Network & Communication

• High-performance 1.76Tbps of bi-directional switching and 1,309 Mpps of forwarding designed for aggregation in the campus or top-of-rack in data center environments.
• Four different base models, each sold in bundles that support two airflow modes (Front to Back, and Back to Front) with Advanced Layer 2/3 feature set that includes BGP, OSPF, VRF, and IPv6.
• High availability with industry-leading VSX redundancy and redundant power supplies and fans.
• Aruba AOS-CX automation and programmability using built-in REST APIs and Python scripts with intelligent monitoring and visibility delivered by the Aruba Network Analytics Engine.

Modular Cloud-Native Architecture

HPE Aruba Networking CX 8100 Switch Series features AOS-CX which simplify the complexities of managing data center networks with automation options to match your IT organization's operating model.

Proactively detect issues and speed troubleshooting with actionable insights provided by an analytics engine embedded in every switch. Always-on infrastructure designed for resiliency and upgrades with zero downtime.

REST APIs and Python scripting provide fine-grained microservices architecture enabling full integration with other workflow systems and services.

Continual state synchronization provides superior fault tolerance and high availability. Always-on infrastructure designed for resiliency and upgrades with zero downtime.

Aruba Network Analytics Engine

HPE Aruba Networking CX 8100 Switch Series utilizes the Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE) for advanced telemetry and automation to provide industry-first monitoring and troubleshooting systems that greatly improving network operations.

Customers can use data from the Time Series Database (TSDB) to store configuration and operational state to write software modules to troubleshoot problems. This data may also be used to analyze trends, identify anomalies, and predict future capacity requirements.

High Availability and Resiliency

All software processes in the HPE Aruba Networking CX 8100 Switch Series run as microservices that communicate via the state database of the switch; there is no direct communication between microservices. Should a software process crash, the impact of that failure will be limited.

The ability of AOS-CX to maintain synchronous state across dual control planes allows a unique high availability solution called Aruba Virtual Switching Extension (VSX).

Aruba VSX provides a robust, yet simple solution for high availability with a unique design for control plane synchronization and an architecture that is redundant in both hardware and software by deploying two chassis with an inter-switch link, maintaining its independent control.

Software-Defined Automation

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 8100 Switch Series is supported by Aruba Fabric Composer, a software-defined orchestration solution that simplifies and accelerates leaf-spine network provisioning and day-to-day operations across rack-scale compute and storage infrastructure.

Orchestrate a discrete set of switches as a single networking fabric to simplify operations and troubleshooting. This infrastructure and application-aware solution also automates various configuration and lifecycle events.

The Aruba CX 8100 Switch Series offers a flexible and innovative approach to addressing the application, security, and scalability demands of the mobile, cloud, and IoT era. These switches serve the needs of the next-generation core and aggregation layer of campuses, as well as virtual and highly dynamic data center environments. They provide up to 1.76 Tbps of capacity, with line-rate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces including support for Smart Rate (1/2.5/5 Gbps), 10Gbps, 25Gbps, 40Gbps, and 100Gbps.

The CX 8100 series includes industry-leading line rate ports with 1/10GbE (SFP/SFP+) and 40/100GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28) connectivity in a compact 1U form factor. 4x10Gbps and 4x25Gbps break out from 40/100G ports offer advanced flexibility in connectivity and aggregation.

These switches deliver a fantastic investment for customers requiring 1GbE/10GbEwith a mix of fiber and copper ports, and 40/100GbE uplink ports.

PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATORS

The Aruba CX 8100 switch series is based on ArubaOS-CX, a modern, database-driven operating system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex tasks. The enhanced capabilities of ArubaOS-CX provide a unique set of differentiators for campus and data center switching.

Modular Architecture with native cloud-native ArubaOS-CX

AOS-CX operating system features are organized into Aruba CX Foundation and Aruba CX Advanced software licenses. Every Aruba CX switch includes an active, embedded Aruba CX Foundation license at no additional cost with the option to upgrade to an Aruba CX Advanced license.

The CX Foundation license has everything needed to deploy, connect, and troubleshoot an enterprise network, including:

• Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE)
• Dynamic Segmentation
• High Availability and Resiliency
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Layer 2 Switching
• Layer 3 Services and Routing
• IP Multicast
• Network Security
• Support for Aruba NetEdit

The Aruba CX Advanced license includes Aruba CX Edge Insights, offering flow capture from layer 4 to layer 7.

