HPE Aruba Networking CX 6000 8p 10M/100M/1G Class4 PoE 2p SFP 1G 67W Switch - Switch - Managed - 8 x 10/100/1000 (PoE+) + 2 x Gigabit SFP (uplink) - rack-mountable, wall-mountable - PoE+ (67 W) - BTO

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At £247.50 ex-VAT, this Aruba CX 6000 8-port PoE model is a decent little workhorse if you need something reliable for a small office, meeting rooms, or a light edge deployment. Eight PoE+ ports is the sweet spot for powering a handful of access points, IP phones, cameras, or small infrastructure gear without immediately needing midspans. The managed aspect matters in real life too: you get proper control and visibility rather than “set and hope it stays up,” which is exactly what you want once you start troubleshooting voice/video or segmenting devices.

I’d buy this if you’re an SME, a reseller, or an IT team building out a few APs/phones and want a manageable Aruba platform without paying for a bigger chassis. It’s also a good fit when you want the uplinks to be straightforward with two SFPs—useful if your upstream is fiber or you’ve already standardised on SFP optics/cabling. But I wouldn’t bother if you’re expecting large-scale growth, lots of VLAN gymnastics, or heavy uptime/throughput requirements—at this price point it’s about efficient edge switching, not being the core of a data hall. Also worth sanity-checking: make sure your environment really benefits from PoE+ and that your budget isn’t better spent on a higher-port model if you’re likely to expand beyond eight powered devices.