Chapter 1
Introducing the Switches
Introducing the Switches
Aruba 10000 multiport switches are store-and-forward devices offering low latency for high-speed
networking with full network management capabilities.
This chapter describes these switches with the following information:
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Front of the switches:
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Network ports
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Management ports
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Chassis and Port LEDs
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LED behavior
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Switch product label (Pull tab)
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Back of the switches:
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Management ports
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Power supplies
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Fan trays
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Switch features
Overview
The Aruba CX 10000 Distributed Services Switch is a new category of switches, ideally suited for enterprise
data centers. The Aruba CX 10000 combines best-of-breed Aruba data center L2/L3 switching with the
industry's first hardware-accelerated programmable processor (Pensando DSM), delivering stateful
software-defined services inline with orders of magnitude scale and performance improvements over
traditional data center switches.
Front of the switches
Figure 1
Aruba CX 10000-48Y6C Distributed Services switches (R8P13A/R8P14A)
Part Number
Description
R8P13A
Aruba CX 10000-48Y6C Distributed Services Front-to-Back Bundle
R8P14A
Aruba CX 10000-48Y6C Distributed Services Back-to-Front Bundle
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