March 2022

Aruba CX
Switching
Aruba CX 6200 Switch Series
Agenda
01
Introduction

02
Product overview

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Ordering information

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Resources

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Aruba CX Switching
Design, deploy, monitor and analyze with ease

Unified Faster Always Secure

Operations Troubleshooting On Access
Automated and intelligent Distributed analytics Resilient switch Automated and unified
configs and unified mgmt built-in and alerts for architecture for a highly Dynamic Segmentation for
with Central AIOps available network IoT and users

Simplicity from edge

access to data center
Single operating model with
cloud-native AOS-CX

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 Aruba CX Switching
Data Center
Core

Aruba CX 8300 Aruba CX 8400

Aggregation

Aruba CX 6400

Ruggedized
Access

Aruba CX 6300

Aruba CX 6200
Aruba CX 4100i

Aruba CX 6000 Aruba CX 6100

End-to-End Portfolio for the Enterprise
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Aruba CX 6200
Next gen access switches for distributed enterprises, mid-market, and SMB

5 4 1 Simple deployment
Fixed switches Built-in 1/10GbE operating Choose between cloud managed or on-premises
uplinks model
configuration, monitoring and automation

Faster troubleshooting
Identify and solve network issues faster with built-in
analytics at the edge where users and IoT connect

Flexible growth
Grow with ease up to 384 ports with options for PoE
and 1/10GbE connectivity

Ready for IoT

Simplify and secure with micro segmentation that
8 member 740W automates user and device policy
Stacking 30W PoE

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 Market Leader 15
Years Running1

Positioned Furthest in
Completeness of Vision

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Aruba’s 15 years of placement includes HPE (Aruba) in the Magic Quadrant for the Wired & Wireless LAN Access
Infrastructure from 2015-2020 (6 years), Aruba Networks in the same Magic Quadrant from 2012-2014 (3 years) and in This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc. as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The Gartner document is
the Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure from 2006-2011 (6 years). available upon request from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications,
and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of
Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, 6
Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure including any warranties or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
November 2020, Bill Menezes, Christian Canales, Tim Zimmerman, Mike Toussaint
ID Number: G00463517
Agenda
01
Introduction

02
Product overview

03
Ordering information

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Resources

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Architecture Matters Aruba Gen7 ASIC

Faster Non-Blocking Flexible

Innovation Performance Programmability
Tight integration between High-performance VOQ capability Dynamic programming of
hardware and software prevents head-of-line blocking, network resources for
gets new capabilities to optimizing use of all ports use case optimization
market faster

30+
Years of IP
7th
Generation Architecture

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Front View

High availability with

High performance switching with up to 176 Gbps system 8-Unit VSF Stacking
switching capacity, up to 130.9 MPPS of system throughput using built-in 10GbE
and up to 40 Gbps stacking bandwidth uplinks only
Four built-in 1/10G
SFP ports support
speeds of 1GbE
and 10GbE

CX 6200
with Fixed Power and Fans
Management Ports include USB-
Right size C Console Port, OOBM port and
With 24 or 48 1GbE ports and USB Type-A Host port. Included
up to 740W PoE is a Bluetooth dongle to be used
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Rear View

Built-in fans Up to 740W PoE

With built-in power

CX 6200F
with Fixed Power and
Fans AC inlet
• C16 AC inlet (shown) on JL728A
• C14 AC inlet used on JL724A, JL725A, JL726A, JL727A

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Aruba CX 6200 Switch Series

• PoE to support IoT, APs and phones

• Fast 10GbE uplinks to reduce bottlenecks
PoE
Aruba CX 6200 Switch Series Access Ports Uplink Ports (Class 4,
30W/port)

Aruba 6200F 24G 4SFP+ Switch 24 x 1GbE 4 x 1/10GbE -

Aruba 6200F 24G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch 24 x 1GbE 4 x 1/10GbE 370W

Aruba 6200F 48G 4SFP+ Switch 48 x 1GbE 4 x 1/10GbE -

Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch 48 x 1GbE 4 x 1/10GbE 370W

Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 740W Switch 48 x 1GbE 4 x 1/10GbE 740W

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 Simplify Operations with a Unified Infrastructure

