HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 Switch Series

Product Details

Product Overview: HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 chassis switches are modern, flexible, intelligent, and modular making them optimal for access, small core, and aggregation deployments. Designed for operational efficiency, CX 5420 chassis switches feature built-in MACsec1 hardware capability, analytics, and automation — providing an enterprise-class access layer solution that's easy-to-deploy, simple, secure, and resilient. Part of the HPE Aruba Networking CX switching portfolio, CX 5420 chassis switches were built from the ground up with cutting-edge hardware, software, and analytics and automation tools, and are ideal for small and medium campus and branch networks. CX 5420 chassis switches combine a modern, fully programmable OS with the HPE Aruba Networking Network Analytics Engine for superior monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities across the network. A powerful HPE Aruba Networking Gen7 ASIC architecture delivers performance and feature support with flexible programmability for tomorrow's applications. The HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) with live upgrades provides high availability, fast, non-disruptive upgrades, and simplified management. This advanced modular 4U chassis switch offers performance up to 960 Gbps with low latency, six half-width line card slots with line rate at 64 bytes, and up to 90W Smart Rate 10 GbE PoE. The Layer 3 chassis provide BGP/OSFP/RIP/PIM support with single data-plane VRF and management VRF. HPE Aruba Networking dynamic segmentation extends HPE Aruba Networking's wireless role-based policy capability to HPE Aruba Networking wired switches. This means the same security, user experience, and simplified IT management is uniform throughout the network. Key Features: Powerful, modular, intelligent Layer 3 chassis switch with BGP, VSX, OSPF, and robust QoS. High performance switching up to 960 Gbps in non-blocking bandwidth and up to 714 Mpps for forwarding. High availability VSX live upgrades, redundant power supplies, and N+1 redundant fans. High capacity HPE Smart Rate 10GbE multi-gigabit for up to 90W Class-8 PoE. High speed 6-line card slots with up to 160 Gb/s forwarding per slot, line rate at 64 bytes. Intelligent monitoring, visibility, and remediation with HPE Aruba Networking Network Analytics Engine (NAE). Single pane of glass management with HPE Aruba Networking Central across wired, wireless, and WAN. Support for automated configuration and verification with HPE Aruba Networking NetEdit. Secure and simple access for users and IoT devices via HPE Aruba Networking dynamic segmentation.