HPE Aruba 6300M - Switch
The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is a modern, flexible, and intelligent family of AOS-CX stackable switches ideal for access, aggregation, and data center top-of-rack (TOR) deployments. With a cloud-centric design that combines a fully programmable OS with the HPE Aruba Networwing Analytics Engine, the CX 6300 extends industry-leading monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities to the access layer. Support of HPE Aruba Networking NetEdit and HPE CX Mobile App verify that configurations are flawless and easy to deploy. A powerful HPE Aruba Gen7 ASIC architecture delivers fast, non-blocking performance, meaning your network is ready for tomorrow's unpredictable demands. HPE Virtual Stacking Framework (VSF) allows for stacking of up to 10 switches, providing scale and simplified management. This flexible series has built-in highspeed uplinks and supports high density IEEE 802.3bt high power PoE with HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet for high speed APs and IoT devices.









- The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is a family of stackable Layer 3 switches with BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, VRF, OSPF routing, robust quality of service (QoS), MACsec 256, PTP, AVB and LRM: 1
- Three stackable Layer 2-only CX 6300L switches with HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit and MACsec 256 encryption are available for high performance access deployments:
- Powerful 7th Gen ASIC architecture provides the CX 6300 series with 880 to 1760 Gbps system switching capacity, 660 to 1310 Mpps of system throughput and up to 200 to 400 Gbps stacking bandwidth:
- High availability with choice between 2 to 10-member Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking for scale, or 2-member Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) cluster for active-active redundancy:
- Options include 24 to 48-port of HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit (1/2.5/5/10GbE) and 1GbE fiber, supporting up to 90W 802.11bt PoE, all with telemetry and automation via the CX Network Analytics Engine:
- Manage through single point of control with HPE Aruba Networking Central across wired, wireless, and WAN. Dynamic segmentation enables enhanced security and simple access for users and IoT:
- AI-ready performance and power: The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is a wire-speed solution that uses a fully distributed architecture with Gen7 ASICs that deliver low latency, increased packet buffering, and intelligent power consumption for AI, Wi-Fi 7, and Internet of Things (IoT) requirements. | HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) allows you to quickly grow your network using high performance front plane stacking. Four built-in uplinks support speeds of up to 10, 25, 50, and 100GbE for a total of 200 to 400 Gbps of stacking throughput per switch. | HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) and an inter-switch link (ISL) provides for a high availability solution that maintains state synchronization and an independent control plane across a 2-member active-active switch design | 2 | . | HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet delivers adaptive speed options for Wi-Fi, Internet of Things (IoT), and other clients, alongside Class 4 (30W), Class 6 (60W), and Class 8 (90W) PoE on each port (720W, 1440W, and 2880W maximum PoE budget options). | Additional features include a hibernation mode that enables CX 6300 and CX 6300L (Layer 2-only) switches to schedule downtime to conserve energy. Note: CX 6300L stackable switches are Layer 2-only, balancing scalability, high-capacity, and cost-effective connectivity.
- Automation and analytics: The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series delivers unparalleled visibility with built-in analytics for real-time monitoring and a time series database (TSDB) that stores configuration and operational state data, making it available to quickly resolve network issues. | HPE Aruba Networking Central provides secure, AI-native full-stack network management and operations to optimize performance, accelerate troubleshooting, and unify wired networks with Wi-Fi, wide area networks, and more. | HPE Aruba Networking CX Network Analytics Engine (NAE) provides real-time insights and actions, analyzing events that can impact network health and even mitigating problems directly through quarantining to support network, application, system and security operations. | HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software introduces automation that allows for rapid network-wide changes and helps ensures policy conformance post network updates. Intelligent capabilities include search, edit, validation (including conformance checking), deployment, and audit features. | Import switch information into HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software for simplified configuration management and to continual conformance validation.
- Full stack management and security: The HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 Switch Series is supported on HPE Aruba Networking Central for single point of control management that delivers enhanced network visibility and an expanded AI toolset, addressing the scale and demands of the most mission-critical environments. | Dynamic segmentation that automatically applies and enforces user, device, and application-aware policies on HPE Aruba Networking wired and wireless infrastructures. | Automated device profiling, role-based access control, and Layer 7 firewall features deliver enhanced visibility and performance for a better end-user experience and streamlined IT operations. Application recognition and control are available through CX Advanced Feature Pack | 1 | . | Switch-to-switch tunnels enable scalable multi-tenancy support with Virtual Extensible Local-Area Networks (VXLAN) to VRF mapping, while allowing policy application through user roles | 1 | . | Reduce manual IT operation tasks around initial deployment or on-going configuration changes to accommodate adds, moves, and changes with colorless ports using local user roles and local MAC authentication (LMA).
