Introduction

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 9300 Switch Series provides 25.6 Tbps, 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 HPE Aruba Networking CX 9300 Switch Series protects enterprises’ investment as it transitions server farms from 10GbE and 25GbE to 100GbE/400GbE EVPN-VXLAN spine configurations, with reduced power and a smaller footprint. The CX 9300-32D switch supports large data center PODS of up to 16834 x 25GbE servers or up to 8192 x 100GbE servers when using 4 x 100G SN transceivers.

What is new supporting point:
The switch series provides high performance switching up to 25.6 Tbps in a 1U fixed configuration supporting 32 ports of 100/400GbE
Dynamic VXLAN with BGP-EVPN for deep segmentation in data center and campus networks
The CX 9300S 32p QSFP28 100G 8p QSFP-DD 400G back-to-front and front-to-back bundles along with new compatible transceivers and power supply options
HPE Aruba Networking CX 9300 Switch Series is based on AOS-CX, a modern, database-driven operating system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex network tasks
Advanced Layer 2/3 feature set includes BGP, OSPF, VRF-Lite, and IPv6
HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer greatly simplifies the automation, orchestration, and end-to-end visibility of the network fabric underlay and virtualized overlay.