We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, and HPE Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Ubiquiti Networks and others in Ethernet Switches."The solution has great open architecture."
"I like the Aruba Central platform. It makes a lot of sense. The switches have a lot of great capabilities. Central can lockdown VLANs and control the apps and protocols. There are several built-in security features that I'm not utilizing. However, those capabilities are part of the reason I'm using enterprise switches in a small office. I like knowing that I can do these things when necessary."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Switches are the use of use and user-friendliness."
"I find the most valuable feature is it is part of the Aruba family."
"We like the framework of fabric virtual switching."
"All of the networking products that we use are Aruba, so we use Aruba Central to manage them."
"It's stable."
"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 installation is straightforward. We did not face any problems."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches are stable since no issues have been reported."
"It is very stable. Performance is very good."
"It's stable and we never have to worry about it."
"The most valuable feature is that we can configure the security to suit our needs."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"Overall, they have a good quality product."
"I have found their security features the most valuable. These security features are supported on most of the other features. Similarly, the protocols and the standards are supported on other features, such as the stacking feature, the availability feature, internet channel, link application, and protocols. There are so many features on these features."
"It is a stable product."
"We use HPE Ethernet Switches to provide solutions for the hotel, their guests, and IPTV."
"It's stable. We never have any issues."
"The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the interface and configuration. It's very easy to use."
"They are affordable and very stable. They also have good performance."
"The best feature of this solution is the lifetime warranty."
"I like that these switches are reliable, and the support is good."
"I would say that the customization of the switches could be easier to configure."
"It's an expensive product."
"The written documentation, all the available documentation, is often a little bit hard to find. The solution lacks documentation, especially on recent features. We have access directly to Aruba, Germany, so they are always helpful, but if you start, for instance, with something a little bit more complex like zero-touch provisioning, that would require a more comprehensive written piece."
"I would like to see easier learning and configuration from previous switch deployments."
"Aruba is still losing out to Cisco, which continues to dominate the space. Aruba needs to continue to improve its product range in order to compete with Cisco's dominance."
"The biggest issue right now is the delivery timeline. It takes too long to get the product."
"In the next release, I would like to see network access control on the switches themselves. I would like to see security functionalities when it comes to monitoring the bit of the wireless section of the switches."
"There is room for improvement in the customer service and support team."
"The drawbacks come from support. The tools are rare, but to find someone knowledgeable with Cisco, is a problem."
"The additional features which I would like to suggest is to implement user friendly GUI for easier network management."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches should improve its pricing."
"It should be cheaper. We need a better price from Cisco. Its initial setup and support should also be improved."
"The installation could be simplified."
"This product does not scale to environments where there is a lot of network traffic."
"The documentation should be improved from Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches. Although it hints or refers to being able to do certain operations, they try to get you to load the software instead. They need to be more open with their documentation on using the web interface and give the client the option to use the software or not. This improvement is not on the switch itself, it is in the packaging."
"The product’s price is a bit high."
"The security of the solution always has room for improvement."
"The management of the tool must be improved."
"The installation can be quite complex. However, that may not be the fault of HP and is rather more related to the way our infrastructure is arranged."
"In the next release, I would like to see them include more features like the Aruba solution, to have more possibilities concerning the software design."
"If there is any fluctuation in power then we will face an outage with our POE switches, so this is something that should be improved."
"The pricing could be lowered."
"We have some problems with the performance of our HPE Ethernet Switches because they are old."
"The next release would benefit from adding a central management that could be deployable on premise and allow you to see the layout of topology."
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