Aruba Central 2.5.3 for CX

• Onboarding and UI based* configurations
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting with NAE Status,
Alerts, Events
• Policy management
• General management
• AI insights:
– High CPU and High Memory Utilization
– Excessive PoE Failures , Port Flaps, Port Errors
• Platform support: CX 6100, CX 6200, CX 6300, CX
6400, CX 83xx, CX 8400 (Note: CX 4100i, 6000
planned for 2.5.4 Hot Fix)

*template-based configs for chassis switches (CX 6400 and CX 8400) 12

Visibility and Troubleshooting at the Access Layer

Legacy Approach
MANUAL
Alert, then manual step-by-step investigations
Aruba Network Analytics Engine
Alert with manual, step-by-step investigation Visibility with distributed analytics at the edge

User: Video chat is not working!

WHERE IS THE PROBLEM ?

• “Was it a top-talker issue? Nope.”
• “Is there a memory leak? Nope.”
• “Is QoS misbehaving? Nope.”
CORRELATION
SOLUTION PROPOSAL NAE alert: Video chat down, switch needs a config change
Solves with quick visual health of network with easy-to-use
dashboard to pinpoint issue

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 Grow quickly with Aruba VSF stacking

Simplified Management with virtual switch

stack
Grow your network quickly
CX 6200
Go further with stacking across campus
• 8-unit CX 6200 stack
and site using long range transceivers
• Uses 10GbE uplinks
Fast stack with Aruba CX Mobile App
that auto-detects potential stack members for a
virtualized stack with just a few taps
*Virtual Switching Framework

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 IOT Brings Risk
Segmentation must be secure, dynamic, and simple to deploy

Huge numbers of IoT devices

80% 90%
with diverse security
requirements
VLAN segmentation not agile
Over
enough and won’t scale either as
of IT organizations noted that they technology or as operational of publicly reachable IP cameras
found IoT devices on their model are vulnerable1
networks that they did not install, High chance of operator error,
secure, or manage1 leading to downtime or security
events

“We had a café printer which needed a specific port configuration - pushing an update to the role on the
wired switches fixed the problem and was rolled out to all stores. The tight integration with ClearPass and
the wired switches make rolling that change out very simple, rather than having to search each store and
locate a printer and make a hard change to a port configuration.” EMEA Grocery Superstore with Aruba CX
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1
Gartner - Segmentation or Isolation: Implementing Best Practices for Connecting ‘All’ Devices.
Flexible and Secure Network Segmentation
Aruba Dynamic Segmentation

AUTOMATED SEGMENTED CENTRALIZED

Save time and reduce Improve traffic separation Enhance visibility and
misconfigurations and security posture management

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Simplified Install and Configuration
Aruba CX Mobile App
Aruba CX Mobile App

• Configure, view and manage configurations

• Simple to use built-in templates save time and cut
down on errors
• Integration with Aruba NetEdit allows for intelligent
and validated configuration conformance
• Quickly check the PoE budget and utilization on
switches from the CX Mobile app home screen to see
available PoE
• Auto-detection of potential stack members and stack
links makes it go from independent switches to a
virtualized stack with just a few taps
• Connectivity via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi makes setting up
switches quick and easy
Visibility and convenience for today’s IT The Aruba CX Mobile App is subscription free and is available to download at
https://www.arubanetworks.com/products/networking/switches/cx-
mobileapp/

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Aruba CX Ecosystem

Flexible Services Community Automation

Consumption and Support Engagement Ecosystem

HPE GreenLake Aruba Global Services

for Aruba Foundation Care for Aruba
and 24x7 TAC

Aruba Professional
HPE Financial Services – CX Migration
Services

HPE Pointnext
Global Services

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Agenda
01
Introduction

02
Product overview

03
Ordering information

04
Resources

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Ordering Information

Aruba CX 6200 Switch Series

JL724A Aruba 6200F 24G 4SFP+ Switch
JL725A Aruba 6200F 24G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch
JL726A Aruba 6200F 48G 4SFP+ Switch
JL727A Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch
JL728A Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 740W Switch

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 Aruba CX 6200 Switch Series

Aruba 6200F 48G 4SFP+ Switch (JL726A)

Aruba 6200F 24G 4SFP+ Switch (JL724A)

Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch (JL727A)

Aruba 6200F 24G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W

Switch (JL725A)

Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 740W Switch (JL728A)

