- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Manufacturer Website Address
- https://www.hpe.com/au/
- Brand Name
- Aruba
- Product Series
- CX 5420
- Product Type
- Switch Chassis
The HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 Switch Series is an intelligent, flexible and modular Layer 3 switch chassis created for today's enterprise small and medium campus, branch enterprise networks with built-in MACsec hardware capability, analytics and automation. CX 5420 switch chassis is part of the CX switching portfolio that provides an enterprise-class access layer solution that is easy-to-deploy, simple, secure and resilient. By combining a modern, fully programmable OS with HPE Aruba Networking Network Analytics Engine (NAE), the CX 5420 switch provides industry leading monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities across the network.
A powerful Gen7 ASIC architecture delivers performance and extensive feature support with flexible programmability for the tomorrow applications. This advanced modular 4U chassis switch offers up to 960Gbps with low latency, 6 half-width line card slots, VSX Live Upgrade, and HPE Smart Rate 10GbE up to 90W Class-8 PoE with BGP/OSFP/PIM support.
Features
Maximize your HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 Switch Series
What's New
- Powerful, modular, intelligent Layer 3 switch chassis with BGP, VSX, and OSPF with robust quality of service (QoS).
- Flexibility with 6 half-width modules that allow growth when needed and support for port diversity in a condensed 4RU chassis with redundant MM and PSU.
- High performance switching with up to 960 Gbps using 714 Mpps, built-in high availability with HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) Live Upgrade and Always-On PoE.
- Simplified operations with the common HPE Aruba Networking CX Switch Operating System (AOS-CX) used across the CX portfolio delivering a more consistent, more efficient operator experience.
- Easy to manage and simplify configurations with HPE Aruba Networking Central, HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software, with easy-to-use web GUI or industry-standard CLI.
- Automated, unified role-based policies for users, Internet of Things (IoT) and devices with HPE Aruba Networking Dynamic Segmentation and intelligent monitoring, visibility, and remediation with NAE.
Future-ready with Superior Performance
- The HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 Switch Series use the latest Gen7 ASICs, delivering very low latency, increased packet buffering, and adaptive power consumption. All switching and routing are wire-speed to meet the demands of bandwidth-intensive applications today and in the future.
- The CX 5420 switch is a compact 6 slot (4 RU) supporting a choice of line cards and redundant, half-width management modules that seamlessly supports Wi-Fi 6 and IoT with Smart Rate multi-gigabit and 90W PoE ports.
- High availability with HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) Live Upgrade provides high availability, non-disruptive fast upgrades and simplified management, supporting redundant power supplies and N+1 redundant fans.
- Technical Information
- Features
- Hot-swappable
- High Availability Supported
- Yes
- Interfaces/Ports
- Modular
- Yes
- Port/Expansion Slot Details
- 6 x Expansion Slot
- 8 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Slot
- Media & Performance
- Media Type Supported
- Optical Fiber
- Ethernet Technology
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Network Technology
- 10GBase-LRM
- I/O Expansions
- Total Number of Expansion Slots
- 14
- Expansion Slot Type
- Line Card
- SFP+
- Number of SFP+ Slots
- 8
- Network & Communication
- Layer Supported
- 3
- Networking Standards
- IEEE 802.3bt
- Management & Protocols
- Manageable
- Yes
- Power Description
- PoE (RJ-45) Port
- Yes
- Input Voltage
- 120 V AC
- 230 V AC
- Power Source
- Power Supply
- AC
- Redundant Power Supply Supported
- Yes
- Number of Power Supplies Supported
- 4
- Power Consumption
- 1600 W
- Physical Characteristics
- Compatible Rack Unit
- 4U
- Form Factor
- Rack-mountable
- Height
- 43 mm
- Width
- 213 mm
- Depth
- 229 mm
- Weight (Approximate)
- 689.5 g
- Miscellaneous
- Application/Usage
- Enterprise
- Branch Office
- Campus
- Network
- IoT Devices