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HPE Aruba 8325-48Y8C. Switch type: , Switch layer: . Basic switching RJ-45 ports type: None. MAC address table: 98304 entries, Switching capacity: 6400 Gbit/s. Networking standards: IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ab, IEEE 802.1ak, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE…. Rack mounting, Form factor:
The Aruba 8325 switch serves as both a campus (core and aggregation) and data center (Top of Rack) switch. This game-changing solution offers an innovative approach to dealing with network demands in the mobile, cloud and IoT era. The Aruba 8325 is based on ArubaOS-CX, a modern software system that automates and simplifies critical and complex network tasks, delivers enhanced fault tolerance and facilitates zero-service disruption during planned or unplanned control-plane events. The key innovations in ArubaOS-CX are its microservices style modular architecture, REST APIs, Python scripting capabilities and the Aruba Network Analytics Engine. The Aruba 8325 Switch Series provides line rate 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, and 40GbE in a compact form factor.
What’s new
– High-performance Aruba campus core and aggregation switch and data center top-of-rack switch with 6.4 Tbps switching capacity.
– ArubaOS-CX automates using REST APIs and Python scripts.
– Monitor and troubleshoot with Aruba Network Analytics Engine.
– High availability, virtualization and simplicity with redundant power supplies and fans and Aruba VSX.
– Compact switches with 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE connectivity.
– Advanced Layer 2/3 feature set includes BGP, OSPF, VRF, VXLAN, and IPv6.
Features
Game-changing Business Agility
– The Aruba 8325 Switch Series is a campus core and aggregation switch and data center Top of Rack solution with an innovative and powerful approach to dealing with the cross-domain demands of the mobile, cloud, and IoT era.
– Fully programmable with ArubaOS-CX, it brings automation and visibility and helps troubleshoot via simple scripting.
– Aruba Network Analytics Engine provides the ability to monitor and troubleshoot the network, system, application and security related issues easily, through simple python agents and REST APIs.
– Offers high-speed fully distributed architecture with 6.4Tbps of switching capacity.
– Provides robust security and QoS with advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 features including support for BGP, OSPF, VRF and VXLAN.
Modern Software System Simplifies and Automates
– The Aruba 8325 Switch Series is based on the new ArubaOS-CX, a modern software system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex network tasks.
– The built-in time series database enables customers and developers to develop software modules for historical troubleshooting, as well as analysis of historical trends, to predict and avoid future problems due to scale, security, and performance bottlenecks.
– It includes stability, independent monitoring and restart of individual software modules, and enhanced software process serviceability functions. It also allows individual software modules to be upgraded for higher availability.
High Performance and High Availability
– The Aruba 8325 Switch Series includes a high-speed, fully distributed architecture and provides up to 6.4Tbps switching capacity to meet the demands and bandwidth-intensive applications today and in the future.
– Aruba’s high-availability technology is Aruba VSX which has been designed from ground up to deliver continuous availability, virtualization and simplicity requirements. Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies and fans provide additional resiliency.
– The compact switch delivers line rate 1GbE, 10GbE, 25GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE with very low latency. Optimize for your deployment with models that provide 48 ports of 1/10/25 GbE + 8 ports of 40/100GbE or 32 ports of 40/100GbE.
| Processor frequency | 2200 MHz |
|---|---|
| Product Condition | New Retail |
| Product Condition | |
| Flash memory | 8192 MB |
| Internal memory | 16384 MB |
| Form factor | 1U |
| Rack mounting | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes |
| Weight | 10 kg |
| Redundant power supply (RPS) support | Yes |
| Power consumption (typical) | 550 W |
| Power over Ethernet (PoE) | No |
| Storage relative humidity (H-H) | 5 – 95% |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 – 40 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H) | 5 – 95% |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 – 70 °C |
| Port mirroring | Yes |
| MAC address table | 98304 entries |
| Jumbo frames support | Yes |
| Spanning tree protocol | Yes |
| Product colour | Black |
| Switching capacity | 6400 Gbit/s |
| Supported data transfer rates | 1/10/25/40/100 Gbps |
| Maximum data transfer rate | 100 Gbit/s |
| Access Control List (ACL) | Yes |
| Quality of Service (QoS) support | Yes |
| Multicast support | Yes |
| Switch layer | L3 |
| Switch type | Managed |
| 10G support | Yes |
| Number of power supply units | 2 |
| Networking standards | IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ab, IEEE 802.1ak, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.3ba, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z |
| VLAN support | Yes |
| AC input frequency | 50 – 60 Hz |
| AC input voltage | 100 – 240 V |
| Depth | 535.9 mm |
| Height | 43.2 mm |
| Width | 438.4 mm |
| Packet buffer memory | 32 MB |
| Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type | None |
| Throughput | 2000 Mpps |
| Power supply included | Yes |
| MLD entries | 4094 |
| IPv4 multicast entries | 4094 |
| IPv6 multicast entries | 4094 |
| Number of fans | 6 fan(s) |
| Built-in processor | Yes |
| DHCP features | DHCP server |
| Harmonized System (HS) code | 85176990 |
| QSFP28 ports quantity | 8 |
| SFP28 ports quantity | 48 |
