April 2022

Aruba CX
Switching
Aruba CX 6300 Switch Series
Agenda
01
Introduction

02
Product overview

03
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 portfolio
Data Center

Aruba CX 10000
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 6300 Switch Series
Powerful Layer 3 stackable switches ready for demanding environments

Flexible growth with stackable gigabit connectivity with fast

4 4 1/10G to 25/50GbE1 uplinks
Fixer power Modular power
2880W
switches switches 60W PoE
Built for IoT and Wi-Fi 6 with up to Always On 2880W Class 6
PoE and HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet

Real-time monitoring and troubleshooting with Aruba

Network Analytics Engine (NAE)

Simple and secure access with Dynamic Segmentation;

campus and branch fabric with VXLAN and BGP EVPN

Manage via single pane of glass with Aruba Central across

wired, wireless, and WAN
10 member
VSF stacking Power-to-port airflow for cost-effective 1GbE ToR and OOBM
data center deployments
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50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50G transceiver capability enabled by future software release. 5
Top-of-Rack Switching with the CX 6300
1GbE data center deployments

• 1GbE RJ-45 connectivity ARUBA CX 6300

for legacy servers and Power-to-Port SWITCH
OOBM management BUNDLE
• Highly available OOBM
management with VSF 1GbE ToR switches ideal for
stacking up to 10 networks that address the
members growth of Web, cloud and
dense virtualized
• High bandwidth environments that require:
10/25/50GbE uplinks • Out of Band Management
• Integrated with PAN-HPE network connectivity
solutions such as Synergy, • Legacy 1G server
SAP HANA, CRAY Shasta connectivity

Power-to-Port Airflow High Speed Uplinks Redundant Power

(back to front)
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Agenda
01
Introduction

02
Product overview

03
Ordering information

04
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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Analytics and Automation Powered Network Operations
Automated config management with Aruba Central and NetEdit

Management Simplicity
• Topology for fast view into network health
Search
• GUI-driven solution configs to implement common configurations easily
across multiple systems
Edit • Auto-Change verification to minimize change windows and reduce errors
• Continuous validation to monitor for deviations from intended policy or
Validate design

One Touch Deployment with Aruba CX Mobile App

Deploy • Accelerate day zero config, view and manage using your mobile device

Audit Visibility and Analytics via NAE

• Embedded analytics with real-time health status and diagnostics for efficient
root cause analysis
Troubleshoot • Health reports on devices, apps, and network services
• Script tags indicate what layer is contributing to issues, speeding root cause
analysiss

Aruba CX Mobile App

Workflow Integration with 3rd Party Tools
• Immediate notifications from Slack, TOPdesk, ServiceNow, etc.

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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 • Supported on the CX 6200, 6300, 6400, 8320, 8325,
8360 and 8400)
The Aruba CX Mobile App is subscription free and is available to download at
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https://www.arubanetworks.com/products/networking/switches/cx-
mobileapp/
 Rich Visibility and Troubleshooting at the Edge
Distributed analytics built-in with Aruba Network Analytics Engine

Legacy Approach
MANUAL
Alert, then manual step-by-step investigations
Aruba’s Solution
Alert with manual, step-by-step investigation Visibility with distributed analytics

User: Video chat is not working!

vs
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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Alerts and Analytics for Faster Troubleshooting
Network Analytics Engine (NAE) integration and AI Insights

POWERFUL FEATURES POWERFUL RESULTS

Monitoring AI Insights

NAE Aggregated High CPU Utilization

Status High Memory Utilization
Excessive PoE Failures
NAE Alerts and
Excessive Port Flaps
Events
Excessive Port Errors

