I mainly use Huawei Switches and also work with Huawei Wireless. I deal with both Huawei and Cisco Switches, and I find Huawei to be more cost-effective.
Senior Network Consultant at Advanced Technical Solutions
Real User
Top 10
Sep 20, 2024
We are partners and work for the customer as a partner as well as an integrator. The use case is for connecting a central location with some branches using Huawei Ethernet Switches. The configuration is easy with a GUI apart from the command line. We used only the basic features, focusing on configuring VLANs and routing between them.
Product Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
MSP
Top 20
May 21, 2024
We provide Huawei Ethernet Switches as a solution our customers based on their project requirements; we prefer this solution over Aruba due to its affordability. But Huawei Ethernet Switches have almost equivalent features to their Aruba counterparts. Huawei can be considered as a tier-1 switches provider.
Head Of Information Technology Department at Evyol Group
Real User
Top 20
Apr 22, 2024
The main reason I chose Huawei Ethernet Switches was because when I received the purchase quotation, Huawei gave me a timeline of seven months, but on the other hand, Cisco gave me a timeline of one and a half months to deliver the switches. I wanted to upgrade my network, which is the first reason why I chose Huawei. The second reason I chose Huawei Ethernet Switches was because of its cost. The product is cost-effective. The third reason for choosing Huawei Ethernet Switches was because its training phase was simpler compared to Cisco.
Administrator/ Enterprise Architect at a consumer goods company with 1-10 employees
Reseller
Top 10
Mar 1, 2024
Our primary use case is for telecommunication companies like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, Huawei Ethernet Switches. It serves as the backbone for connectivity, internet access, and user profiles.
Huawei Ethernet Switches can be useful for a lot of things, including office deployments, and since most of our company's clients use them for build and test purposes and other things.
Huawei has a portfolio of switches for access, aggregation, and core layers. They offer various solutions for different use cases and meet the requirements of other projects. For example, we use Fort Knox cloud compass solution for cloud networking. Huawei switches come in small, medium, and large capacities and can be used for monitoring and switching. They also offer alternatives like Huawei Altheirs, which provides all-in-one switching, security, and VPN routing functions for routers.
Our clients are using Huawei Ethernet Switches to power their cameras, and ethernet-powered devices. Additionally, the solution is connected to workstations, other endpoints, and wireless access points.
Huawei Switches are part of our network elements. It is part of our internal IT infrastructure to connect various aspects of our network domains together.
Senior Software and Cloud Engineer at Velocis Technologies LLC
Real User
Jul 19, 2022
Most of the Huawei routers we use are for alternative network connections. For example, we have our fiber internet, which is connected through Cisco. However, during downtime, we connect Huawei to the 4G network through their routers. They provide an alternative connection. They also provide Wi-Fi on the premises.
Information Security Manager at a recruiting/HR firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Sep 1, 2021
At the moment we are putting in a virtual Juniper SRX within our network to replace the Huawei points in our data centers, and we're upgrading our site infrastructure, switches and routers to Junipers. We are going from Huawei, which we haven't been happy with because they're not within our security listings and need updating, to Juniper switches and routers and Sophos access points. The routers and switches that we're replacing with the Junipers and the Sophos access points are within our sites to run the wifi access points.
We use the solution in-house. The network we have is not a very large one and we have in the vicinity of 300 terminals. So, it is used with IP telephony. We also use the solution for all the classic interactions between the terminals and memories, which is how these switches are classically used. This is different than the cases that we study and we tell our clients what to do since we are an engineering consultancy. So, we work with the government building for more than 3,000 access points. This would involve hospitals with 2,000 or more access points in respect of medical energy. We are currently working on towers building and are endeavoring to move into a passive optical local area network. The switches will be replaced by splitters. This is a completely optical device by which the switch is at the office or the room end. I foresee this as the future, in which the entire layer of switches will disappear. I don't know if you are up to speed on the current trends, but these concern passive optical local area networks in which all the intelligent switching is in the main room with the big OLTs. In this case we are splitting an optical, meaning the fiber will go to the room or even to the device, not to the office. This will depend on whether the device has an optical interface. So, we are making strides and advising our customers, which is not easy.
