- Description
- Specifications
Two Tiers of PoE Power From One Multi-Gig Switch
Most access switches give every port the same power budget, which forces a compromise when a floor mixes a few power-hungry devices with many ordinary ones. The HPE Aruba CX 6300M (R8S91A) splits its 48 multi-gig ports into 12 high-power Class 8 ports and 36 Class 6 ports, so cameras, pan-tilt-zoom PTZ devices, or Wi-Fi 7 APs get up to 90W while standard endpoints share the rest. Browse more HPE gear or the full Network Switches range.
All 48 access ports run HPE Smart Rate at 1G, 2.5G, or 5G over existing copper, and a pair of 50G plus a pair of 10G uplinks connect it to the core. VSF stacking lets several units operate as one.
Best Suited For
- High-density floors that mix high-wattage devices with standard PoE endpoints
- Wi-Fi 6E/7 rollouts needing 90W Class 8 power on select ports
- Multi-gig copper upgrades that reuse existing cabling
Key Capabilities
- Tiered PoE: 12 Class 8 ports at up to 90W plus 36 Class 6 ports at up to 60W, 2880W total budget.
- Smart Rate access negotiates 1G, 2.5G, or 5G per port automatically.
- Uplinks: two 50G and two 10G ports to the core.
- Layer 3 routing with VSF stacking and Aruba NetEdit support.