AI Insights for CX
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 Aruba CX 6300
FLEXIBLE, STACKABLE SWITCHES BUILT FOR THE FUTURE
High availability with VSF and
High performance switching with 880 Gbps
redundant power supplies and fans
system switching capacity, 660 MPPS of
Management Ports include system throughput and up to 200 Gbps
USB-C Console Port, OOBM High density 24 port SFP+
stacking bandwidth
port and USB Type A Host model is ideal for aggregation
port. Included is a Bluetooth
Built for Wi-Fi 6 with 24 and
dongle to be used with Aruba
48 ports of Smart Rate Multi-
CX Mobile App.
gigabit (1GbE/2.5GbE/5GbE)
supporting high power IEEE
802.3bt Class 6 (60W)
10-Unit VSF Stacking
with flexibility to mix
modular 6300M and Four built-in 50G SFP ports
fixed 6300F models in support speeds of 1GbE,
a single stack 10GbE, 25GbE and 50GbE1
CX 6300F CX 6300M
with Fixed Power with Modular Power Power-to-Port bundle with back to
and Fans and Fans supports front airflow is ideal for 1GbE ToR and
Always-on PoE OOBM data centers
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50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50G transceiver capability enabled by future software release.
 Integrated or Modular Power and Fans

CX 6300F CX 6300M CX 6300M

Fixed Power and Fans Modular Power and Fans Power-to-Port Bundle
Power-to-Port
Power-to-Port
Up to 2880W PoE Hot-swappable
Hot-swappable Hot-swappable
Fixed Fans and Fixed Power Hot-swappable Fan Tray Bays with
Fan Tray Bays Power Supplies
Power Supplies back to front airflow

Hot-Swappable Power Supplies

Fixed Power Supply Hot-Swappable Power Supplies
• Modular power supplies provide N+1 and N+N
• PoE models provide 370 or 740W PoE/PoE+ • Modular power supplies provide N+1 and N+N
high reliability with redundant power supplies.
high reliability with redundant power supplies.
• Comes with 1 Power-to-Port power supply
• Supports up to 2 power supplies
Aruba CX 6300M Fan Tray (JL760A) installed. Uses JL760A only. No
• Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan trays with PoE.
two fans each (JL669A) Aruba CX 6300M Fan Tray
• Two field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan trays
(included). Supports JL761A Pwr2Prt Fan Tray
only.
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Future-Ready Power and Speed at the Access Layer

Sensor
Surveillance
Camera
Smart Rate
Multi-Gig Speeds
IoT
Devices 1, 2.5, 5GbE
Smart TV

Wi-Fi 6 High Power PoE

Access Points
Up to 60W per port

PoE Priority
for Aruba APs

Wi-FI 6 Ready Use existing cabling Always-on PoE

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Aruba Virtual Switching Framework (VSF)

CX 6300
Simplified Management with virtual
10-unit CX 6300 stack
switch stack
Flexibility to combine
Grow your network quickly 6300M and 6300F models

Go further with stacking across campus Uses high speed

and site using long range transceivers 10/25/50GbE1 uplinks

Fast stack with Aruba CX Mobile App

that auto-detects potential stack members for CX 6200
a virtualized stack with just a few taps
8-unit CX 6200 stack
Configure a stack quickly within Aruba Uses 10GbE uplinks
Central UI (6200 and 6300 mixed stack not
allowed)
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50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50G transceiver capability enabled by future software release.
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Segmentation Brings Complexity

DATA
VOICE

GUEST

CORP
BYOD

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Flexible and Secure Network Segmentation
Aruba Dynamic Segmentation

AUTOMATED SEGMENTED CENTRALIZED

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

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High Performance Segmentation
Campus and branch fabric VXLAN with BGP EVPN

Extending Unified Policies with End-to-End Segmentation across

Network
• Centralized policy extending segmentation across multiple sites
• Industry standard VXLAN extends service layers across fabrics, sites and multi-
vendor equipment
• Simplify with consistent architecture for campus, branch and data centers
• Agility to move workflows and management to cloud
High Performance and Scalability Deployments
• More flexibility with choice of L2/L3 access & centralized/distributed fabric
• Better granular network service partitions for multi-tenancy with VRFs
• Aruba Gen7 ASICs offers unparalleled performance, scale & policies
Enhanced Troubleshooting Across Network
• Built-in Aruba NAE with Aruba NetEdit provides visibility, deep forensic analytics and
automation for quick remediation

Note: VXLAN with MP-BGP and multi-tenancy not supported in CX 4100i/6000/6100/6200 platforms.
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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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2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure
HPE Aruba Positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure

