HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300M 24-port HPE Smart Rate 1/2.5/5GbE Class 6 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch

Lifecycle

• Obsolete Date 31-12-2099
• End of support date 31-12-2104

Specifications

• Power supply 2 field‑replaceable, hot‑swappable power supply slots 1 minimum power supply required (ordered separately). Supported PSUs JL086A, JL087A and JL670A.
• Switching capacity 640 Gbps
• Throughput 476 Mpps
• Latency 1 Gbps: 2.28 μs 10 Gbps: 1.46 μs 25 Gbps: 1.90 μs 50 Gbps: 3.49 μs
• Management features Management flexibility with support for HPE Aruba Networking Central, easy-to-use Web GUI, CLI, and HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software
• Stacking capabilities Up to 10-members per stack. Note: CX 6300L switches only stack with other CX 6300L switches
• Weight 5.42 kg
• Product dimensions (imperial) 1.73 x 17.4 x 15.2 in
• Product dimensions (metric) 4.4 x 44.2 x 38.5 cm
• Memory and processor CPU: Dual-core Arm® Cortex-A9 @ 1.8GHz Memory: 8 GB DDR4, 32 GB eMMC Flash: 8 MB, 16 MB, or 32 MB, depending on model and configuration
• Power consumption With JL086A PSU: Idle: 93W 100% Traffic Rate: 137W With JL087A PSU: Idle: 91W 100% Traffic Rate: 131W With JL670A PSU: Idle: 98W 100% Traffic Rate: 139W
• Weight 11.94 lbs
• PoE capability Maximum PoE power: 1440W
• Input voltage JL670A PSU: 110V–120V/208V–240V JL086A PSU: 100V–240V JL087A PSU: 110V–240V
• Warranty Limited lifetime warranty. See warranty details.
• Fans Switch has two fan tray slots and comes with one fan tray installed. Minimum one fan tray required. Fan trays are field replaceable and hot‑swappable. Each fan tray contains two fans.
• Operating temperature 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) up to 5000 ft. Derate ‑1°C for every 1000 ft from 5000 ft to 10000 ft. Can support excursion to 131°F (55°C) for short periods of time [3]. Requires two fan trays to support excursion.
• Ports 24 x HPE Smart Rate 100 M [5]/1G/2.5G/5G BaseT Class 6 PoE ports supporting up to 60W per port 4 x 1G/10G/25G/50G [4] SFP ports Supports PoE standards IEEE 802.3af, 802.3at and 802.3bt (up to 60W) 1 x USB-C console port 1 x USB Type-A host port 1 x OOBM port

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Overview

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is a modern, flexible, and intelligent family of stackable switches ideal for access, aggregation, and data center top-of-rack (ToR). Featuring a cloud-native design and fully programmable operating system (OS). The CX 6300 delivers advanced monitoring and troubleshooting with capabilities like a real-time network analytics engine, HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software and flexible deployment options to implement and validate network configurations. A powerful Gen7 ASIC architecture delivers fast, non-blocking performance for AI, Wi-Fi 7, and Internet of Things (IoT) requirements. HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Stacking Framework (VSF) allows for stacking of up to 10 switches, providing scale and simplified management. This flexible series has built-in high-speed uplinks and supports high-density IEEE 802.3bt high-power PoE with HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet.

What’s new

• The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is a family of stackable Layer 3 switches with BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, VRF, OSPF routing, robust quality of service (QoS), MACsec 256, PTP, AVB and LRM [1]
• Three stackable Layer 2-only CX 6300L switches with HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit and MACsec 256 encryption are available for high performance access deployments
• Powerful 7th Gen ASIC architecture provides the CX 6300 series with 880 to 1760 Gbps system switching capacity, 660 to 1310 Mpps of system throughput and up to 200 to 400 Gbps stacking bandwidth
• High availability with choice between 2 to 10-member Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking for scale, or 2-member Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) cluster for active-active redundancy
• Options include 24 to 48-port of HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit (1/2.5/5/10GbE) and 1GbE fiber, supporting up to 90W 802.11bt PoE, all with telemetry and automation via the CX Network Analytics Engine
• Manage through single point of control with HPE Aruba Networking Central across wired, wireless, and WAN. Dynamic segmentation enables enhanced security and simple access for users and IoT

Features

These ready-to-deploy, integrated IT data center solutions help simplify and speed IT service delivery while reducing the time, risk, and expertise needed to deploy complex solutions.

HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet delivers adaptive speed options for Wi-Fi, Internet of Things (IoT), and other clients, alongside Class 4 (30W), Class 6 (60W), and Class 8 (90W) PoE on each port (720W, 1440W, and 2880W maximum PoE budget options).

HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software introduces automation that allows for rapid network-wide changes and helps ensures policy conformance post network updates. Intelligent capabilities include search, edit, validation (including conformance checking), deployment, and audit features.

The 10/25 and 40/100 G CX switches can be deployed as part of an HPE integrated and mixed compute, storage and networking configuration and deployments.

HPE offers customers highly differentiated pre-engineered IT infrastructure solutions that span a wide variety HPE Compute, HPE Storage, HPE Networking that span virtualization, vSAN™, HCI, HPC, MCS, Microsoft, SAP HANA®, VMware®, Nutanix application and IaaS service offerings.

AI-ready performance and power

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is a wire-speed solution that uses a fully distributed architecture with Gen7 ASICs that deliver low latency, increased packet buffering, and intelligent power consumption for AI, Wi-Fi 7, and Internet of Things (IoT) requirements.

HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) allows you to quickly grow your network using high performance front plane stacking. Four built-in uplinks support speeds of up to 10, 25, 50, and 100GbE for a total of 200 to 400 Gbps of stacking throughput per switch.

HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) and an inter-switch link (ISL) provides for a high availability solution that maintains state synchronization and an independent control plane across a 2-member active-active switch design [2].

Automated device profiling, role-based access control, and Layer 7 firewall features deliver enhanced visibility and performance for a better end-user experience and streamlined IT operations. Application recognition and control are available through CX Advanced Feature Pack [1].

Dynamic segmentation that automatically applies and enforces user, device, and application-aware policies on HPE Aruba Networking wired and wireless infrastructures.

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is supported on HPE Aruba Networking Central for single point of control management that delivers enhanced network visibility and an expanded AI toolset, addressing the scale and demands of the most mission-critical environments.

Full stack management and security

HPE Aruba Networking CX Network Analytics Engine (NAE) provides real-time insights and actions, analyzing events that can impact network health and even mitigating problems directly through quarantining to support network, application, system and security operations.

HPE Aruba Networking Central provides secure, AI-native full-stack network management and operations to optimize performance, accelerate troubleshooting, and unify wired networks with Wi-Fi, wide area networks, and more.

Deploy in data center topologies

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series delivers unparalleled visibility with built-in analytics for real-time monitoring and a time series database (TSDB) that stores configuration and operational state data, making it available to quickly resolve network issues.

Automation and analytics

Additional features include a hibernation mode that enables CX 6300 and CX 6300L (Layer 2-only) switches to schedule downtime to conserve energy. Note: CX 6300L stackable switches are Layer 2-only, balancing scalability, high-capacity, and cost-effective connectivity.

Reduce manual IT operation tasks around initial deployment or on-going configuration changes to accommodate adds, moves, and changes with colorless ports using local user roles and local MAC authentication (LMA).

Switch-to-switch tunnels enable scalable multi-tenancy support with Virtual Extensible Local-Area Networks (VXLAN) to VRF mapping, while allowing policy application through user roles [1].

Import switch information into HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software for simplified configuration management and to continual conformance validation.

Compatible products

• HPE ANW 1G SFP RJ45 100m XCVR
• HPE Aruba Networking CX 6100 48G 4SFP+ Switch
• ARUBA NETEDIT SINGLE NODE 1YR SUB E-STU
• HPE Aruba Networking 1G SFP LC LX 10km SMF Transceiver
• HPE Aruba Networking X371 12VDC 250W 100-240VAC Power Supply
• HPE Aruba Networking 1G SFP LC LH 70km SMF Transceiver
• HPE Aruba Networking CX 6100 12G Class4 PoE 2G/2SFP+ 139W Switch
• HPE X142 40G QSFP+ MPO ESR4 300M XCVR
• HPE ANW 6100 48G CL4 4SFP+ 740W Switch
• HPE Aruba Networking CX 6100 24G 4SFP+ Switch
• HPE Aruba Networking 1G SFP LC SX 500m OM2 MMF Transceiver
• ARUBA NETEDIT SINGLE NODE 3YR SUBSCRIPTI
• HPE 2.5M C15 to C14 Pwr Cord
• HPE Aruba Networking 100M SFP LC FX 2km MMF Transceiver
• HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 1m Direct Attach Copper Cable
• HPE Aruba Networking 50G SFP56 to SFP56 3m Direct Attach Copper Cable
• HPE Aruba Networking USB-A reversible to USB-C PC-to-Switch 3m Cable
• HPE Aruba Networking X372 54VDC 680W 100-240VAC Power Supply
• HPE Aruba Networking 100G QSFP28 to QSFP28 1m Direct Attach Copper Cable
• HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ LC LRM 220m OM2 MMF Transceiver
• HPE ARUBA NETWORKING BT ADAPTER
• HPE Aruba Networking X414 1U Universal 4-post Rack Mount Kit
• HPE X142 40G QSFP+ MPO SR4 Transceiver
• ARUBA USB-C TO USB-C PC-TO-SWITCH CABLE
• HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ LC ER 40km SMF Transceiver
• HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ LC LR 10km SMF Transceiver
• HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 3m Direct Attach Copper Cable
• ARUBA 25G SFP28 TO SFP28 3M DIRECT
• HPE Aruba Networking X751 Front to Back Fan Tray
• HPE Aruba Networking X372 54VDC 1050W 110-240VAC Power Supply
• ARUBA 50G SFP56 TO SFP56 0.65M DAC CABLE
• HPE X242 40G QSFP+ TO QSFP+ 1M DAC CABLE
• HPE Aruba Networking CX 6100 24G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch
• HPE Aruba Networking 10G SFP+ LC SR 300m OM3 MMF Transceiver
• ARUBA CENTRAL 63_38XX F 3Y E-STU
• HPE Aruba Networking CX 6100 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch

Documents

• HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series QuickSpecs
• HPE Synergy Firmware and Software Compatibility Matrix for VMware Cloud Foundation 5.0
• HPE Aruba Networking CX Switching and VMware NSX Solution Overview

[1] Features not supported on CX 6300L switches (S3L75A, S3L76A, S3L77A)

[2] The simultaneous use of HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Framework stacking and its cluster is not supported. A switch may either be its member or an HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension cluster.

[3] No more than 96 consecutive hours and no more than 360 hours total (15 days) in 1 year.

[4] 50 G capability is for use with 50 G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50 G transceivers and DACs are not supported on S0E91A and S0X44A switch models, which requires QSFP to SFP56 DAC cable for VSF stacking with other CX 6300F and CX 6300 M switch models only. VSF stacking not supported on 1 G ports.

[5] 100 M use on HPE Smart Rate ports is limited to full‑duplex only. For 100 M half‑duplex support, use 1 G ports on other models.