Aruba JL626A — CX 8325-32C, compact 32×100G monster for core / spine / high-speed aggregation

What it is: An Aruba CX 8325 Series fixed-port switch tuned for campus core/aggregation or data-center spine/leaf roles. JL626A is the 8325-32C model: 32 high-speed QSFP28 ports that run 40G or 100G, in a 1U front-to-back airflow chassis with redundant hot-swap power and fans. Runs AOS-CX like the rest of the CX family.

Why buyers pick JL626A (plain English)

• All-100G, no compromises: 32 ports of 100G gives you a clean spine/core block without mixing media types.

• Campus or DC ready: great as a core/agg box in big campuses or a spine/leaf in modern EVPN fabrics.

• Serious switching muscle: built to push line-rate traffic even when every port is busy.

• Operational consistency: same AOS-CX tools, telemetry, and Aruba Central support as your edge switches.

60-second spec box (JL626A)

Ports

• 32 × QSFP+/QSFP28 supporting 40G or 100G per port

Switching / performance (series typical for 32C)

• Switching capacity: ~6.4 Tbps class

• Forwarding rate: ~1900 Mpps class (line-rate)

OS & management

• AOS-CX (Network Analytics Engine, REST APIs, automation-first)

• Managed via CLI/Web UI, Aruba Central, telemetry/SNMP

High availability / resiliency

• 2 × hot-swap PSUs (typically 650W each; supports 1+1 redundancy)

• 6 × hot-swap fan modules

• Built for always-on core/spine duty

Airflow / form factor

• 1U rack-mount

• Front-to-back airflow (data-center friendly)

Where it fits (and when to choose something else)

• Perfect for:

  • Campus core / aggregation needing dense 40/100G uplinks

  • Data-center spine/leaf where the fabric is 100G-native

  • High-speed backbone refreshes without moving to a bigger chassis

• Consider CX 8325-48Y8C (JL624A/JL625A) if you need a lot of 25G SFP28 downlinks + some 100G uplinks.

• Consider higher-end CX 9300/10000 if you’re doing very large spines or need specialty services/features.

TL;DR

JL626A = Aruba CX 8325-32C: 32×40/100G QSFP28 in 1U, 6.4Tbps-class throughput, front-to-back airflow, dual hot-swap PSUs + fans, and AOS-CX ops — a clean, compact 100G core/spine switch that scales hard without taking over your rack.