We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and Cisco Nexus based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is suitable for small businesses and small offices."
"We use Aruba Instant On Switches for general communication, sending files, and going to the internet."
"It is quite easy to maintain from the software point of view."
"The stability is fine. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. Almost a ten on a ten."
"Aruba's management solutions, like Aruba Central are valuable."
"Regarding the feature, my clients are currently favoring it because it enables them to switch back to phone functionality."
"It is a very stable solution."
"Its customer service is good."
"This solution has allowed us to better prepare our network for 10-gigabit."
"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The most valuable features are the solution is robust, you are able to use it for fabric architecture as well as SPAN on exit with the controller."
"A very solid and reliable solution."
"Nexus has improved my organization in the way that it provided enhanced security in a point in the network that was critical."
"The implementation was straightforward and the product is stable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is stability. We have a pretty large campus."
"In the next version, they should add a firewall from a single source."
"You cannot use many VLANs, like VLAN 10, VLAN 20, VLAN 30, and VLAN 100 on Aruba Instant On AP."
"The product's startup speed is very bad, as it is very slow."
"The solution’s GUI should be improved a bit."
"The solution does not have any console access. For example, if you do not have internet access on your side and you need to configure anything, you should at least have CLI access to do something or manage the solution to put to some IP. It will only work if we have a TSCT on the network."
"They could provide additional uplink ports, such as eight instead of four. It will be beneficial for our use case."
"We are interested in acquiring a firewall that provides a comprehensive solution. In other words, we're seeking a firewall that encompasses multiple aspects, such as exceptional switches and active phone functionalities."
"We would like to see more documentation."
"Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price."
"Some of the DHCP features need improvement."
"Ease-of-use and making things more human-readable is most important."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is the ability to integrate routing and switching features."
"I would like to see the integration of the products into something where it's seamless where an engineer never touches the switch again, never does CLI and you move to an application based network organization."
"Nothing is perfect."
"They could improve on having different technologies between product models."
"Enhancing the software-defined level of this solution would empower it."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 22 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant On Switches writes "A very stable tool that needs to offer better startup speed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with HPE ProCurve, Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and HPE ProCurve. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. Cisco Nexus report.
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