For more information on the CX Advanced License, read the Aruba CX Switch License Ordering Guide

Aruba Central, Cloud-based network management

Flexible cloud-based or on-premises management for unified network operations of wired, WLAN, SD-WAN, and public cloud infrastructure. Designed to simplify day zero through day two operations with streamlined workflows. Switch management capabilities include configuration, onboarding, monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting.

An Aruba Central Advanced license expands these capabilities with premium security and AIOps, including the Aruba Central NetConductor Fabric Wizard and Policy Manager to enable dynamic segmentation and distributed enforcement at a global scale.

The Aruba Central Advanced license now comes with all Aruba CX Advanced features so there is no need to purchase a CX Advanced license. This streamlines operational efficiency, reducing the need for IT teams to keep track of multiple licenses, active terms, and renewal dates. For more information on Aruba Central licensing, see the Aruba Central SaaS Subscription Ordering Guide.

The Aruba CX 8100 Switch Series offers a flexible and innovative approach to addressing the application, security, and scalability demands of the mobile, cloud, and IoT era. These switches serve the needs of the next-generation core and aggregation layer of campuses, as well as virtual and highly dynamic data center environments. They provide up to 1.76 Tbps of capacity, with line-rate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces including support for Smart Rate (1/2.5/5 Gbps), 10Gbps, 25Gbps, 40Gbps, and 100Gbps.

The CX 8100 series includes industry-leading line rate ports with 1/10GbE (SFP/SFP+) and 40/100GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28) connectivity in a compact 1U form factor. 4x10Gbps and 4x25Gbps break out from 40/100G ports offer advanced flexibility in connectivity and aggregation.

These switches deliver a fantastic investment for customers requiring 1GbE/10GbEwith a mix of fiber and copper ports, and 40/100GbE uplink ports.

PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATORS

The Aruba CX 8100 switch series is based on ArubaOS-CX, a modern, database-driven operating system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex tasks. The enhanced capabilities of ArubaOS-CX provide a unique set of differentiators for campus and data center switching.

Modular Architecture with native cloud-native ArubaOS-CX

AOS-CX operating system features are organized into Aruba CX Foundation and Aruba CX Advanced software licenses. Every Aruba CX switch includes an active, embedded Aruba CX Foundation license at no additional cost with the option to upgrade to an Aruba CX Advanced license.

The CX Foundation license has everything needed to deploy, connect, and troubleshoot an enterprise network, including:

• Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE)
• Dynamic Segmentation
• High Availability and Resiliency
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Layer 2 Switching
• Layer 3 Services and Routing
• IP Multicast
• Network Security
• Support for Aruba NetEdit

The Aruba CX Advanced license includes Aruba CX Edge Insights, offering flow capture from layer 4 to layer 7.

For more information on the CX Advanced License, read the Aruba CX Switch License Ordering Guide

Aruba Central, Cloud-based network management

Flexible cloud-based or on-premises management for unified network operations of wired, WLAN, SD-WAN, and public cloud infrastructure. Designed to simplify day zero through day two operations with streamlined workflows. Switch management capabilities include configuration, onboarding, monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting.

An Aruba Central Advanced license expands these capabilities with premium security and AIOps, including the Aruba Central NetConductor Fabric Wizard and Policy Manager to enable dynamic segmentation and distributed enforcement at a global scale.

The Aruba Central Advanced license now comes with all Aruba CX Advanced features so there is no need to purchase a CX Advanced license. This streamlines operational efficiency, reducing the need for IT teams to keep track of multiple licenses, active terms, and renewal dates. For more information on Aruba Central licensing, see the Aruba Central SaaS Subscription Ordering Guide.

The Aruba CX 8100 Switch Series offers a flexible and innovative approach to addressing the application, security, and scalability demands of the mobile, cloud, and IoT era. These switches serve the needs of the next-generation core and aggregation layer of campuses, as well as virtual and highly dynamic data center environments. They provide up to 1.76 Tbps of capacity, with line-rate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces including support for Smart Rate (1/2.5/5 Gbps), 10Gbps, 25Gbps, 40Gbps, and 100Gbps.

The CX 8100 series includes industry-leading line rate ports with 1/10GbE (SFP/SFP+) and 40/100GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28) connectivity in a compact 1U form factor. 4x10Gbps and 4x25Gbps break out from 40/100G ports offer advanced flexibility in connectivity and aggregation.

These switches deliver a fantastic investment for customers requiring 1GbE/10GbEwith a mix of fiber and copper ports, and 40/100GbE uplink ports.

PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATORS

The Aruba CX 8100 switch series is based on ArubaOS-CX, a modern, database-driven operating system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex tasks. The enhanced capabilities of ArubaOS-CX provide a unique set of differentiators for campus and data center switching.

