We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Aruba Central is very valuable to us."
"The Aruba care support and the lifetime warranty are very valuable aspects."
"Scalable and reliable solution for your network connectivity needs, with a straightforward setup."
"We have not had any issues with the product and its functions. It has been stable."
"The solution is scalable."
"I like the number of available throughputs and its ability to have different speeds of ethernet cards or fiber-optic SFPs. It's a core switch, and you can configure it as per your requirements. All the configuration details are well documented on the HP website or Aruba website, and one can easily refer to those and find all the relevant commands from the documentation itself. It's also easy to maintain this solution. It's also cheaper than competing products."
"The most valuable feature is the lifetime warranty."
"The most valuable feature is the Aruba Smart Rate Port."
"This solution is stable it runs without any interruptions."
"Manageable features, which we heavily used like web GUI and SNMP."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches have a good interface, and the documentation is detailed."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is stable."
"Ease-of-use and ease-of-management are good qualities of this product."
"The deployment of the solution is quite fast."
"The most valuable features are virtualization and micro-segmentation."
"The main issue we had with the Aruba Switches was that they would heat up easily when placed outside. We have two locations with no cover in the corridor and it's a historical building. We experienced outages on the first batch of Aruba Switches we received, which we never had with the Dell Switches, for example, even though Dell Switches are not as well-known. However, the Dell Switches had been outside for a few years and we never had any issues with them. In contrast, we encountered an issue with the Aruba Switch after only one week of being outside when it shut down in security mode."
"It would be better and easier for us to buy if the price were reduced."
"Aruba's management suite has some room for improvement."
"There are some growing pains with Aruba Central. When you first launch the wireless access points or switches, a lot of updates are needed to get Aruba Central ready, especially on the access points, so the initial deployment time could improve. I would hope that I could just turn it on and leave the updates until later on. The switches themselves probably did okay. I'm primarily referring to the wireless access points. There was a lot of back and forth before everything was in sync. It took hours."
"I have some security issues with Aruba Switches. I need to update the firmware and then the problems might go away."
"They have limited CLI options in the UI and this is something that needs improvement."
"The need to come up with a bit more flexibility in their range of models."
"I would like to see something like a Cisco Prime, an application controlling the entire system, switches, and access points."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches are stable but could be better."
"We are expecting one software that can run across all of Cisco hardware, software, and Cisco Switch router, similar to what Juniper has."
"The pricing for this solution needs to be improved."
"The additional features which I would like to suggest is to implement user friendly GUI for easier network management."
"This product does not scale to environments where there is a lot of network traffic."
"It would be ideal if they could do more configurations and offer more flexibility. Right now, it's not flexible at all."
"In the future, I would like to see more focus on software-defined networking solutions."
"The solution is costly."
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Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is ranked 9th in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches writes "An advanced, sophisticated solution that allows for segmentation within networks". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches and Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, whereas Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is most compared with NETGEAR Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, D-Link Ethernet Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches. See our Aruba Switches vs. Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches report.
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