We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and Cisco Nexus 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."It is straightforward to set up."
"The online monitoring tool and the configuration of the application with the tool are valuable features."
"The initial setup is simple."
"Instant On Switches' best feature is the 1930, which is stackable."
"Its customer service is good."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The solution is plug-and-play and auto-configured."
"The dashboard for clients is very nice."
"Cisco Nexus has good overall reliability and configuration options. It is fairly straightforward to access the switching platforms."
"It's easy to use, and the performance is great."
"Cisco Nexus has been very stable. No issues. It's been rock solid. We haven't had any issues with it in the last twelve months."
"The initial setup is easy."
"When it comes to data centers, Cisco Nexus is the best."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the power."
"The most valuable feature is the automation that we can do with it."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability."
"The price has room for improvement."
"You cannot use many VLANs, like VLAN 10, VLAN 20, VLAN 30, and VLAN 100 on Aruba Instant On AP."
"It is not a very scalable solution."
"The solution does not have any console access. For example, if you do not have internet access on your side and you need to configure anything, you should at least have CLI access to do something or manage the solution to put to some IP. It will only work if we have a TSCT on the network."
"Tracking with instant switches needs improvement."
"They could provide additional uplink ports, such as eight instead of four. It will be beneficial for our use case."
"In general, mostly in Instant On series, if we could have much more control on the switches, at least. We'd like a CLI access so that, when we want to do some advanced configurations we could."
"The product's startup speed is very bad, as it is very slow."
"The flexibility and configuration could be better."
"The solution has room for improvement in terms of the learning curve."
"One improvement needed is support for Multi-CAD scale that we were concerned about. We're not hitting any limits at this point."
"There is limited guidance in terms of the use and configuration of Cisco Nexus for specific use cases. The documentation is not comprehensive, and you have to do a lot of online research."
"As a device meant to lead the processes related to networking and troubleshooting, I feel both aspects can be described as areas with certain concerns where improvements are required."
"Areas in which the solution have room for improvement are the interface, management, and reporting."
"We have encountered some software bugs."
"We lag on the configuration. The changes make a difference in troubleshooting."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 22 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant On Switches writes "A very stable tool that needs to offer better startup speed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with HPE ProCurve, Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and HPE ProCurve. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. Cisco Nexus report.
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