3Com Baseline Switches (Discontinued) vs HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

As our company is growing we need to be able to upgrade our equipment. It is great for smaller companies.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

The cost, simplicity of use, lifetime hardware warranty and wide range of models make HPE Aruba a great fit nearly anywhere. HPE really stands by their switches with the lifetime hardware warranty. Once an issue is deemed to be hardware related I can expect to have a replacement very quickly. Usually, when I get a replacement it will be on my desk the next day.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Government Administration Company, 201-500 employees

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Pros

Great product used on a budget.
It gets the job done.
Better switches than most competitors.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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You can make Stack. That is how we use them, using stacking cables to connect up to 4 devices in our case.
Better OS than old HP series.
Great GUI if you don't like the CLI.
They support 2 power supplies for redundancy

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Engineer in Information Technology

Primary/Secondary Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Our network is slow.
Feels like things are not working properly at times.
Old equipment.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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They can enhance the cli a little bit more
Need to fix SNMPv3 to send more information instead of syslog type messages

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Professional in Information Technology

Primary/Secondary Education Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

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HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches 9.5

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It is a very good product, has almost all the feature you can need to access switches, a simple web GUI management, but not all can be configured from the GUI interface.

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Consultant in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I used Cisco and Cisco is a great product but more on the expensive side. This is a great product for smaller companies.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cisco Switches are build to last forever however they are more expensive to purchase. HP Switches work well the fans do go out from time to time which will cause the switch to fail. Aruba Switches are priced right and have software and hardware improvements over HP.

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Employee in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

Great price.
Great product for small company.
It was great before we expanded.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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Ease of deployment has cut back on labor hours.
Ease of management has allowed us to be more proactive to other potential issues that may occur on the network.

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Manager in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No