Aruba Switches Reviews

I work for a government department in Ecuador and we use this product for our projects. We are partners with Aruba. 

The solution is easy to use and quick to deploy. 

It takes a long time to import Aruba switches to Ecuador. 

I've been using this solution for seven months. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable, we have around 5,000 users. 

We pay a monthly fee for this solution. 

I rate this solution nine out of 10. 

The primary use is for client access and corporate use.

The most valuable features are the access point, fire control for clients, majority control, platform control in SSIGF, WiFi networking, and area monitoring.

I would like to see them integrate a monitoring solution. In addition, continue to develop features for easy configuration.

I have been using Aruba Switches for years.

Aruba Switches have good stability.

Aruba Switches is scalable.

I have found that technical support is easy and fast for troubleshooting.

Positive

The setup was straightforward and the configuration was not hard.

I would rate Aruba Switches a nine out of ten.

We are using the 6000 and 2005 series.

I'm not sure if they have the core switch series as well.

I have been using this solution for two years.

It's stable.

The scalability is reasonable. 

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

It is a very good device for our company. It is stable and very scalable.

I use Aruba for access points, and they are our top devices here. They are helpful for our wireless connection.

Aruba's website should be localized to support the Indonesian language. The content of their website and the help desk should be in the Indonesian language.

Its price can be improved. It is a little bit expensive.

I have been using this solution for about five years.

It is stable.

It is very scalable.

I have not directly contacted their support. I can directly get information from the web. If I have any questions, I ask them on the Aruba forum. 

It is a little bit expensive. It can be cheaper.

I would rate it a nine out of ten. Our employees and our customers enjoy it and are satisfied with it.

We are using these switches for our office network and site-to-site connectivity.

Their technical support is great. I have used Cisco products, and as compared to Cisco, Aruba's command-line syntax is not as complex. The command-line interface of Aruba switches is quite intuitive. It also has a graphical user interface. With Cisco, using the graphical user interface for configuration can be complex, whereas Aruba simplifies it, and you can easily use the graphical user interface. The configuration is secured. Their graphical user interface is quite robust.

There is a feature where you can use Bluetooth. You can set up a Bluetooth pairing connection and do the configuration through your phone.

There is an issue with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), but it is escaping me. We aren't using this feature yet, but it is something we are considering.

It has been a little over a year.

It is very stable. One time, I had a VSF problem, but that was in the hardware, and they replaced it. We have so many devices, and that was the only one with which we had an issue.

Their technical support is great.

There are just two of us for its deployment and maintenance.

Cost-wise, you get some good savings as compared to Cisco. 

Aruba switches are pretty good. They are robust, and they do pretty much everything that Cisco is doing. 

I would rate these switches a nine out of 10.

What's most valuable about this product is its basic bread-and-butter feature, e.g. network connectivity. We just needed something that's reliable, something that works, and we found those in Aruba Switches.

What I'd like to see in Aruba Switches in the next release would be more security features. 

We've been using Aruba Switches for almost one year.

My impression of Aruba Switches in terms of scalability is that it's a scalable product.

We switched from Cisco to Aruba because of pricing. Cisco was a more expensive product, and we didn't see the value in paying additional for something that's very basic. There was nothing specifically in the Cisco product that we needed, which wasn't in Aruba Switches.

The initial setup for Aruba Switches was easy, and it only took between 20 to 30 minutes.

Pricing for this product is reasonable.

We evaluated Cisco Ethernet Switches.

We have some Aruba Switches and access points, but I can't recall which version we're using.

I'm just an end user of this product, e.g. not a partner or reseller. 

Deployment of this product is on-premises, but the management of Aruba Switches is on public cloud. This product is installed and used on-premises.

This product is something that we set and forget, and we didn't have difficulties from the time we set these Aruba Switches up, to present. I can't think of any area for improvement.

We have 15 people using Aruba Switches in our company.

I don't have any advice for people who want to implement Aruba Switches. This product is reliable and easy to implement. There won't be a lot of difficulty with implementing it. It's a good product and has a straightforward implementation.

I'm rating Aruba Switches eight out of ten.

We have more than 105 switches with different models including 2930, 5412, and 8300 with 3-tier topology.

The Aruba switching solution is stable. Its credibility is great and the GUI is user-friendly.

The Aruba care support and the lifetime warranty are very valuable aspects. 

The log viewer should be improved. All required features already exist.

I've used the solution for about 2 years and 4 months and I am still using it.

I am working in a solution-based company. Whenever we get the product, we create a template and deploy it on the customer's site.

We deal with different versions of this product based on a customer's requirements. I have deployed three Aruba 320M Series switches. One of our customers is a marketing company, and they used Aruba switches for LAN purposes. They used the 2930 and 3810 series, and we configured them according to their requirements with LAN, lags, trunking port, etc.

These switches have a good performance, and they are also quickly configurable. 

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.

I did not have any issues related to its stability.

It is easy to scale. Our customers are medium-sized companies.

Their support is good. We once faced an issue related to the programming or configuration of a switch, and we had raised a ticket with them. Their support engineer had a look and resolved the issue.

We also use Cisco switches. In terms of configuration, Cisco switches are easier than Aruba switches. The configuration commands of Aruba switches are quite similar to Cisco switches. There is just a little bit of difference in the trunking commands and lab configuration.

In terms of scalability, security, and performance, there is no difference between Cisco and Aruba switches. In terms of features, the VRF feature in Aruba switches is better than the one in Cisco switches. This feature is called stack in Cisco switches.

It is a simple process. It is easy to configure Aruba switches. 

The deployment duration depends on customer requirements and the number of switches. For a small setup, we can do the configuration within one or two days. For a big setup, it will take more time.

We are an integrator. We also do the maintenance.

I don't know the exact cost of the licensing, but based on what I have heard from my sales team, Aruba is affordable. Aruba switches are cheaper than the switches from Cisco and other vendors.

I would recommend this solution depending on the requirements. It is easy to use and affordable. It is cheaper than other solutions.

I would rate Aruba switches an eight out of ten.