Aruba’s 16 Time th

In The Leaders
Quadrant 1

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available upon request from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications,
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1 Aruba’s 16 years of placement includes HPE (Aruba) in the Magic Quadrant for the Wired & Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure from 2015-2021 (7 years), Aruba Networks in Gartner and Magic Quadrant are registered trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights
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Agenda
01
Introduction

02
Product overview

03
Ordering information

04
Resources

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Ordering Information
Aruba CX 6300 Switch Series
JL658A Switch Aruba 6300M 24-port SFP+ and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL659A Switch Aruba 6300M 48-port HPE Smart Rate 1/2.5/5GbE Class 6 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL660A Switch Aruba 6300M 24-port HPE Smart Rate 1/2.5/5GbE Class 6 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL661A Switch Aruba 6300M 48-port 1GbE Class 4 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL662A Switch Aruba 6300M 24-port 1GbE Class 4 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL663A Switch Aruba 6300M 48-port 1GbE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL664A Switch Aruba 6300M 24-port 1GbE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL762A Switch Aruba 6300M 48-port 1GbE and 4-port SFP56 Power-to-Port 2 Fan Trays 1 PSU Bundle1
JL665A Switch Aruba 6300F 48-port 1GbE Class 4 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL666A Switch Aruba 6300F 24-port 1GbE Class 4 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL667A Switch Aruba 6300F 48-port 1GbE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL668A Switch Aruba 6300F 24-port 1GbE and 4-port SFP56 Switch
JL669B Accessory Aruba X751 Front to Back Fan Tray
JL761A Accessory Aruba 6300M Power-to-Port Fan Tray1
JL670A PSU Aruba X372 54VDC 1600W 110-240VAC Power Supply
JL760A PSU Aruba X371 12VDC 250W 100-240VAC Power-to-Port Power Supply1
JL757A PSU Aruba 6300M 250W 36-72VDC PSU
JL758A PSU Aruba 6300M 1050W 36-72VDC PSU
R0M46A Accessory (6300/6400) Aruba 50G SFP56 to SFP56 0.65m DAC Cable
R0M47A Accessory (6300/6400) Aruba 50G SFP56 to SFP56 3m DAC Cable
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Supported in JL762A only. JL762A supports JL761A and JL760A only. 23
Aruba CX 6300M Switches

Aruba 6300M 24-port SFP+ and 4-port Aruba 6300M 24-port 1GbE Class 4 PoE
SFP56 Switch (JL658A) and 4-port SFP56 Switch (JL662A)

Aruba 6300M 48-port HPE Smart Rate 1/2.5/5GbE Aruba 6300M 48-port 1GbE and 4-port
Class 6 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch (JL659A) SFP56 Switch (JL663A)

Aruba 6300M 24-port 1GbE and 4-port

Aruba 6300M 24-port HPE Smart Rate 1/2.5/5GbE
SFP56 Switch (JL664A)
Class 6 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch (JL660A)

Aruba 6300M 48-port 1GbE and 4-port SFP56

Aruba 6300M 48-port 1GbE Class 4 PoE and 4-port
Power-to-Port 2 Fan Trays 1 PSU Bundle (JL762A)
SFP56 Switch (JL661A) 24
 Power Supplies and Fan Trays

Photo: Aruba X372 54VDC Photo: Aruba 6300M 250W 36- Photo: Aruba 6300M 1050W 36-
1600W 110-240VAC Power 72VDC PSU (JL757A ) 72VDC PSU (JL758A)
Supply (JL670A)

Power Supplies For CX 6300M

Hot Swappable Power Supplies provide high density PoE (60W) power and
redundancy for high reliability in the event of power line or supply failures. Modular
power supplies for the 6300M include: Photo for illustrative purpose:
• Aruba X371 12VDC 250W 100-240VAC Power Supply (JL085A) Front to Back Fan Tray
• Aruba X372 54VDC 680W 100-240VAC Power Supply (JL086A)
• Aruba X372 54VDC 1050W 110-240VAC Power Supply (JL087A)
Fan Tray for CX 6300M
Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan trays with two fans
• Aruba X372 54VDC 1600W 110-240VAC Power Supply (JL670A)
• Aruba X751 Front to Back Fan Tray (JL669B)
• Aruba X371 12VDC 250W 100-240VAC Power-to-Port Power Supply (JL760A) 1
• Aruba 6300M Power-to-Port Fan Tray (JL761A)
• Aruba 6300M 250W 36-72VDC PSU (JL757A )
• Aruba 6300M 1050W 36-72VDC PSU (JL758A)
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Supported in JL762A only

