Hewlett Packard Enterprise has officially announced the expansion of its HPE Aruba Networking wired and wireless portfolio.
According to certain reports, the company also took this opportunity to launch new HPE Aruba Networking CX 10K distributed services switches that, on their part, feature built-in programmable data processing units (DPU), from AMD Pensando, to offload security and network services, thus freeing up resources for complex AI workload processing.
Starting from the expanded HPE Aruba Networking wired and wireless portfolio, it now includes HPE Aruba Networking CX 10040, which would be HPE’s latest distributed services switch, also known as a “smart switch”, capable of doubling the scale and performance shown by previous networking and security solution.
Next up, we have four new HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300M campus networking switches that arrive on the scene bearing an ability to provide faster data speeds for enterprise IoT, AI, or high-performance computing with a more compact footprint.
Then, there would be new Wi-Fi 7 access points (APs), as well as capabilities for AI-driven indoor and outdoor connectivity that deliver the highest quality of service for data, voice, and video communications.
“As AI and data-driven applications continue to transform every industry, the need for scalable, compliant, and high-performance networking has never been greater,” said Soni Jiandani, senior vice president and general manager, Networking Technology and Solutions Group, AMD. “Together with HPE and the HPE Aruba Networking CX 10040 platform, we’re delivering cutting-edge solutions that combine AMD’s advanced, programmable DPU and software technology with HPE’s data center networking—enabling secure, scalable services for datacenter and colocation deployments that support the world’s largest enterprises at a fraction of the cost of legacy solutions.”
Turning our attention towards newly-introduced HPE Aruba Networking CX 10K distributed services switches, they include, for starters, the HPE Aruba Networking CX 10040 smart switch. This particular innovation can support the growth in AI-driven computing, while simultaneously maintaining its built-in firewalling, in-line encryption, and precision telemetry for increased security, greater observability, and more efficient server operation.
Joining the mix from would be HPE Aruba Networking CX 6300 series campus switches that provide encryption protocols, precision timing, along with application recognition and control (ARC) to let enterprises meet multiple types of data security, volume, and bandwidth service level agreements (SLAs) on a single switch. In case that wasn’t enough, these four new switches also operate within a smaller footprint to provide maximum capacity and performance in demanding environments.
Another detail worth a mention is rooted in the new Wi-Fi 7 access points, inclusive of HPE Aruba Networking 720 and 740 Series and indoor/outdoor 760 Series, which feature a unique network slicing capability to deliver transmission priority and performance required for the real-time computing needs of AI and cloud-delivered applications.
Moving on to application-aware networking across campus switches, they are now available on the HPE Aruba Networking CX 5420 and 6200 series switches. In practice, the stated technology allows enterprises to apply specific policies, and therefore, ensure that AI, IoT, and high-performance computing data can travel over the entire network based on pre-defined SLAs.
Hold on, we still have a couple of bits left to unpack, considering we haven’t yet touched upon HPE Aruba Networking Central, which conceives a single point of visibility, control and analytics to provide secure, AI-powered network management that seamlessly scales across campus environments and data centers.
Rounding up highlights would be HPE Morpheus VM Essentials integration with HPE Aruba CX 10000 Switch Series, an integration which helps organizations unify the orchestration of virtual and physical network to eventually simplify migration to an open virtualization model with no forklift required.
“Data-fueled AI, IoT, and other high-performance applications are driving unprecedented demands for enterprises to provide cost-effective connectivity, no matter where devices and users are or how they access the network,” said Phil Mottram, EVP and general manager, HPE Aruba Networking. “HPE is again raising the bar with innovations that simplify data center and overall server connectivity at ten times the scale and performance and one-third the cost of traditional enterprise solutions.”
