Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 15 - 95 % |
Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 15 - 90 % |
Operating altitude | 0 - 118110.2" |
Non-operating altitude | 0 - 181102.4" |
Packet buffer memory | 132 MB |
Switch layer | L3 |
Security algorithms | FIPS 140-2 |
Management protocols | SNMPv2c, SNMPv3 |
Routing protocols | BGP4, OSPF, OSPFv3, RIP-2, RIPng, VRRP |
Power over Ethernet (PoE) | No |