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Aruba CX 6200 Upgrade Benefits
Legacy Existing Upgrade
Feature Aruba CX 6200
Maximum # ports or capacity available in series HP 2920 Aruba 2930F Benefit
Deployment Model Access Access Access

Operating System AOS-Switch AOS-Switch Cloud-native AOS-CX Simplicity of single

operating model from
Platform Microservices-based Architecture No No Yes
edge access to data
ASIC Aruba Gen5 Aruba Gen6 Aruba Gen7 with VOQ center

Network State & Time Series Database No No Yes

10G ports Up to 4 4 4
Connectivity &
Stacking Backplane (4) VSF(8) VSF (8) Enterprise-class access
High Availability
Always-on PoE No No Yes

User Data Plane GRE GRE GRE Advanced Role-based

Based Tunnels
Control Plane AOS PAPI AOS PAPI AOS PAPI security
Security with (UBT)
Dynamic Segmentation Port Data Plane GRE GRE No Basic Role-based
Based Tunnels
Control Plane AOS PAPI AOS PAPI No security
(PBT)

REST API Partial Support Partial Support Full Support

Enhanced visibility and
Analytics and Distributed Analytics No No NAE embedded analytics/switch analytics at edge access
Automation Advanced configuration management No No NetEdit for simplified operations
and troubleshooting
Simplified install and stacking No No CX Mobile App

Licensing and subscription No software feature licensing or subscription required

TCO value with no hidden
Licensing and Warranty
Warranty Limited Lifetime Warranty - https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/support/warranty-summary.pdf costs

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 Aruba CX 6200 vs 6300 Comparison
Feature Aruba CX 6200F Aruba CX 6300F Aruba CX 6300M
Access Access
Platform Deployment Model Access
Aggregation Aggregation and Core
Advanced Layer 2/3 Advanced Layer 2/3
Layer 3, OSPF (single area) static routing,
Routing IGMP/MLD Snooping
Route-only Ports, L3 lags, OSPF, BGP + Route-only Ports, L3 lags, OSPF, BGP +
Network services EVPN, PBR, PIM-SM, PIM-DM EVPN, PBR, PIM-SM, PIM-DM

Scalability VLAN: 2K VLAN: 4K VLAN: 4K

Switching Capacity 176 Gbps 880 Gbps 880 Gbps
Smart Rate multi-gigabit No No 48
Scale 10G ports 4 4 28
Performance
Flexibility 25G/50G ports No 4 1/10/25/50 combo ports
1
4 1/10/25/501 combo ports
Max PoE 740W 720W 2880W
High Power PoE (60W) No No Yes
Hot-swappable PSUs + fans No No Yes
High Availability Stacking (VSF) (8) (10) (10)
Always-on PoE and Quick PoE Yes Yes Yes
User Data Plane GRE GRE GRE
Based Tunnels
Security with (UBT) Control Plane AOS PAPI AOS PAPI AOS PAPI
Dynamic Segmentation Virtual Network Data Plane VXLAN VXLAN VXLAN
Based Tunnels
(VNBT) Control Plane Static (L2 Flood & Learn) Static & Dynamic (BGP eVPN) Static & Dynamic (BGP eVPN)
REST API Full Support Full Support Full Support
Analytics and Automation Distributed Analytics NAE NAE NAE
Advanced configuration mgmt. NetEdit NetEdit NetEdit
Licensing and subscription No software feature licensing or subscription required
Licensing and Warranty
Warranty Limited Lifetime Warranty - https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/support/warranty-summary.pdf

