HPE Aruba Ethernet-based storage fabric
Next-generation data centers and private clouds require 100/200/400GbE fabrics to support these new workloads and data-centric applications. Recent storage architectures are rapidly evolving to improve performance and deliver cloud-like scalability and efficiency to data centers.
Disaggregated storage is a form of scale-out storage built from several storage devices that function as a logical storage pool that can be allocated to any server on the network over a high-performance network fabric.
Ethernet networks are ideal for software-defined storage (SDS) and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions where multiple servers share captive (SSD/flash-based) storage resources.
Gain agility and efficiency with Aruba Ethernet-based storage fabric.
As the adoption of new technologies such as next-generation server systems, server virtualization, flash-based storage, and NVMe increases, existing networking infrastructure can become a bottleneck.
To increase agility, reduce costs, and fully leverage the benefits of flash-based architectures, you need a network capable of delivering the performance required by today's server and storage environments. Furthermore, storage networks are becoming increasingly critical to application performance, which means they must be easier to manage and operate.
By treating the network as a strategic part of a highly virtualized environment, IT organizations can now achieve optimization and efficiency while rapidly scaling their environments.
Aruba Ethernet Storage Fabric Use Cases
With the latest AOS-CX release, Aruba CX 8325Provides an ideal solution for 10/25/100GbE data center, cloud, and storage use cases, supporting Top-of-Rack (ToR) server and storage connectivity and scale-out Leaf-Spine fabric topologies.
These innovative AOS-CX enhancements ensure storage optimizations to deliver the network QoS and connectivity characteristics required for storage, including low latency and “lossless.”.
The CX 8325 switch is SPOCKAs a validated item at (Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge), it ensures end-to-end solution interoperability, validated by HPE Labs as part of HPE's entire portfolio of servers and storage arrays. This validation removes guesswork from SAN design, configuration, deployment, and management, accelerating deployment, reducing the risk and expertise required to deploy complex solutions.
The CX 8325 switch can be deployed as a 25/100G Leaf or 100/400G Spine switch (128 x 100G ports). CX 9300-32DThis 1U fixed-configuration switch delivers up to 12.8 Tbps of capacity with 400 GbE ports, providing flexible, cost-effective, high-density 100/200/400 GbE for server, storage, and intra-fabric connectivity.
Additionally, network operators can seamlessly provision and orchestrate each set of Aruba CX switches into a single networking fabric, simplifying operations and rapidly provisioning networks across rack-scale compute and storage infrastructure environments spanning HPE, VMware, Nutanix, and many others.
Design for today, plan for tomorrow with HPE Aruba Networking.
HPE has long been a leader in computing, virtualization, and storage, while HPE-Aruba has been a leader in networking. Combining the expertise of both companies provides customers with a unique vantage point to support data-centric business strategies with innovative IP/Ethernet storage solutions that deliver unprecedented operational and infrastructure efficiencies.
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