HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 6-slot Switch (S0U59A)
Powerful, modular, intelligent Layer 3 switch chassis

Overview:

HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 chassis switches are modern, flexible, intelligent, and modular making them optimal for access, small core, and aggregation deployments. Designed for operational efficiency, CX 5420 chassis switches feature built‑in MACsec1 hardware capability, analytics, and automation — providing an enterprise‑class access layer solution that’s easy‑to‑deploy, simple, secure, and resilient.

Part of the HPE Aruba Networking CX switching portfolio, CX 5420 chassis switches were built from the ground up with cutting‑edge hardware, software, and analytics and automation tools, and are ideal for small and medium campus and branch networks.

CX 5420 chassis switches combine a modern, fully programmable OS with the HPE Aruba Networking Network Analytics Engine for superior monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities across the network.

A powerful HPE Aruba Networking Gen7 ASIC architecture delivers performance and feature support with flexible programmability for tomorrow’s applications. The HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) with live upgrades provides high availability, fast, non‑disruptive upgrades, and simplified management. This advanced modular 4U chassis switch offers performance up to 960 Gbps with low latency, six half‑width line card slots with line rate at 64 bytes, and up to 90W Smart Rate 10 GbE PoE. The Layer 3 chassis provide BGP/OSFP/RIP/PIM support with single data‑plane VRF and management VRF.

A powerful HPE Aruba Networking Gen7 ASIC architecture delivers performance and feature support with flexible programmability for tomorrow’s applications. The HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) with live upgrades provides high availability, fast, non‑disruptive upgrades, and simplified management. This advanced modular 4U chassis switch offers performance up to 960 Gbps with low latency, six half‑width line card slots with line rate at 64 bytes, and up to 90W Smart Rate 10 GbE PoE. The Layer 3 chassis provide BGP/OSFP/RIP/PIM support with single data‑plane VRF and management VRF.

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.

Features:

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 wirespeed to meet the demands of bandwidthintensive 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, halfwidth 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, nondisruptive fast upgrades and simplified management, supporting redundant power supplies and N+1 redundant fans.

The series provides security-first networking with MACsec [1] capable line card modules delivering the enterprise-grade performance and security needs for small and medium campus, branch enterprise networks.

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Simplified Operations and Management

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 Switch Series is based on HPE Aruba Networking CX Switch Operating System (AOS-CX), a modern, databasedriven operating system that automates and simplifies many critical and complex network tasks.

The CX 5420 switch delivers unparalleled visibility with built-in analytics for realtime monitoring and troubleshooting to help fix problems faster. The HPE Aruba Networking Network Analytics Engine (NAE) automatically interrogates and analyzes events that can impact network health.

REST APIs, Python and CLIbased agents for advanced telemetry, automation to easily identify, troubleshoot network, system, application and security related issues. The Time Series Database (TSDB) stores configuration and operational state data, making it available to resolve network issues quickly.

HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software introduces automation that allows for rapid network-wide changes, and achieves policy conformance post network updates. Intelligent capabilities include search, edit, validation (including conformance checking), deployment, and audit features.

HPE Aruba Networking CX Mobile App simplifies connecting, stacking and managing CX 5420 switches. Switch information can be imported into HPE Aruba Networking Switch Multi-Edit Software for simplified configuration management and to continuously validate conformance of configurations in the network.

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Secure and Scalable Segmentation

The HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 Switch Series supports HPE Aruba Networking Dynamic Segmentation that automatically applies and enforces user, device, and application-aware policies on wired and wireless infrastructures.

Automated device profiling, role-based access control, and Layer 7 firewall features deliver enhanced visibility and performance for a better overall experience for both IT and end-users alike.

Dynamic Segmentation provides scale and flexibility in network design by allowing the stretching of VLANs and subnets across the entire network with VXLAN overlay fabric which use Group Based Policy tagging to transport source role.

Extended-Edge VTEP (EE VTEP) static VXLAN supports EE VTEP persona. Enable flexible L2 Fabric design with scale and consistent architecture with support of Group-Based-Policy and role-to-role security enforcement.

Specifications:

Documentation:

HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 6-slot Switch (S0U59A) Datasheet (.PDF)

HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 Switch Series Datasheet (.PDF)