We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches and HPE ProCurve 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 most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."
"One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer service and support. The solution is good and people should know about it."
"I rate the technical support an eight or a nine out of ten. So far, they've been very professional and helpful, especially when we need to raise a case for any issue."
"With Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches everything comes from one vendor. It operates very smoothly."
"These OmniSwitches are very manageable and easy to configure."
"OmniSwitch LAN Switches' performance is very good."
"ProCurve is easy to configure and to know how to create each connection and configuration."
"The solution is fast and inexpensive."
"The web page interface is very convenient and easy to use for setting up your feedback loops."
"In my experience, the scalability has been good."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is stable, and it fulfills our needs. We have all the functions we need, so we're totally satisfied."
"The product's stability is good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"n general, the way the product is put together is not well done."
"There are some issues with the network firmware being deleted from the switches."
"There is no OEM support in India so RMAs need to be sent to France, which takes a long time if the hardware is faulty."
"I would like to see better third-party integration with third-party systems."
"A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight."
"The CLI is a bit confusing. It is not the easiest to manage, especially if you come from a Cisco environment."
"A few areas included in the network performance managers can be integrated into the solution's dashboard since it is the only area with a few concerns."
"The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."
"We do occasionally have issues with the solution and need to change out the switches sometimes. This can be due to the fan, but, in most cases, it's because the power supply was broken."
"The solution doesn't have web-based management, which is why we've moved to a different solution."
"Procurve would work better if it had more options like the web environment."
"The solution should offer different gigabit interfaces. Right now, they have ten gigabits. However, for our needs, we only need one gigabit. We don't need 24 or 48 ports. We only need eight to ten. HPE should introduce into their portfolio some smaller and more compact options."
"If you make a change and you disconnect yourself from the switch, you will create an issue."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is ranked 10th in LAN Switching with 6 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is rated 8.6, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches writes "With a good technical support in place, there needs to be an improvement in the way the tool is put together". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and Cisco Nexus, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Aruba Instant On Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Dell PowerConnect Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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