Cisco Optical Networking vs. HPE FlexFabric

Based on my experience, I think it's a goldmine for the experienced professional and a hectic job for newbies. I recommend newbies to have some experience and then jump to Cisco Optical Networking so that they can easily understand what they paid for and take the best out of it. It's best for network scalability so I highly recommend it to those who intend to scale their network in the near future however, if you know that your network will remain the same and you don't require it, there are cheaper options within Cisco.

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The switch is intuitive and very simple to configure so I would recommend it to anyone for their data center. It allows for someone who might just be a server expert and not a switching expert to have a far simpler time than would normally be expected.

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• Easy tool on quick reporting.
• Ability to keep the user alert.
• Great tool for multiple data management.

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• SCSI support.
• No additional license to unlock features.
• High availability.

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• Bugs on software IOS XR
• Migration from legacy gears
• Cost of NCS and new gen is too steep compared to competitors

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• Consistent upgrades and updates considering the breaches spreading in the network.
• Interoperability with third party software.

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Haven't used any other yet as my company was already using it when I joined, so don't really have any feedback here on this topic.

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HPE FlexNetwork 5510 HI delivers outstanding resiliency, security, and multiservice support while Aruba is more suitable for mobile network support

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• Easy and effective method to secure our data processing environment.
• Excellent transportation of many different data and very secure platform.
• Best data insights collection and easy reporting.

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• Performs well under stress, it is the core of our data center for over 3 years without any failures.
• Simplified our topology in our data center.

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