HPE Aruba Networking CX 9300S 32p QSFP28 100G 8p QSFP‑DD 400G Back‑to‑Front 6xFan 2xAC Bundle Managed L3 1U

Aruba Networking CX 9300S 32p QSFP28 100G 8p QSFP‑DD 400G Back‑to‑Front 6xFan 2xAC Bundle

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.

Specifications

Management features
Switch layer	L3
Switch type	Managed
Quality of Service (QoS) support	Yes
Multicast support	Yes
Cloud-managed	Yes
Ports & interfaces
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
Console port	RJ-45/Micro-USB
Fiber ports quantity	40
Fiber optic connector	QSFP-DD, QSFP28
QSFP28 ports quantity	32
Network
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
Number of VLANs	4040
VLAN support	Yes
Spanning tree protocol	Yes
Port mirroring	Yes
Link aggregation	Yes
Flow control support	Yes
Virtual LAN features	Private VLAN
IGMP snooping	Yes
Data transmission
Switching capacity	25600 Gbit/s
Jumbo frames support	Yes
Number of VLANs	4040
Security
SSH/SSL support	Yes
IGMP snooping	Yes
Access Control List (ACL)	Yes
Authentication type	RADIUS, TACACS+
DHCP features	DHCP relay, DHCP server
Multicast features
Multicast support	Yes
Protocols
Management protocols	SNMPv2c, SNMPv3
Routing protocols	BGP4, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, RIP-2, RIPng, VRRP
Design
Rack mounting	Yes
Form factor	1U
Airflow direction	Back-to-front airflow
Number of fans	6 fan(s)
Redundant fans support	Yes
Power
Power supply included	Yes
AC input voltage	100 - 240 V
AC input frequency	50/60 Hz
Power consumption (typical)	600 W
Redundant power supply (RPS) support	Yes
Number of power supply units	2
Power source	AC
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Power over Ethernet (PoE)	No
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 45 °C
Heat dissipation	4435 BTU/h
Virtual LAN features
Number of VLANs	4040
VLAN support	Yes
Virtual LAN features	Private VLAN
Weight & dimensions
Width	17.3" (438.4 mm)
Depth	23.2" (590 mm)
Height	1.71" (43.5 mm)
Optical fiber
Fiber optic connector	QSFP-DD, QSFP28