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Power Supply Details

Aruba CX 6300M Power Supplies

Model number Product name Input Voltage PoE Support

JL085A Aruba X371 12VDC 250W PS AC No

JL086A Aruba X372 54VDC 680W PS AC Yes

JL087A Aruba X372 54VDC 1050W PS AC Yes

JL670A Aruba X372 54VDC 1600W PS AC Yes

JL760A1 Aruba X371 12VDC 250W Pwr2Prt PS1 AC No

JL757A Aruba 6300M 250W 36-72VDC PSU DC No

JL758A Aruba 6300M 1050W 36-72VDC PSU DC Yes

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Supported in JL762A only

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 Aruba CX 6300 Upgrade Benefits
Legacy Legacy Existing Upgrade
Feature Aruba CX 6300
HP 35xx HP 3800 Aruba 3810 Benefit
Access Access Access Access
Deployment Model
Aggregation Aggregation Aggregation Aggregation and Core, ToR
Operating System AOS-Switch AOS-Switch AOS-Switch Cloud-native AOS-CX Simplicity of single
operating model from
Platform Microservices-based Architecture No No No Yes edge access to data
ASIC Aruba Gen5 Aruba Gen5 Aruba Gen6 Aruba Gen7 with VOQ center
Network State & Time Series Database No No No Yes
Switching Capacity 149 Gbps 176 Gbps 480 Gbps 880 Gbps
Smart Rate (1/2.5/5GbE) ports No No 12 48
10G ports 4 4 24 28
Scale 25G ports No No No 4 1/10/25/501 combo ports Future-proof
Performance Networking with on-
Flexibility 40G ports No No 2 No demand growth
50G ports 1
No No No 4 1/10/25/501 combo ports
PoE Power Budget 398W 1080W 1440W 2880W
High Power PoE (60W) No No No Yes
Hot-swappable power supplies+ fans No Yes Yes Yes High Availability from
High Availability Stacking No Backplane Backplane VSF edge access to data
Always-on PoE No No No Yes center

Aruba Dynamic Segmentation No No Yes Yes Unified Role-based

Security with
security from edge
Segmentation VXLAN (with MP-BGP EVPN) No No No Yes access to data center
Full Programmability No No No Complete REST APIs Enhanced visibility
Analytics and
Distributed Analytics No No No NAE embedded analytics/switch and simplified
Automation
Advanced configuration management No No No Central Multi-editor, NetEdit operations

Licensing and Licensing and subscription No software feature licensing or subscription required TCO value with no
Warranty Warranty Limited Lifetime Warranty - https://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/support/networking-warranty-summary.pdf hidden costs

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50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50G transceiver capability enabled by future software release.
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Aruba CX 6200 and CX 6300 Comparison
Feature Aruba CX 6200F Aruba CX 6300F Aruba CX 6300M
Access Access
Platform Deployment Model Access
Aggregation Aggregation and Core, ToR
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 1/10/25/501 combo ports 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
Aruba Dynamic Segmentation Yes Yes Yes
Security with Segmentation
VXLAN No with MP-BGP EVPN with MP-BGP EVPN
Full Programmability Complete REST APIs Complete REST APIs Complete REST APIs
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/networking-warranty-summary.pdf

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50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking. 50G transceiver capability enabled by future software release.
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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
Aruba CX Switching
Limited Lifetime Warranty
For Aruba CX 84xx, CX 83xx, CX 64xx, CX 63xx, CX 62xx, CX 61xx, CX 60xx – 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/

Aruba CX 4100i warranty terms – 5-year warranty details

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Resources

Learn more about..

Aruba Switches
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Aruba Dynamic Segmentation
Aruba CX Automation and Analytics
Aruba Software and Hardware Warranties
24x7 Technical Support and Aruba Foundation Care
Software Releases and Documentation

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