- Deploy in data center topologies: HPE offers customers highly differentiated pre-engineered IT infrastructure solutions that span a wide variety HPE Compute, HPE Storage, HPE Networking that span virtualization, vSAN | ™ | , HCI, HPC, MCS, Microsoft, SAP HANA | ® | , VMware | ® | , Nutanix application and IaaS service offerings. | The 10/25 and 40/100 G CX switches can be deployed as part of an HPE integrated and mixed compute, storage and networking configuration and deployments. | These ready-to-deploy, integrated IT data center solutions help simplify and speed IT service delivery while reducing the time, risk, and expertise needed to deploy complex solutions.
| General Information | |
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| Category | Network switches |
| Description | HPE Aruba 6300M - Switch - L3 - managed - 48 x 100/1000/2.5G/5G (PoE++) + 2 x 1 Gigabit / 10 Gigabit / 25 Gigabit SFP + 2 x 10 Gigabit / 25 Gigabit / 50 Gigabit SFP (uplink / stacking) - front and side to back - rack-mountable - PoE++ |
| Manufacturer | Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
| MSRP | $23,251.00 |
| UNSPSC | 43222612 |
| Main Specifications | |
| Dimensions & Weight / Depth | 38.5 cm |
| Dimensions & Weight / Height | 4.4 cm |
| Dimensions & Weight / Weight | 5.48 kg |
| Dimensions & Weight / Width | 44.2 cm |
| Header / Brand | Aruba |
| Miscellaneous / Product Color |
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| Networking / Form Factor | Rack-mountable |
| Networking / Ports Qty | 48 |
| Networking / Type | Switch |
| Packaged Quantity | 1 |
| Service & Support / Type | Limited lifetime warranty |
| Dimensions & Weight | |
| Depth | 38.5 cm |
| Height | 4.4 cm |
| Weight | 5.48 kg |
| Width | 44.2 cm |
| Environmental Parameters | |
| Humidity Range Operating | 15 - 95% (non-condensing) |
| Humidity Range Storage | 15 - 95% (non-condensing) |
| Max Operating Temperature | 45 °C |
| Max Storage Temperature | 70 °C |
| Min Operating Temperature | 0 °C |
| Min Storage Temperature | -40 °C |
| Expansion / Connectivity | |
| Interfaces |
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| General | |
| Authentication Method | Secure Shell (SSH), RADIUS, TACACS+, Secure Shell v.2 (SSH2) |
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| Compliant Standards | IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3ad (LACP), IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3ae, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1t, IEEE 802.1v, IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP), IEEE 802.1ak, IEEE 802.3at, IEEE 802.1AX, IEEE 802.3bt |
| Device Type | Switch - 48 ports - L3 - managed - stackable |
| Enclosure Type | Front and side to back rack-mountable 1U |
| Encryption Algorithm | FIPS 140-2 |
| Features | BSR Mechanism, auto-uplink (auto MDI/MDI-X), VLAN support, Syslog support, High Availability, PVST, IPv6 support, sFlow, STP support, RSTP support, MSTP support, ACL support, QoS, DWRR, LLDP support, MIB, DHCP protection, dual firmware images, MVRP, fan tray, CoS, packet storm protection, broadcast storm protection, ToS, BPDU, VXLAN, Multicast Storm Protection, NTP, RA guard, ZTP, PIM, VLAN Tagging, Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree (RSTP), IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack, IP multicast, Aruba VSF, dynamic IPv6 lockdown, ND snooping, Unicast Storm protection, Microsoft NLB |
| Flash Memory | 32 GB |
| Jumbo Frame Support | 9198 bytes |
| MAC Address Table Size | 32768 entries |
| Performance |
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| Ports | 48 x 100/1000/2.5G/5G (PoE++) + 2 x 1 Gigabit / 10 Gigabit / 25 Gigabit SFP + 2 x 10 Gigabit / 25 Gigabit / 50 Gigabit SFP (uplink / stacking) |
| Power Over Ethernet (PoE) | PoE++ |
| Processor | 1 x ARM: 1.8 GHz |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR4 SDRAM |
| Remote Management Protocol | Telnet, SNMP 3, SNMP, SNMP 2c, TFTP, SSH, CLI |
| Routing Protocol | BGP-4, IGMPv2, IGMPv3, IGMP, VRRP, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, MSDP, Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD), policy-based routing (PBR), MLD, MSTP, RSTP, STP, GRE, BGP, OSPF, ECMP, PIM-DM, PIM-SM |
| Subtype | Gigabit Ethernet |
| Manufacturer Warranty | |
| Service & Support | Limited warranty - lifetime |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Compliant Standards | EN 60950-1:2006+A1:2010+A11:2009+A2:2013+A12:2011, EN 62368-1:2014+A11:2017, CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1-07, UL 60950-1 Second Edition, IEC 60950-1:2005, IEC 62368-1: 2014, CNS 14336-1, EN 55032:2015+AC:2016 Class A, EN 55035:2017, EN 61000-3-2:2014, EN 61000-3-3:2013, FCC CFR47 Part 15 B Class A, CISPR 32:2015+COR1:2016, ICES-003 Class A, VCCI Class A, CISPR 35:2016 Class A, EN 60825-1:2007, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, IEC 60825-1:2007 Class 1, IEC 61000-3-2, IEC 61000-3-3, IEC 61000-4-11, IEC 61000-4-2, IEC 61000-4-3, IEC 61000-4-4, IEC 61000-4-5, IEC 61000-4-6, IEC 61000-4-8 |
| Included Accessories | Rack kit (2 post) |
| Rack Mounting Kit | Included |
| Power | |
| Installed Qty | 1 |
| Max Supported Qty | 2 |
| Power Device | Internal power supply - hot-plug |
| Power Redundancy | Optional |
| Power Redundancy Scheme | 1+1 (with optional power supply) |
| Voltage Required | (50/60 Hz) |
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