Modular Architecture with native cloud-native ArubaOS-CX

AOS-CX operating system features are organized into Aruba CX Foundation and Aruba CX Advanced software licenses. Every Aruba CX switch includes an active, embedded Aruba CX Foundation license at no additional cost with the option to upgrade to an Aruba CX Advanced license.

The CX Foundation license has everything needed to deploy, connect, and troubleshoot an enterprise network, including:

• Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE)
• Dynamic Segmentation
• High Availability and Resiliency
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Layer 2 Switching
• Layer 3 Services and Routing
• IP Multicast
• Network Security
• Support for Aruba NetEdit

The Aruba CX Advanced license includes Aruba CX Edge Insights, offering flow capture from layer 4 to layer 7.

For more information on the CX Advanced License, read the Aruba CX Switch License Ordering Guide

Aruba Central, Cloud-based network management

Flexible cloud-based or on-premises management for unified network operations of wired, WLAN, SD-WAN, and public cloud infrastructure. Designed to simplify day zero through day two operations with streamlined workflows. Switch management capabilities include configuration, onboarding, monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting.

An Aruba Central Advanced license expands these capabilities with premium security and AIOps, including the Aruba Central NetConductor Fabric Wizard and Policy Manager to enable dynamic segmentation and distributed enforcement at a global scale.

The Aruba Central Advanced license now comes with all Aruba CX Advanced features so there is no need to purchase a CX Advanced license. This streamlines operational efficiency, reducing the need for IT teams to keep track of multiple licenses, active terms, and renewal dates. For more information on Aruba Central licensing, see the Aruba Central SaaS Subscription Ordering Guide.

The Aruba CX 8100 Switch Series offers a flexible and innovative approach to addressing the application, security, and scalability demands of the mobile, cloud, and IoT era. These switches serve the needs of the next-generation core and aggregation layer of campuses, as well as virtual and highly dynamic data center environments. They provide up to 1.76 Tbps of capacity, with line-rate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces including support for Smart Rate (1/2.5/5 Gbps), 10Gbps, 25Gbps, 40Gbps, and 100Gbps.

The CX 8100 series includes industry-leading line rate ports with 1/10GbE (SFP/SFP+) and 40/100GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28) connectivity in a compact 1U form factor. 4x10Gbps and 4x25Gbps break out from 40/100G ports offer advanced flexibility in connectivity and aggregation.

These switches deliver a fantastic investment for customers requiring 1GbE/10GbEwith a mix of fiber and copper ports, and 40/100GbE uplink ports.

PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATORS

The Aruba CX 8100 switch series is based on ArubaOS-CX, a modern, database-driven operating system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex tasks. The enhanced capabilities of ArubaOS-CX provide a unique set of differentiators for campus and data center switching.

Modular Architecture with native cloud-native ArubaOS-CX

AOS-CX operating system features are organized into Aruba CX Foundation and Aruba CX Advanced software licenses. Every Aruba CX switch includes an active, embedded Aruba CX Foundation license at no additional cost with the option to upgrade to an Aruba CX Advanced license.

The CX Foundation license has everything needed to deploy, connect, and troubleshoot an enterprise network, including:

• Aruba Network Analytics Engine (NAE)
• Dynamic Segmentation
• High Availability and Resiliency
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Layer 2 Switching
• Layer 3 Services and Routing
• IP Multicast
• Network Security
• Support for Aruba NetEdit

The Aruba CX Advanced license includes Aruba CX Edge Insights, offering flow capture from layer 4 to layer 7.

For more information on the CX Advanced License, read the Aruba CX Switch License Ordering Guide

Aruba Central, Cloud-based network management

Flexible cloud-based or on-premises management for unified network operations of wired, WLAN, SD-WAN, and public cloud infrastructure. Designed to simplify day zero through day two operations with streamlined workflows. Switch management capabilities include configuration, onboarding, monitoring, troubleshooting, and reporting.

An Aruba Central Advanced license expands these capabilities with premium security and AIOps, including the Aruba Central NetConductor Fabric Wizard and Policy Manager to enable dynamic segmentation and distributed enforcement at a global scale.

The Aruba Central Advanced license now comes with all Aruba CX Advanced features so there is no need to purchase a CX Advanced license. This streamlines operational efficiency, reducing the need for IT teams to keep track of multiple licenses, active terms, and renewal dates. For more information on Aruba Central licensing, see the Aruba Central SaaS Subscription Ordering Guide.