Hi all, this post was also published on Aruba Airhead Community (well versed to the Aruba Networking side of the question).
Reading the HPE COMPUTE TRANSCEIVER AND CABLE HARDWARE MATRIX (June 2021, Edition 16) document available here, I noticed that only the Aruba 8320 Switch series and the Aruba 8325 Switch series are mentioned under the ARUBA SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS SUPPORTED WITH HPE PROLIANT NETWORKING ADAPTERS section at page 12, so here my question:
Assuming a scenario where Server + Networking (ToR) deployment includes some (four, currently) HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus servers, each one equipped with a pair of Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE 2 ports SFP+/SFP28 adapters for HPE (P26262-B21) and connected to the Ethernet network (a VSX cluster, currently) by using SFP+ (e.g. via J9283B/J9283D) or SFP28 (e.g. via JL488A) three meters long DAC Cables, does the absence of the Aruba 8360 Switch series on the above matrix mean that this family is not yet supported on such HPE Server Networking solution?
In other terms, as of June 2021, in a fully HPE environment (from Rack to Servers, through Storage, Ethernet NICs/FC HBAs and related switching devices) where a set of HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10/Gen10 Plus servers are going to be deployed, are the HPE Aruba networking supported options really limited to Aruba 8320 and/or Aruba 8325 only? no Aruba 8360 yet?
The above HPE Compute Transceiver and Cable Hardware Matrix looks in contrast to (or, at least, causes some sort of uncertainty with regard of what is the current "source of truth") what is reported on Chapter 8 "Support for HPE Servers and Systems products" of the latest available "AOS-Switch and AOS-CX Transceiver Guide - Edition 10" (January 2021) available here where the Aruba 8360 Switch series is clearly included along with the Aruba 8320 and the Aruba 8325 BUT also - at the same time - some NICs/DACs/Transceivers SKUs are exactly specified as "validated" or "tested" combinations (and, among them, there isn't one suitable for Gen10 Plus [*] as far as I understand).
If I look at "AOS-Switch and AOS-CX Transceiver Guide - Edition 10" I belive that the Aruba 8360 can be deployed with an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 server BUT NICs supported by a Gen10 Plus server aren't exactly listed among those used for "validation" so it looks a sort of dead end.
Edit: I fear that the Gen10 Plus versus Gen10 could be the cause of this misalignment..."validated" NICs on Aruba 8320/8325 and 8360 seem to be supported on Gen10 and not on (newer) Gen10 Plus.
Maybe the questions would be then:
- Could an Aruba 8360 and an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus server (using supported NICs) linked with 10/25 DAC Cables used together? is there some sort of certification/validation going on for such of a combination?
- Is the Aruba 8325 and an HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus server (using supported NICs) linked with 10/25 DAC Cables used together? is the certification/validation currently documented valid also for such of a combination?
Thanks!
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Hello @Hannah1 [*], I don't understand your suggestion/answer.
We exactly want to keep things as fluid and coherent as possible and this is the reason why we're trying to adopt (whenever it is possible) a single Vendor approach by selecting a supported and validated design, issues I wrote about popped up because we're trying to design a solution with HPE ProLiant servers and Aruba ToR switching solutions (Aruba is an HPE company) and what was proposed us doesn't seem to exactly fill the various gaps (at least looking at current documentation).
Am I mistaken?
[*] You first registered Tuesday 24 August 2021 and your very first (and only) post - a copy&paste from an HPE web page - is the one above? what issue you have mate?
You probably believe we're here to waste our time:
I know another user which do similar things...an it's a pity.
I'm not an HPE Employee