Name: HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN
Rating: 6.4 (25 reviews)
Author: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

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Workforce Analytics

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Human Resources

AI Agent Builder

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Component Content Management

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Fraud Detection

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Internet of Things (IoT)

Managed Print

Network Performance Monitoring

Process Mining

Security Awareness Training

Software Defined Storage (SDS)

Solid State Drives

Tower Servers

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

VoIP Monitoring

Web Application Firewalls

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Business Card Scanning

Content Management

Data Management

Digital Analytics

Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)

Email Management

Email Marketing

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Marketing OS

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The HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN platform addresses the challenges associated with backhauling cloud-destined traffic to the data center, thereby reducing the cost of bandwidth connectivity from the data center to cloud providers.

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Software-Defined WAN Solutions

We currently use HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution as our method for connecting our sites via SD-WAN. Primarily our environment is a fully meshed environment, which is an easy to configure option with the HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution. It's a very reliable product which allows for our high uptime demands that has come with an amazing customer vendor relationship.

Linking multiple sites quickly and efficiently
High uptime
HA Configurations with active active load balancing
Fully SaaS controller that is only dependent upon WAN devices having internet access (which they should be plugged into)

There are a lot of menus for items to hide under
Often there are alarms that are false positives due to bugs in the code - these are usually rectified in the next patch but that seems to be a common occurrence with updates
Can only have 7 "BIOs" - which are effectively policies that you use to choose how traffic is handled in terms of routing and QoS
Devices throughput is capped by Aruba licensing meaning that's an additional concern you'll have to monitor and take into consideration when choosing ISPs.
Alerts sometimes don't tell you things you'd like to know (like when a site is nearing its bandwidth cap)

It's simplified and expedites traffic by building and managing tunnels between all sites
Does have integrations with Zscaler Internet Access which is a product we've recently onboarded
Has a semi high learning curve as it can do a lot (suffers from the same issue as Aruba ClearPass where it can do so much which makes it a daunting tool to learn, but a powerful one)

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We are utilizing the Aruba Software Defined WAN (SD WAN) as a means to give us far reaching access to remote and geographically separate sites that will enable them to function the same (or similar) to how they would directly on the LAN. It has solved the problem of not being able to manage these locations as if they were local.

Fairly easy to manage once its setup and running
Updates are easy and handled with little downtime
Price is just right for the product functionality

Configuring the product initially can be complex and confusing
Support could respond quicker
More features would always be nice

Changed the way we manage remote sites
Saved us funds in the LAN budget
Created new opportunities to roll out functions at these sites

Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued), Dell EMC PowerFlex (formerly VxFlex or VxRack), Cisco Aironet 1800 Series Access Points

Software Defined WAN is growing a lot this year and when we had some issues connecting to our external and remote locations we needed something that could also manage those sites in one easy place. We had trouble doing this with our existing infrastructure, but now our sites are all connected with the [Aruba Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)] and we couldn't be happier.

An intricate system of connections that make it seem like your outside sites are all on one single LAN
Well priced in their category as others are a bit pricier for the same services
Aruba is backed by a well staffed support team that can get you through your issues

Ran into some weird bugs along the way that required support to address
Not having physical devices that you can reboot yourself takes a bit of control away
Administrators have a bit of a learning curve in figuring out the new system

ROI is still to be determined as you have to calculate the existing hardware costs
Theoretically you could be saving lots of time managing all the hardware in between sites
SDWAN is still new and may take an entirely new budget to accomplish

Dell EMC Networker, Juniper WLA & WLC Series (discontinued), Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers

Aruba Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) is being used as a means to centralize some specific remote sites in our organization. It's a way to centrally manage them as opposed to the problem of managing each specific router at each site as a solo network. It helps us solve the issue of deploying rules and changes separately, which would be much more time consuming.

The software and web interface is nicely designed
Fewer bugs than some other competing services

The right support team for your product can be difficult to get ahold of
Integration with Cisco is not as super tight as integration with Aruba devices
Some of the advanced features are difficult to use

It has created a bit of overhead as another control panel that needs to be managed
Recovery of invested costs will take some time
Time is saved on the separate management of sites

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HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN

Overview

What is HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect SD-WAN?