The HPE Aruba CX 8360 48-Port SFP28 Switch delivers high-density 25GbE connectivity with 100GbE uplinks for data center and campus aggregation. Leveraging AOS-CX, it provides automation, analytics, and resilient switching for scalable networks.
Guide price: Price range: £31,576.36 through £35,038.00 Ex. VAT
Modern data centre fabrics must support increasing east-west traffic while delivering scalable high-speed connectivity between servers and network aggregation layers.
The HPE Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 Switch provides 48 × 1/10/25GbE SFP/SFP+/SFP28 ports with 6 × 100GbE QSFP28 uplinks, delivering high-density connectivity for server and storage networks. The platform runs the AOS-CX operating system supporting advanced Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking. 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 switch integrates the Network Analytics Engine, enabling continuous monitoring, automation, and programmable network management across large-scale infrastructures. 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-speed core and fabric connectivity may also consider the HPE Aruba CX 9300S 32-Port QSFP28 Switch, for adding more backbone capacity for large-scale aggregation and leaf-spine designs.
With real-time telemetry and automation, the CX 8360 allows operators to expand network capacity while maintaining operational insight and stable performance.
Our specialists can help design and deploy HPE Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 Switch solutions tailored to scalable data centre network environments. It also gives IT teams a more practical platform for planned growth without adding unnecessary management overhead.
The HPE Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 is a high-density 25GbE switch designed for data centre and campus aggregation deployments requiring scalable high-speed connectivity.
1/10/25GbE SFP28 Ports
Supports flexible fibre connectivity for servers and aggregation layers.
40/100GbE QSFP28 Uplinks
Provides high-capacity connectivity to core or spine networks.
Line-Rate Switching Fabric
Designed for high-throughput east-west traffic flows.
Flexible Breakout Options
Supports breakout connectivity for flexible network design.
AOS-CX Software Platform
Programmable operating system supports automated operations.
Network Analytics Engine
Built-in telemetry provides real-time monitoring and troubleshooting.
EVPN-VXLAN Support
Supports scalable overlay networking for modern data centre fabrics.
Whether deploying high-speed aggregation switching or building scalable data centre fabrics, we help design Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C deployments for 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 | Flagship |
| Network Architecture | Layer 3 |
| Access Ports | 48 |
| Access Port Architecture | SFP28 |
| Uplink Ports | 6 |
| Uplink Architecture | QSFP28 |
| Total Ports | 54 |
| Maximum Port Speed | 100G |
| Port Configuration | 48×SFP28 + 6×QSFP28 |
| PoE | No |
| Stacking | Not supported |
| Power Redundancy | Hot-swappable PSUs |
| Maximum VLANs | 4094 |
| Routing Capability | Dynamic |
The HPE Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 48-Port SFP28 Switch is designed for organisations that need high-density 25GbE fibre switching for campus aggregation and dynamic data centre roles. It is well suited to environments where large numbers of fibre-connected hosts, storage systems, or high-speed uplinks need to be handled on one fixed platform.
Aggregation layers often bring together many fibre links from access, buildings, and service platforms. The Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 provides higher-density 25GbE fibre switching for campuses and service aggregation environments.
Data centre racks with larger numbers of fibre-connected servers or storage devices often need more local 25GbE ports. The Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 delivers dense top-of-rack switching with high-speed uplinks.
Large virtualisation clusters and storage environments often depend on dense 25GbE fibre connectivity. This switch is a strong fit where many hosts or appliances need to connect to the same rack-level platform.
As private cloud platforms expand, port count becomes increasingly important across compute and storage estates. The Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 provides the fibre density needed for rack-scale and aggregation roles.
Many organisations standardise on a common AOS-CX platform for campus and data switching. The Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 supports a more consistent operational model across higher-density fibre deployments.
Our team can help design and deploy Aruba CX 8360-48Y6C v2 switching for high-density fibre aggregation, virtualisation, and top-of-rack deployments.
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