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HPE Aruba CX 8320 Switch Series
About the Aruba Networking CX 8320
The CX 8320 delivers high-density 1/10GbE connectivity, supporting both SFP/SFP+ and 10GBASE-T, alongside 40GbE uplinks within a compact 1U footprint. Designed to complement the CX 8400 modular chassis and CX 8325 series, it extends the portfolio with a core and aggregation switching platform focused on strong performance, resilience and reduced downtime.
Key Features
- High performance 2.5Tbps with 1,905 mpps
- High availability with Virtual Switching Extension (VSX), and redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans
- AOS-CX enables automation and programmability using built-in REST APIs and Python scripts
- Intelligent monitoring, visibility, and remediation with Network Analytics Engine
- One touch deployment with the CX Mobile App
- NetEdit support for automated configuration and verification
- Advanced Layer 2/3 feature set includes BGP, OSPF, VRF, and IPv6
- Compact 1U switches with 1/10GbE (SFP+ and 10GBASE-T) and 40GbE connectivity
Standard Features
AOS-CX – a modern software system
The HPE Aruba Networking CX 8320 Switch Series runs on AOS-CX, a modern, database-driven operating system designed to automate and simplify complex network operations. Its built-in time series database allows customers and developers to use software scripts for historical troubleshooting and trend analysis, helping predict and prevent future issues related to scale, security, and performance bottlenecks.
AOS-CX software capabilities are split between CX Foundation and CX Advanced licences. Every CX switch includes an active embedded CX Foundation licence as standard, with the option to upgrade to CX Advanced.
The CX Foundation licence includes:
- Network Analytics Engine (NAE)
- Dynamic Segmentation
- Switch Stacking
- High Availability and Resiliency
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Layer 2 Switching
- Layer 3 Services and Routing
- IP Multicast
- Network Security
- Support for NetEdit
The CX Advanced licence adds CX Edge Insights, providing deeper visibility with application recognition, identification, and flow capture from Layer 4 through to Layer 7.
Built on a modular Linux architecture with a stateful database, AOS-CX delivers several key advantages:
- Easy access to network state information for improved visibility and analytics
- REST APIs and Python scripting for detailed network programmability
- Micro-services architecture enabling integration with external workflow systems and services
- Continual state synchronisation for improved fault tolerance and high availability
- Database-driven communication between software processes for near real-time resiliency and independent software module upgrades
