Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT)

Looking for an Aruba switch with the following specs.. 24 port where all it's are 10gbase-t 

Any suggestions apart from the pricey cx models?

Hi,

A 24x10GbE (10GBASE-T) Switch is very difficult to find pretending to find it at a cheap price.

Almost impossible to find it on current Aruba portfolio (clearly if we speak about "fixed ports" HPE/Aruba Switches and not modular...indeed modular helps you to setup a proper bill of material fulfilling your requirement of 24 10GBASE-T ports easily...budget permitting).

I believe you could alternatively evaluate an IRF made by two HPE OfficeConnect 1950 12XGT 4SFP+ Switch (SKU: JH295A), equipping some of their SFP+ ports with DACs to setup IRF Links and thus keeping the 12+12=24 10GbE ports free for other usages, as required (unfortunately latest software update for that specific SKU dates back to December 2020, on the contrary all other HPE OfficeConnect 1950 SKUs have software releases fully updated <- so exactly the 12XGT model seems not a good choice for use in production due to the lack of software development)...BUT you could be lucky...the current Aruba Instant On 1960 12XGT 4SFP+ (SKU: JL805H) should be a good replacement (it is stackable too).

You could also evaluate a modular Switch approach: a Aruba 5406R zl2 with just one MM or two MMs, two PSUs and (!) four Aruba 8-port 1/2.5/5/10GBASE-T PoE+ MACsec v3 zl2 modules...but this setup - the Chassis + MM + PSU + Modules - will cost for sure you much more than the two stackable pairs above (HPE OfficeConnect 1950 with IRF or Aruba Instant On 1960 stack).

A third approach would be to look at one HPE FlexFabric 5710 24XGT 6QSFP+ or 2QSFP28 Switch (SKU: JL689A), a good DC switch.

It all depends on your budget.