The HPE Aruba CX 8325 32-Port QSFP28 Switch delivers high-density 100GbE connectivity for spine and leaf data center architectures. Powered by AOS-CX, it enables advanced automation, telemetry, and high-performance switching for scalable modern networks.
Guide price: Price range: £4,750.00 through £27,000.00 Ex. VAT
Modern data centre environments must support rapidly increasing east-west traffic generated by virtualised workloads, container platforms, and cloud infrastructure.
The HPE Aruba CX 8325-32C Switch provides 32 × 100GbE QSFP28 ports, enabling high-capacity connectivity for modern leaf-spine architectures. Running the AOS-CX operating system, the platform supports advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking capabilities. Data-centre and fabric-oriented switching architecture, together with AOS-CX telemetry and modern routing protocols, supports scalable east-west traffic patterns across leaf-spine and high-bandwidth aggregation designs.
The CX 8325 platform integrates the Network Analytics Engine, delivering real-time telemetry and programmable automation that allow operators to analyse network traffic and respond to operational events quickly. That helps operators scale server, storage, and application connectivity without losing visibility into traffic behaviour as workloads become more distributed and bandwidth intensive. Organisations that require higher-density spine and fabric connectivity may also consider the HPE Aruba CX 9300S 32-Port QSFP28 Switch, for scaling 100GbE-class data-center fabrics with fewer switching layers.
With high-bandwidth switching and automation capabilities, the CX 8325 enables organisations to scale network capacity while maintaining operational visibility across distributed application environments.
Our specialists can help design and deploy HPE Aruba CX 8325-32C Switch solutions designed for high-performance data centre network fabrics.
The HPE Aruba CX 8325-32C is a high-performance 1U switch designed for campus core, aggregation, and data centre spine or top-of-rack deployments, delivering dense 100GbE connectivity with advanced automation and analytics.
100GbE QSFP28 Ports
Provides high-capacity switching for spine, aggregation, or high-performance data centre fabrics.
Flexible Multi-Speed Connectivity
Ports support 40GbE and 100GbE operation, enabling flexible migration from 40GbE to 100GbE networks.
Compact 1U High-Throughput Platform
Delivers up to 6.4 Tbps switching capacity in a space-efficient design.
Breakout Connectivity Options
QSFP ports support breakout configurations for flexible network architecture.
AOS-CX Operating System
Microservices-based architecture enables automation, programmability, and operational resilience.
Network Analytics Engine
Built-in telemetry and monitoring provide real-time visibility into network performance.
Advanced Layer 2/3 Routing
Supports BGP, OSPF, VRF, and VXLAN for modern data centre and campus network designs.
Whether building high-speed data centre fabrics or upgrading campus core infrastructure, we help design Aruba CX 8325-32C deployments that deliver scalable performance and operational visibility.
| Product Family | Aruba CX |
|---|---|
| Operating System | AOS-CX |
| PoE Budget (W) | None |
| Product Series | 8325 |
| Switching Capacity (Gbps) | |
| Deployment | Data Centre |
| Target Organisation Size | Enterprise |
| Primary Use Case | Spine |
| Product Tier | Standard |
| Network Architecture | Layer 3 |
| Access Ports | 32 |
| Access Port Architecture | QSFP28 |
| Uplink Ports | None |
| Uplink Architecture | None |
| Total Ports | 32 |
| Maximum Port Speed | 100G |
| Port Configuration | 32×QSFP28 |
| PoE | No |
| Stacking | Not supported |
| Power Redundancy | Hot-swappable PSUs |
| Maximum VLANs | 4094 |
| Routing Capability | Dynamic |
The HPE Aruba CX 8325-32C 32-Port QSFP28 Switch is designed for organisations that need high-speed 100GbE switching for campus core, aggregation, and data centre fabric roles. It is well suited to environments where low latency, dense uplink capacity, and compact high-throughput design are priorities.
Large campus cores often need high-speed interconnects between buildings, services, and aggregation layers. The Aruba CX 8325-32C provides dense 100GbE switching for enterprise networks with growing bandwidth demands.
Modern data centres rely on fast switching between servers, storage, and fabric layers. Dense 100GbE connectivity makes the Aruba CX 8325-32C a strong fit for spine, leaf, and high-capacity interconnect roles.
Virtualised and private cloud environments often generate heavy east-west traffic across the switching fabric. The Aruba CX 8325-32C delivers the throughput needed for compute, storage, and application backbones.
Storage platforms, security appliances, and application clusters often need large bandwidth pools at the aggregation layer. This switch works well where many high-speed links converge on one platform.
Some environments need dense 100GbE capacity without moving to a modular chassis. The Aruba CX 8325-32C gives network teams a fixed 1U option for campus and data environments where throughput is critical.
Our team can help design and deploy Aruba CX 8325-32C switching for campus core, data centre fabrics, and high-bandwidth aggregation environments.
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