Network Architect & Pre-Sales Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Reseller
Aug 26, 2020
I am a Huawei reseller, so I supply these switches to my customers. The use case is just for general corporate office connectivity from the desktops through to the data center.
Our primary use case is for peer to peer links and for the ISP. We connect end users to it and we have over 50 users of this product. I'm a Wireless Network Design Engineer.
Network Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Mar 4, 2020
For my own use case, I am a reseller for the switches. For my clients' use case, it is using the products as switches to build out their network connections.
It Asset Management Lead at Dangote Industries Limited
Real User
Feb 16, 2020
We utilize the solution for asset layers and then also for the core. The ones around the core have been failing, and I've been replacing them as they fail with Cisco replacements.
Senior System Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Feb 16, 2020
The primary use case for this solution is more appropriate for small businesses than bigger ones, and is for internal and distribution switches, as well as for using power apps.
We use it for architecture, commissioning, provisioning, installation and product shooting, reports and networking from TV, IP broadbands, networks, large networks, longer networks, DWDM systems, IPTV server, SIT Server, POYT, and also CCTV networks for security cameras.
Huawei SOHO & SMB Switches, an Energy-saving Ethernet access switches with service features that are easy to install and maintain. It has a S1700 Series Enterprise Switches that caters from small- to medium-sized businesses and Internet cafes.
The primary use case for Huawei Ethernet Switches is for network purposes, including SaaS services.
I mainly use Huawei Switches and also work with Huawei Wireless. I deal with both Huawei and Cisco Switches, and I find Huawei to be more cost-effective.
We are partners and work for the customer as a partner as well as an integrator. The use case is for connecting a central location with some branches using Huawei Ethernet Switches. The configuration is easy with a GUI apart from the command line. We used only the basic features, focusing on configuring VLANs and routing between them.
We've used them in shopping malls, hotels, and educational institutions for their campus LAN networks, along with Cisco switches and WLCs.
We provide Huawei Ethernet Switches as a solution our customers based on their project requirements; we prefer this solution over Aruba due to its affordability. But Huawei Ethernet Switches have almost equivalent features to their Aruba counterparts. Huawei can be considered as a tier-1 switches provider.
The main reason I chose Huawei Ethernet Switches was because when I received the purchase quotation, Huawei gave me a timeline of seven months, but on the other hand, Cisco gave me a timeline of one and a half months to deliver the switches. I wanted to upgrade my network, which is the first reason why I chose Huawei. The second reason I chose Huawei Ethernet Switches was because of its cost. The product is cost-effective. The third reason for choosing Huawei Ethernet Switches was because its training phase was simpler compared to Cisco.
Our primary use case is for telecommunication companies like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, Huawei Ethernet Switches. It serves as the backbone for connectivity, internet access, and user profiles.
Huawei Ethernet Switches can be useful for a lot of things, including office deployments, and since most of our company's clients use them for build and test purposes and other things.
We use the product for IT infrastructure requirements.
We used the solution to connect the SCADA locations of an electrical company.
Huawei has a portfolio of switches for access, aggregation, and core layers. They offer various solutions for different use cases and meet the requirements of other projects. For example, we use Fort Knox cloud compass solution for cloud networking. Huawei switches come in small, medium, and large capacities and can be used for monitoring and switching. They also offer alternatives like Huawei Altheirs, which provides all-in-one switching, security, and VPN routing functions for routers.
We use the product to provide access and edge connectivity to customers.
I've been selling Huawei switches here in Pakistan. This is used as a switch. It can be used for firewalls and other PoE switches.
