HPE Aruba Networking Switches for SMBs

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). It features a cloud-native design and fully programmable operating system (OS). The CX 6300 delivers advanced monitoring and troubleshooting with capabilities such as 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.

The Juniper QFX5250 line of Switches is the world’s highest-performance, liquid-cooled, Ultra Ethernet Transport ready switch designed for next-generation AI infrastructure. Built on Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 silicon with 102.4 Tbps bandwidth, the switch is optimized for performance, power efficiency, and operational simplicity. It brings decades of innovation in Juniper Junos software, HPE liquid-cooling leadership, and proven AIOps from Marvis AI.

HPE Networking Instant On Switch Series 1840 is an entry-level, smart-managed Layer 2 Gigabit switch series for small and medium-sized businesses that need reliable, secure, and cost-effective 1G wired connectivity. Available in 8-, 24-, and 48-port models with PoE and non-PoE options, it combines intuitive management with enterprise-grade security.

Using the mobile app, Instant On Cloud Portal, or local web GUI, businesses can quickly deploy, monitor, and manage their network without subscription fees. Built-in features such as ACLs, IEEE 802.1X, VLANs, DHCP snooping, IP Source Guard, and TPM 2.0 help protect business operations, while select PoE models provide up to 370W to power access points, cameras, and phones.

HPE Networking Instant On Switch Series 1940 is an advanced smart-managed Layer 2+ switch series built for growing SMB environments that need higher performance, stronger security, and greater flexibility at the edge. Available in 8-, 24-, and 48-port access models plus aggregation options, the series combines gigabit, HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit, 10G uplinks, and static routing to support demanding voice, video, data, and AI-ready workloads.

Administrators can deploy and manage the series through the Instant On Cloud Portal, mobile app, or local web GUI, while features such as Direct Ops Commands, SNMP read-only cloud access, and enhanced diagnostics simplify operations. TPM 2.0, TACACS+, AAA authentication and accounting, ACLs, and management access controls strengthen protection, while select models add Class 6 PoE, HPE Smart Rate ports up to 10G, and faster hardware performance to support modern wireless and IoT infrastructure.

Do your high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications need ever-increasing networking performance to address problems with massive datasets, complex and highly-parallelized algorithms in an extreme-scale system? NVIDIA® Quantum-X800 InfiniBand Switches for HPE deliver 800 Gb/s throughput, with ultra-low latency and advanced NVIDIA In-Network Computing, which is essential for handling trillion-parameter-scale generative AI. NVIDIA Quantum-3 family of fixed-con figuration switches revolutionizes the performance, scalability, and efficiency of HPC and AI infrastructures, enabling faster and more effective AI processing and computation. These switches are available in both 4U and 2U systems; also incorporate remote direct-memory access (RDMA), the 4th gen NVIDIA Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol (SHARP)™, adaptive routing, telemetry-based congestion control, self-healing, and Quantum-X Photonics co-packaged optics (CPO) technologies.

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 8400 Switch Series is a campus core and aggregation switch and a game‑changing solution offering a flexible, innovative approach to address the new application, security and scalability demands of the mobile‑cloud and Internet of Things (IoT) era. The CX 8400 series also serves as a data center switch in a core/aggregation or a leaf/spine topology.

The CX 8400 series provides carrier-class high availability with industry‑leading line rate 10/25/40/100GbE connectivity in a compact 8 slot chassis. It provides up to 19.2 Tbps of switching capacity based on a fully resilient design that includes redundant fabric, management, power and fans to create a resilient, highly available network that is ideal for the most demanding campus core and data center networks. It is based on the HPE Aruba Networking CX Switch Operating System (AOS-CX), a software that automates and simplifies critical and complex network tasks.

The HPE Networking Comware Switch Series 5550 HI is a family of stackable L3 access and aggregation switches powered by Comware delivering the performance, resiliency and flexibility for medium and large enterprise.

Equipped with 36 and 48 MACsec-256 enabled 1G copper, fiber and combo ports, 4 built in 10/25G SFP28 uplinks, dual hot swappable power supply and fan trays, the 5550 HI also has one built-in expansion slots for the cross platform network modules used in the Comware 5000 series. The platform supports high density 90W PoE (802.3bt) per port, high performance IP routing and MPLS. Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) stacking up to 9 members adds scale and high availability while Intelligent Network Quality Analyzer (iNQA) supports real-time visibility into network health and performance.

In addition HPE IMC for centralized management, the 5550 HI comes with the built-in embedded management system SmartMC for configuration, visibility and monitoring at no additional cost.

HPE Networking Comware Switch Series 5720 is designed to cater to diverse customer needs. This cost-effective access switch offers hybrid SFP+ and 10GBASE-T options, along with multigigabit support on 10GBASE-T ports, allowing scalability from 10GbE SFP+ to 100G QSFP28.
These data center leaf / access layer switches come with MACsec support and 10GBASE-T additional modules. Features such as distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) and HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) enhance network resiliency while redundant pluggable power supplies provide a dynamic and highly available network.
Moreover, these switches support HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC), which delivers a consistent network manageability experience. Streamline network management processes for greater efficiency through centralized configuration, compliance, policy management, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

The HPE Networking Comware Switch Series 5965 is a high-performance, high-density top-of-rack (ToR) switch designed for enterprise data centers, cloud service providers, and telco environments. With multiple connectivity options including 400 G and 100 G QSFP28® ports, these switches offer exceptional performance and improved power savings.

Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) and Ethernet VPN (EVPN), along with Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect (DRNI), improve scalability and resiliency, while modern software features enable a dynamic and highly available network. HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) support provides centralized configuration, compliance, policy management, monitoring, and troubleshooting. HPE IMC Orchestrator and Analyzer are also supported for data center fabric orchestration and application telemetry.

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 8320 Switch Series provides industry‑leading line rate 1/10GbE (SFP/SFP+ and 10GBASE‑T) and 40GbE connectivity in a compact 1U form factor. It provides up to 2.5 Tbps of switching capacity with redundant power and fans combined with HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension for a high availability solution ideal for enterprise campus and data center deployments. The CX 8320 series also serves as a top-of-rack (ToR) switch for data centers needing 10GbE connectivity to servers and 40GbE to the spine.

The CX 8320 series is based on HPE Aruba Networking CX Switch Operating System, a modern, database‑driven operating system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex network tasks. A built‑in time series database enables customers and developers to utilize software scripts for historical troubleshooting, as well as analysis of past trends. This helps predict and avoid future problems due to scale, security, and performance bottlenecks.