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1
50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50G transceiver capability enabled by future software release.
 Aruba CX Access Switch Comparison
Feature Aruba CX 6000 Aruba CX 6100 Aruba CX 6200 Aruba CX 6300F Aruba CX 6300M
Access Access
Platform Deployment Model Access Access Access
Aggregation Aggregation and Core
Advanced Layer 2/3 Advanced Layer 2/3
Layer 3, OSPF (single area)
Route-only Ports, L3 lags, Route-only Ports, L3 lags,
Network services Routing Layer 2, Static routing Layer 2, Static routing static routing, IGMP/MLD
OSPF, BGP + EVPN, PBR, OSPF, BGP + EVPN, PBR,
Snooping
PIM-SM, PIM-DM PIM-SM, PIM-DM
Access ports 12, 24, 48 gig ports 12, 24, 48 gig ports 24, 48 gig ports 24, 48 gig ports 24, 48 gig ports
Smart Rate multi-gigabit - - - - 48
Scale 10G ports - 4 4 4 4, 28 (10G model)
Performance 4 1/10/25/50 combo
1
4 1/10/25/501 combo
Flexibility 25G/50G ports - - -
ports ports
Max PoE 370W 370W 740W 720W 2880W
High Power PoE (60W) - - - - Yes
Hot-swappable PSUs +
- - - - Yes
fans
High Availability Stacking(VSF) members - - 8 10 10
Always-on PoE and Quick
- - Yes Yes Yes
PoE
Security with Dynamic Segmentation - - Yes Yes Yes
Segmentation VXLAN - - - with MP-BGP EVPN with MP-BGP EVPN
Full Programmability Complete REST APIs Complete REST APIs Complete REST APIs Complete REST APIs Complete REST APIs
Analytics, Distributed Analytics - - NAE NAE NAE
Automation, Central w/Multieditor,
2
Central w/Multieditor, Central w/Multieditor, Central w/Multieditor,
Management Advanced configuration NetEdit
NetEdit NetEdit NetEdit NetEdit
Management Aruba Central1, Web GUI, CLI

Licensing and Licensing and subscription No software feature licensing or subscription required
Warranty Warranty Limited Lifetime Warranty - https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/product-warranties/
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1
50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50G transceiver capability enabled by future software release.
2
Central support planned for future release.
Agenda
01
Introduction

02
Product overview

03
Ordering information

04
Resources

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Optimize Your CX Switch Experience

OUTCOME
ENABLEMENT

Operational Services Professional Services

Operate and Optimize Design and Deploy

Foundation 24x7 TAC Ensure smooth transition

Care for Aruba
and faster time-to-value

CX Support CX Migration
EFFICIENCY
FOCUSED

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Aruba CX Warranty Details
Aruba CX Switching
Limited Lifetime Warranty
For Aruba CX 84xx, CX 83xx, CX 64xx, CX 63xx, CX 62xx – Effective Nov. 1, 2019
Hardware Warranty
Term 5 years after EOS

RMA NBD Ship

Software and Services

Software updates Included

Software support 1 year of updates after EOS; 3 years of vulnerabilities after EOS

TAC support (break-fix) 8x5 support EoS+5

Note: Break-fix TAC phone and electronic case technical support is provided during local HPE business hours for the
entire warranty period for the purpose of initiating the RMA process.

For complete warranty terms visit https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/product-warranties/

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Resources

Learn more about..

Aruba Switches
Aruba CX 6200 Switch Series
Aruba Dynamic Segmentation
Aruba Software and Hardware Warranties
24x7 Technical Support and Aruba Foundation Care
Software Releases and Documentation

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Thank you
arubanetworks.com
Aruba CX 6200 Switch Series
Stackable Access Switches for Campus, Branch, and SMB
Hardware
• Models
• 24p w/ 4x SFP+
• 24p 370W PoE w/ 4x SFP/SFP+
• 48p w/ 4x SFP/SFP+
• 48p 370W PoE w/ 4x SFP/SFP+
• 48p 740W PoE w/ 4x SFP/SFP+

• Features
• Fixed 1/10G uplinks
• Internal power supply, fixed fans
• Up to 740W of PoE, IEEE 802.3at (up to 30W PoE/port)
SKU Description
Software JL724A Aruba 6200F 24G 4SFP+ Switch
• AOS-CX Layer 3 feature set with JL725A Aruba 6200F 24G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch
JL726A Aruba 6200F 48G 4SFP+ Switch
• VSF stacking, up to 8 members
JL727A Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch
• Static, RIP, and Access OSPF
JL728A Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 740W Switch
• Dynamic Segmentation
• NetEdit, NAE, CX Mobile App
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TEXAS RANGERS GLOBE LIFE FIELD DEPENDS ON
CX FOR PERFORMANCE, CAPACITY AND VISIBILITY
“Aruba’s new CX switching
portfolio checks off all the right
boxes – powerful switching
capabilities to help us future-
proof our networks, a single OS
for a consistent management
experience and embedded
analytics for real-time visibility for
quicker resolution of issues –
enabling us to focus our energies
on delighting our fans with
memorable and engaging
experiences.”
- Michael Bullock, Vice President of
Information Technology at Texas Rangers

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