CX 8325 Switch Series Data Sheet

DATA SHEET
ARUBA 8325 SWITCH SERIES
Aruba Virtual Switching Extension
The ability of ArubaOS-CX to maintain synchronous state
across dual control planes allows a unique high availability
solution called Aruba Virtual Switching Extension (VSX).
VSX is delivered through redundancy gained by deploying
two chassis with an inter-switch link, with each chassis
maintaining its independent control.
Designed using the best features of existing HA technologies
such as Multi-chassis Link Aggregation (MC-LAG) and Virtual
Switching Framework (VSF), Aruba VSX enables a distributed
architecture that is highly available during upgrades or
control plane events.
PRODUCT CAPABILITIES
Performance
• High-speed fully distributed architecture
Provides 6.4Tbps for switching and 2,000 Mpps for
forwarding. All switching and routing are wire-speed to
meet the demands of bandwidth-intensive applications
today and in the future
• Scalable system design
Provides investment protection to support future
technologies and higher-speed connectivity
Connectivity
• High-density port options
- 32 ports of 40GbE/100GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28), or
- 48 ports of 1GbE/10GbE/25GbE (SFP/SFP+/SFP28) and
8 ports of 40GbE/100GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28) SFP+ ports
(with an optional 10GBASE-T transceiver)
• Jumbo frames
Supports high-performance backups and disaster-
recovery systems; provides a maximum frame size of
9K bytes
• Loopback
Supports internal loopback testing for maintenance
purposes and increased availability; loopback
detection protects against incorrect cabling or network
congurations and can be enabled on a per-port or
per-VLAN basis for added exibility
• Packet storm protection
Protects against unknown broadcast, multicast, or unicast
storms with user-dened thresholds
Quality of Service (QoS)
Supports the following congestion actions: strict priority (SP)
queuing and weighted fair queuing
Resiliency and high availability
• Aruba Virtual Switching Extension (VSX)
VSX enables a distributed and redundant architecture
by deploying two switches with each switch maintaining
independent control yet staying synchronized during
upgrades or failover
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
VRRP allows groups of two switches to dynamically
back each other up to create highly available
routed environments
• Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
Monitors link connectivity and shuts down ports at both
ends if unidirectional trac is detected, preventing loops
in STP-based networks
• IEEE 802.3ad LACP
Supports up to 54 LAGs, each with eight links per LAG,
with a user-selectable hashing algorithm
• Redundant power supplies
Provides N+1 high reliability with hot swappable,
redundant power supplies
• Redundant and load-sharing fans and power supplies
Increases total performance and power availability while
providing hitless, stateful failover
• Hot swappable power supply and fan modules
Allows replacement of modules without any operational
impact on other modules
• Separate data and control paths
Separates control from services and keeps service
processing isolated; increases security and performance
Management
• Management interface control
Enables or disables each of the following interfaces
depending on security preferences: console port, or
reset button
• Industry-standard CLI with a hierarchical structure
Reduces training time and expenses, and increases
productivity in multivendor installations
• Management security
Restricts access to critical conguration commands; oers
multiple privilege levels with password protection; ACLs
provide SNMP access; local and remote Syslog capabilities
allow logging of all access