We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Brocade 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."Scalable and reliable solution for your network connectivity needs, with a straightforward setup."
"It's an excellent product. They're high-quality switches, and nothing has failed in the time that we've had them."
"The most valuable features of Aruba Switches are the routing protocol and the basic functionality."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is its monitoring capabilities."
"The cloud configuration is the most valuable feature of this solution. Watching in the cloud, propagating the actual devices themselves and the management of devices that are remote."
"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 solution's stability is really great. We found it very solid."
"When it comes to basic L2 switching, we've found that Aruba switches are very user-friendly in terms of configuration and management. I haven't had the opportunity to utilize Aruba Central for managing the switches yet, so I can't speak to that aspect. However, overall, we've found the deployment process for Aruba switches to be very straightforward."
"The initial setup was really straightforward and easy."
"The switches last for a very long time."
"There's a zone for each server and services in the storage."
"The most valuable feature of Brocade Ethernet Switches is the good range of access it provides."
"The technical support is good."
"The reliability of Brocade is the most valuable feature. The solution has been up and running for over ten years without any fail, fixes required, or breakdowns. It is a very strong piece of equipment."
"I have not had any issues with our Brocade switches."
"It has good integration with HPE Primera. They have smart zoning in which the administration is very easy. You don't have to do anything. Zoning and other things are done automatically if you just enable the smart zoning. That's one very good thing in HP."
"Aruba Switches cover lots of areas and support automated and IOPS and with the central products, but I think when we look at the solutions overall, IOPS devices are not covered so much in Aruba Central. We are in Croatia and it is a small country, I don't know how its situation is in Europe, America, or Asia."
"We would like to see centralized, cloud-based management."
"The endpoint capabilities could be improved."
"Technical support response time could be better."
"I would like to see something like a Cisco Prime, an application controlling the entire system, switches, and access points."
"It would be better and easier for us to buy if the price were reduced."
"We had an integration team do the setup of the solution."
"We had an issue with the hardware where one or two interfaces went down after one and a half years. This issue impacted only one or two interfaces, not the whole hardware."
"These switches are no longer supported."
"No graphical interface."
"Brocade Ethernet Switches could improve by having better compatibility with web management of older versions."
"The solution could be more secure."
"There are some performance issues."
"Brocade Ethernet Switches need a better interface and centralized management."
"It should be simpler. There are still some things that can be simpler in the Brocade switches."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Brocade Ethernet Switches is ranked 19th in Ethernet Switches with 10 reviews. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Brocade Ethernet Switches is rated 8.2. 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 Brocade Ethernet Switches writes "This solution has been up and running for over ten years without any fail". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas Brocade Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Mellanox Switches, Arista Networks Platform and HPE Ethernet Switches. See our Aruba Switches vs. Brocade Ethernet Switches report.
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