The Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series is a modern, intelligent family of high-performance 1/10/25/40/100 GbE switches designed both for enterprise campus cores and data centers needing top-of-rack server connectivity and scale-out, rack-rack, spine, and leaf fabric topology aggregation. The Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series offers a flexible and innovative solution for addressing the application, security, and scalability demands of emerging end-to-end, enterprise edge-cloud network connectivity requirements.The Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series simplifies campus core and data center network and IT operations through a combination of cutting-edge hardware, a cloud-native operating system, and intuitive software-defined orchestration tools. By providing intelligent automation, distributed analytics, and always-on infrastructure, customers can simplify operations, improve IT efficiency, and enable always-on network availability.
High-speed fully distributed architecture
The Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series offers multi-terabit switching capacity with line rate Gigabit Ethernet to meet the demands of bandwidth-intensive applications. Wire speed, line rate connectivity, and flexibility for 1/10/25GbE (SFP/SFP+/SFP28) and 40/100 GbE (QSFP+/QSFP28) are featured in a compact 1U form factor. 4x10Gbps and 4x25Gbps break out from 40/100G ports offers advanced flexibility in connectivity and aggregation. MACsec support enables secured connectivity at 10 and 25GbE speeds in untrusted environments.
Simplified IT operations
The Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series simplifies network design and operations for both campus and emerging enterprise edge data centers by offering a consistent, cloud-native architecture and operating model that spans switching platforms and deployment domains.
Increased visibility and control
The Aruba CX 8360 Switch Series provides real-time, network-wide visibility with analytics in every switch. Troubleshoot and fix problems faster with Aruba IOPs by automatically detecting and dynamically solving network issues before your business is impacted. Integrated Network Analytics Engine (NAE) performs intelligent monitoring, detects problems in real time, and analyzes trends to help predict or even avoid future security and performance issues.
