HPE R0X24C 

Aruba CX 6405 v2 – 5‑Slot Expansion Switch Chassis (CX 6400 Series)

The HPE R0X24C is the 7U rack-mount chassis designed for the Aruba CX 6405 v2 switch series, offering five line-module slots two fan trays, and one management-module slot. It forms part of the modular CX 6400 family, enabling enterprise campus or data center deployments to scale performance via line cards supporting 1/2.5/5 GbE multi-gig, PoE+, SFP+, 25 GbE, or 100 GbE connectivity. Ideal for access-layer aggregation or core switching, the chassis provides modular flexibility and high availability when combined with redundant management modules and power supplies. With Aruba’s Gen7 ASIC and AOS‑CX, this chassis supports modern features like VSX, Virtual Segmentation, and wire-speed routing.

Features

The Aruba CX 6405 chassis (R0X24C) includes five line slot bays and supports a wide variety of line modules (R0X38B through R0X45C), offering combinations of PoE+ copper, SFP+, multi-gig Smart Rate, and high-speed uplinks up to 100 GbE . The chassis supports dual management modules (e.g., R0X31A) for redundancy and two fan tray positions for cooling. Power supplies are orderable separately to enable full PoE or high-speed operation When fully populated with management modules, line cards, and power, the chassis provides a switching fabric capacity up to ~14 Tb/s and forwarding throughput up to ~5.7 Bpps (64‑byte packets) . Integrated with the AOS‑CX operating system, it supports advanced Layer 3 features—IPv4/IPv6 routing, BGP, OSPF, VRRP, PBR, multicast, QoS, ACLs—and high availability via VSX and modular redundancy Management is supported via CLI, REST API, SNMP, Telnet, SSH, and integration with Aruba NetEdit or ArubaCentral.

Advanced Options

Engineered for enterprise resiliency, the R0X24C chassis supports redundant management modules and hot-swappable components (fan trays, line cards, power modules), enabling uninterrupted operation during maintenance or upgrades Its modular design allows scaling port configurations to match evolving network needs—from PoE access to high-speed aggregation. With support for virtual chassis (VSX), the chassis integrates seamlessly into high-availability architectures. AOS‑CX provides enterprise-grade routing, policy enforcement, QoS, and security features including SSHv2, RADIUS/TACACS+, ACLs, and DHCP snooping via a programmable ARM Cortex‑A72 control plane