Our clients are using Huawei Ethernet Switches to power their cameras, and ethernet-powered devices. Additionally, the solution is connected to workstations, other endpoints, and wireless access points.
Our company uses the solution to provide aggregation and access networks for customers.
The solution is deployed on-premises.
It's to connect our devices like IT comms and our end users to the the company's data center.
We are using Huawei Ethernet Switches within the education, and oil and gas banking industry.
Huawei Switches are part of our network elements. It is part of our internal IT infrastructure to connect various aspects of our network domains together.
Most of the Huawei routers we use are for alternative network connections. For example, we have our fiber internet, which is connected through Cisco. However, during downtime, we connect Huawei to the 4G network through their routers. They provide an alternative connection. They also provide Wi-Fi on the premises.
Huawei Ethernet Switches are used in a hospital environment to run critical applications, operation data, and medical equipment.
We use the solution for user servers and websites within our company.
We use the product for Layer Three and Layer Two distribution and access.
We primarily use the solution for access and distribution switches.
We primarily use the solution for connecting internal users to access systems, switch to switch.
Huawei Ethernet Switches allow your devices and the network to connect with one another. It can also provide internet access.
We use this solution for access switches in remote locations.
At the moment we are putting in a virtual Juniper SRX within our network to replace the Huawei points in our data centers, and we're upgrading our site infrastructure, switches and routers to Junipers. We are going from Huawei, which we haven't been happy with because they're not within our security listings and need updating, to Juniper switches and routers and Sophos access points. The routers and switches that we're replacing with the Junipers and the Sophos access points are within our sites to run the wifi access points.
We use the solution in-house. The network we have is not a very large one and we have in the vicinity of 300 terminals. So, it is used with IP telephony. We also use the solution for all the classic interactions between the terminals and memories, which is how these switches are classically used. This is different than the cases that we study and we tell our clients what to do since we are an engineering consultancy. So, we work with the government building for more than 3,000 access points. This would involve hospitals with 2,000 or more access points in respect of medical energy. We are currently working on towers building and are endeavoring to move into a passive optical local area network. The switches will be replaced by splitters. This is a completely optical device by which the switch is at the office or the room end. I foresee this as the future, in which the entire layer of switches will disappear. I don't know if you are up to speed on the current trends, but these concern passive optical local area networks in which all the intelligent switching is in the main room with the big OLTs. In this case we are splitting an optical, meaning the fiber will go to the room or even to the device, not to the office. This will depend on whether the device has an optical interface. So, we are making strides and advising our customers, which is not easy.
Our primary use case of this product is to layer devices and connect to switches.
This product is used in our network infrastructure for normal office use.
I use these switches for personal use, as the infrastructure for my network. It allows me to connect to the internet.
The Huawei Ethernet Switches help to make up our network infrastructure.
I am a Huawei reseller, so I supply these switches to my customers. The use case is just for general corporate office connectivity from the desktops through to the data center.
The primary use case of this solution is for connections in an enterprise company.
Our primary use case is for peer to peer links and for the ISP. We connect end users to it and we have over 50 users of this product. I'm a Wireless Network Design Engineer.
For my own use case, I am a reseller for the switches. For my clients' use case, it is using the products as switches to build out their network connections.
We utilize the solution for asset layers and then also for the core. The ones around the core have been failing, and I've been replacing them as they fail with Cisco replacements.
The primary use case for this solution is more appropriate for small businesses than bigger ones, and is for internal and distribution switches, as well as for using power apps.
We use it for architecture, commissioning, provisioning, installation and product shooting, reports and networking from TV, IP broadbands, networks, large networks, longer networks, DWDM systems, IPTV server, SIT Server, POYT, and also CCTV networks for security cameras.
We use Huawei Ethernet Switches as part of our network.
We primarily use the solution for user accessibility.
The solution is an IoT router but we primarily use it as the layer for industrial switches for CCTV video transmission.
We use the on-premises model for our internet company. We only use it for that situation.