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The Aruba CX 6300 Switch Series is a modern, flexible, and intelligent family of stackable switches designed to support enterprise access, aggregation, core, and data center Top-of-Rack (ToR) deployments.
With high-performance Layer 3 switching, flexible multigigabit connectivity, high-speed uplinks, PoE capabilities, advanced management options, and scalable stacking, the CX 6300 Series provides a strong foundation for modern cloud, mobile, and IoT-driven network environments.
Built for Cloud, Mobile, and IoT Environments
The Aruba CX 6300 Series is designed to improve operational efficiency while providing integrated security and network resiliency.
Its flexible architecture allows organizations to deploy the switches across different network layers, from enterprise access and aggregation to core and data center environments.
This versatility makes the platform suitable for organizations that need a switching infrastructure capable of supporting changing connectivity, bandwidth, and device requirements.
Advanced Layer 3 Switching
The Aruba CX 6300 Series provides advanced Layer 3 switching capabilities for modern enterprise networks.
Supported technologies include:
- BGP
- EVPN
- VXLAN
- VRF
- OSPF
The platform also combines these routing capabilities with:
- Robust network security
- Quality of Service (QoS)
These features provide greater flexibility when building scalable enterprise and data center network architectures.
Scalable and Always-On Performance
The Aruba CX 6300 Series is designed to provide high switching performance for demanding enterprise environments.
The series delivers:
- Up to 880 Gbps system switching capacity
- Up to 660 MPPS system throughput
The platform also supports:
- Redundant power supplies
- Hot-swappable power supplies
- Redundant fans
- Hot-swappable fans
These capabilities help organizations maintain high levels of network availability while supporting bandwidth-intensive applications.
High-Speed Connectivity for Users and IoT
The CX 6300 Series provides flexible high-speed connectivity designed for users, wireless access points, IoT devices, and other connected infrastructure.
Available capabilities include:
- Built-in wire-speed 10GbE uplinks
- 25GbE uplinks
- 50GbE uplinks
- High-density SFP+ connectivity
- HPE Smart Rate multigigabit connectivity
- Up to 90W PoE per port on selected configurations
This combination provides the speed and power required for modern enterprise access networks.
Aruba Virtual Stacking Framework
The Aruba CX 6300 Series supports Aruba Virtual Stacking Framework (VSF).
VSF allows multiple physical switches to operate as a single logical switching environment with a unified management and control plane.
The CX 6300 Series supports stacking of:
- Up to 10 switches
This provides organizations with a scalable approach to expanding their switching infrastructure while simplifying network administration.
Top-of-Rack Deployment
The CX 6300 Series also includes a power-to-port switch bundle designed for data center Top-of-Rack deployments.
This configuration provides:
- Back-to-front airflow
- Support for data center 1GbE Top-of-Rack environments
- Support for Out-of-Band Management deployments
This gives the CX 6300 Series additional flexibility beyond traditional campus switching environments.
Flexible Network Management
The Aruba CX 6300 Series provides several options for managing and automating the network.
Available management options include:
- Cloud-based Aruba Central
- On-premises Aruba Central
- Command-Line Interface (CLI)
- Switch Web GUI
- AOS-CX operating system
- REST APIs
This flexible management architecture allows organizations to select the management approach that best matches their operational requirements.
Aruba CX 6300M Models
Aruba CX 6300M 24p Smart Rate Class 6 PoE – R8S89A
The Aruba CX 6300M R8S89A provides:
- 24 HPE Smart Rate ports
- 1G/2.5G/5G/10G connectivity
- Class 6 PoE
- 2 x 50G ports
- 2 x 25G ports
Aruba CX 6300M 48p Smart Rate Class 8 PoE – R8S90A
The Aruba CX 6300M R8S90A provides:
- 48 HPE Smart Rate ports
- 1G/2.5G/5G connectivity
- Class 8 PoE
- 2 x 50G ports
- 2 x 25G ports
Aruba CX 6300M 48-Port Mixed PoE – R8S91A
The Aruba CX 6300M R8S91A combines:
- 12 Class 8 PoE ports
- 36 Class 6 PoE HPE Smart Rate ports
- 1G/2.5G/5G connectivity
- 2 x 50G ports
- 2 x 10G ports
These CX 6300M configurations provide different multigigabit and PoE options for enterprise access requirements.
Aruba CX 6300M 24p SFP+ – R8S92A
The Aruba CX 6300M R8S92A provides:
- 24 x SFP+ ports
- LRM support
- 2 x 50G ports
- 2 x 25G ports
- MACsec support
Aruba CX 6300M 24-Port SFP+ – JL658A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL658A provides:
- 24 x SFP+ ports
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300M 48-Port Smart Rate PoE – JL659A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL659A provides:
- 48 HPE Smart Rate ports
- 1G/2.5G/5GbE connectivity
- Class 6 PoE
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300M 24-Port Smart Rate PoE – JL660A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL660A provides:
- 24 HPE Smart Rate ports
- 1G/2.5G/5GbE connectivity
- Class 6 PoE
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300M 48-Port 1GbE PoE – JL661A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL661A provides:
- 48 x 1GbE ports
- Class 4 PoE
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300M 24-Port 1GbE PoE – JL662A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL662A provides:
- 24 x 1GbE ports
- Class 4 PoE
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300M 48-Port 1GbE – JL663A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL663A provides:
- 48 x 1GbE ports
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300M 24-Port 1GbE – JL664A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL664A provides:
- 24 x 1GbE ports
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300M Power-to-Port Bundle – JL762A
The Aruba CX 6300M JL762A provides:
- 48 x 1GbE ports
- 4 x SFP56 ports
- Power-to-port airflow
- 2 fan trays
- 1 PSU
The listed CX 6300M models are part of the Aruba 6300 Switch Series supported by AOS-CX.
Aruba CX 6300F Models
Aruba CX 6300F 48-Port 1GbE PoE – JL665A
The Aruba CX 6300F JL665A provides:
- 48 x 1GbE ports
- Class 4 PoE
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300F 24-Port 1GbE PoE – JL666A
The Aruba CX 6300F JL666A provides:
- 24 x 1GbE ports
- Class 4 PoE
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300F 48-Port 1GbE – JL667A
The Aruba CX 6300F JL667A provides:
- 48 x 1GbE ports
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Aruba CX 6300F 24-Port 1GbE – JL668A
The Aruba CX 6300F JL668A provides:
- 24 x 1GbE ports
- 4 x SFP56 ports
Together, the CX 6300M and CX 6300F configurations provide a broad selection of copper, fiber, multigigabit, PoE, and high-speed uplink options for enterprise access, aggregation, core, and data center deployments.
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