Aruba Switches Reviews

We primarily deploy Aruba Switches in hotels for services such as Wi-Fi, IPTV, telephone, and guest room automation.

The features of Aruba Switches are stable. This stability has provided a significant return on investment over time. Additionally, the longevity of the solution contributes to longer ROI periods.

The solution is well suited for any business, really. For my company, it's easier to use because our warranty structure in South Africa is much better. That's basically the only reason why we use Aruba instead of Cisco. Cisco is more expensive, and while Aruba is still expensive, it's not as costly in our region. If they don't pay attention to their pricing, they might lose to Huawei.

I find the switches like CX 6200 and up, and the zero-touch provisioning through the management console to be valuable features. The solution is widely applicable to businesses like mine, thanks to its flexibility and compatibility with our warranty structure in South Africa.

The Aruba switch is supporting a doctor's office, so it's an on-premise switch. These particular switches provide the fundamental network for the entire office, including power over ethernet for the security cameras and wireless access points. The solution also provides network switching between databases and clients. I manage the switches using the Aruba Central public cloud. 

Aruba gives me greater network visibility compared to an unmanaged solution. I mostly use unmanaged switches at other locations and offices.

I use Aruba Switches in Sri Lanka for their flexibility and reliability. The switches are affordable and have a warranty and compatibility with various solutions. They are suitable for both SMB and enterprise levels.

The features I find most valuable in Aruba Switches are their flexibility, reliability, and affordability. They offer multiple features and solutions that are compatible with existing systems. The lifetime warranty is a major advantage. Aruba Switches provide good security functionalities and quality of service.

We use Aruba Switches primarily as access switches, which are employed to provide network access to users. These switches are part of our existing infrastructure, replacing older models that have become damaged due to aging.

Aruba Switches help by providing a greater number of switch ports, offering better speed and more bandwidth to the users. This enhances the network's capacity, allowing for an aggregation of users without degradation in performance.

We use the solution in the education, manufacturing, and hospitality industries.

The solution helps us save costs.

Aruba switches are primarily used as L2 switches, with some used as L3 switches as well. The ProCurve series is most commonly used, rather than the HEC or 192 series. The switches are also used for IPTV and multicast.

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.

I use the tool in my company for our infrastructure's network switches, access points, and the controllers that the product provides.

There were some issues in Aruba Switches, specifically Aruba PoE Switches since working with it in our company damaged our network. The timer and the internal battery in Aruba Switches don't work sometimes, and if users want to replace the battery, it is not safe. Sometimes, there is a need to configure and reconfigure Aruba Switches every two or three months to avoid cutting off the power of the product. Considering the need to

reconfigure the switches in the controller when it comes to Aruba, I would say that, comparatively, Cisco is a stable product.

From an improvement perspective, I want Aruba Switches to have a longer life since it doesn't work properly after five years of use.

If a user wants to configure Aruba Switches after using it for five years, there is a need to keep reconfiguring the product, the controller, and access points every three to five months, which is very problematic. Considering the controllers or the access points attached to Cisco at multiple sites in our company, I can say that the switches from Cisco are good when it comes to the setup phase. If I compare the switches and controllers from Aruba and Cisco, I would say that the products that fall under Cisco's side are better.

Aruba Switches should have a longer life and not just a product that offers stability for five years. The tool should be able to function properly for around ten years. Considering factors like infrastructure, cost, management, and business decisions, the production is able to offer a long life to users.