The Aruba CX 8100 Switch Series offers a flexible and innovative approach to addressing the application, security, and scalability demands of the mobile, cloud, and IoT era. These switches serve the needs of the next-generation core and aggregation layer of campuses, as well as virtual and highly dynamic data center environments. They provide up to 1.76 Tbps of capacity, with line-rate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces including support for Smart Rate (1/ 2.5 /5 Gbps), 10Gbps, 25Gbps, 40Gbps, and 100Gbps. The CX 8100 series includes industry-leading line rate ports with 1/10GbE (SFP/SFP+) and 40/100GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28) connectivity in a compact 1U form factor.
4x10Gbps and 4x25Gbps break out from 40/100G ports offer advanced flexibility in connectivity and aggregation. These switches deliver a fantastic investment for customers requiring 1GbE/10GbEwith a mix of fiber and copper ports, and 40/100GbE uplink ports. PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATORSThe Aruba CX 8100 switch series is based on ArubaO