Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C v2 Switch

The Aruba CX 8360-32Y4C v2 is a high-density, fixed-form-factor core and aggregation switch engineered for enterprises demanding deterministic performance at scale. Built around a second-generation ASIC architecture, the v2 revision achieves measurably lower forwarding latency compared to its predecessor while simultaneously expanding the control-plane and data-plane capacity needed to support large-scale EVPN-VXLAN overlay fabrics. With 32 × 25GbE SFP28 downlink ports and 4 × 100GbE QSFP28 uplink ports in a compact 1U chassis, the switch delivers a total switching capacity of 2.4 Tbps and a forwarding rate of up to 1.488 Bpps, making it well-suited for aggregating high-density 1GbE and 10GbE access layers while maintaining 100GbE connectivity to the data center or WAN edge.

The CX 8360-32Y4C v2 runs Aruba OS-CX, a modern microservices-based network operating system that supports a fully programmable pipeline, in-service software upgrades (ISSU), and a rich REST API and gRPC telemetry stack. The OS-CX Network Analytics Engine (NAE) provides streaming telemetry and on-box analytics agents that enable proactive fault detection and capacity trending without external tooling dependencies. VSX (Virtual Switching Extension) active-active redundancy eliminates traditional spanning-tree dependencies at the aggregation layer, and the integrated BGP EVPN control plane supports multi-site VRF-aware routing, symmetric IRB, and prefix-based routing for inter-tenant segmentation across campus and branch fabric deployments.

Targeted at enterprise campus cores, multi-building aggregation tiers, and WAN edge interconnect roles, the CX 8360-32Y4C v2 is designed to coexist within Aruba's cloud-managed and on-premises management ecosystems, including Aruba Central and Aruba NetEdit. Its support for advanced QoS, MACsec encryption on all ports, PTP/IEEE 1588v2 timing, and granular ACL enforcement at hardware rates makes it a compelling platform for unified campus fabrics carrying voice, video, IoT, and enterprise data traffic simultaneously.

Ideal for

• Campus core aggregation for large enterprise headquarters consolidating thousands of endpoints across multiple access-layer switches into a resilient VSX active-active pair
• EVPN-VXLAN multi-site campus fabric spine or border-leaf node enabling seamless Layer 2 and Layer 3 extension across geographically distributed buildings without stretched VLANs
• Healthcare network aggregation supporting latency-sensitive imaging, EHR, and real-time clinical communications workloads with strict QoS and MACsec-encrypted inter-floor links
• Higher-education distribution layer interconnecting dormitory, classroom, and research access switches to a centralized data center with full VRF-based tenant isolation for different departments
• SD-WAN or WAN edge handoff tier providing high-capacity 100GbE uplinks to service provider interconnects while terminating 25GbE aggregation downlinks from campus distribution blocks
• Industrial and manufacturing campus aggregation where PTP/IEEE 1588v2 synchronization supports precision time-sensitive applications alongside standard enterprise traffic on a converged fabric

Technical specifications

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