The HPE Aruba CX 8360 16-Port SFP28 Switch delivers flexible 25GbE connectivity with 100GbE uplinks for data center and campus aggregation. Powered by AOS-CX, it enables automation, visibility, and resilient high-performance switching.
Guide price: Price range: £17,000.00 through £23,858.00 Ex. VAT
Modern data centre environments must support large volumes of server traffic while maintaining efficient network performance and visibility.
The HPE Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 Switch provides 16 × 1/10/25GbE SFP28 ports with 2 × 100GbE QSFP28 uplinks, enabling high-performance connectivity for server, storage, and aggregation networks. 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.
Running the AOS-CX operating system, the platform incorporates the Network Analytics Engine, enabling continuous telemetry and programmable automation across network infrastructure. 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 25GbE port density may also consider the HPE Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C v2 32-Port SFP28 Switch, for supporting more server and storage links per switch.
Through real-time monitoring and automation capabilities, the CX 8360 allows organisations to support high-bandwidth application traffic while maintaining operational visibility across the network fabric. Better visibility and automation reduce manual troubleshooting effort, helping IT teams maintain reliable connectivity while the business adds devices, applications, and higher-speed network services.
Our specialists can help design and deploy HPE Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 Switch solutions tailored to high-performance data centre network environments.
The HPE Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 is a high-performance Layer 3 switch designed for campus core, aggregation, and data centre deployments, delivering high-speed 25GbE connectivity with 100GbE uplinks in a compact 1U platform.
1/10/25GbE SFP28 Ports
Supports flexible connectivity for servers, aggregation layers, and high-speed enterprise networks.
40/100GbE QSFP28 Uplinks
Provides high-capacity connectivity to spine or core layers.
Line-Rate Switching Performance
Designed to support high throughput and low latency traffic forwarding.
Compact 1U Deployment
High-speed switching capacity delivered in a space-efficient rack form factor.
AOS-CX Operating System
Microservices-based architecture supports automation and resilient network operations.
Network Analytics Engine
Integrated telemetry provides real-time monitoring and troubleshooting insights.
EVPN-VXLAN Support
Enables scalable overlay networking for modern data centre architectures.
Whether building high-speed campus aggregation layers or modernising data centre switching, we help design Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C deployments that deliver scalable performance and automation.
| Product Family | Aruba CX |
|---|---|
| Operating System | AOS-CX |
| PoE Budget (W) | None |
| Product Series | 8360 |
| Switching Capacity (Gbps) | |
| Deployment | Data Centre |
| Target Organisation Size | Enterprise |
| Primary Use Case | Leaf |
| Product Tier | Standard |
| Network Architecture | Layer 3 |
| Access Ports | 16 |
| Access Port Architecture | SFP28 |
| Uplink Ports | 2 |
| Uplink Architecture | QSFP28 |
| Total Ports | 18 |
| Maximum Port Speed | 100G |
| Port Configuration | 16×SFP28 + 2×QSFP28 |
| PoE | No |
| Stacking | Not supported |
| Power Redundancy | Hot-swappable PSUs |
| Maximum VLANs | 4094 |
| Routing Capability | Dynamic |
The HPE Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 16-Port SFP28 Switch is designed for organisations that need compact 25GbE fibre switching for campus aggregation and dynamic data centre environments. It is well suited to sites that need flexible high-speed connectivity in a smaller fixed platform.
Some aggregation layers need a moderate number of high-speed fibre links rather than full high-density switching. The Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 provides 25GbE switching and 100GbE uplinks for compact enterprise deployments.
Smaller data environments often need fibre-based rack switching for servers, storage, and virtualisation hosts. The Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 gives these sites compact 25GbE top-of-rack connectivity.
Virtual infrastructure and storage platforms often rely on fibre links for high-speed, low-latency connectivity. This switch works well where a smaller number of high-speed hosts connect to the same platform.
Private cloud deployments often need switching that combines automation-ready operations with flexible high-speed ports. The Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 is a good fit for smaller compute and storage environments.
Compact server rooms and edge data environments can still need 25GbE fibre switching. The Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 gives network teams a smaller high-speed AOS-CX platform for modern deployments.
Our team can help design and deploy Aruba CX 8360-16Y2C v2 switching for compact fibre aggregation, virtualisation, and top-of-rack data environments.
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