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HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches

HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches

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What is HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches?

HPE offers Ethernet switches under the Aruba Networks product line.

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Aruba Switches are fantastic!

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 13, 2025
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We are using a couple of Aruba switches in our company. We are using a core switch in a cluster, and many other Aruba switches in the company. Approximately 15 switches are be...
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Administrator
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches3 years of experience

Robust network hardware that won't let you down.

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 9, 2025
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We primarily use HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches as our core and edge switches. In particular, their PoE offerings are excellent, as they are competitively priced and provide rock...
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Administrator
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches21 years of experience

Reliable and easy to use switching for a reasonable price

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 3, 2025
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We have a lot of POE phones and other devices that require reliable power and data routing. The HPE switches work very reliably and when you have an issue the support team is ...
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Director
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches8 years of experience

HPE Aruba Switches a great value, feature rich and excellent hardware.

Rating: 10 out of 10
May 20, 2023
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We currently use HPE Aruba switches in all our offices and in all the nodes in our MAN. These switches offer excellent value and features in our current usage. We currently ...
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Administrator
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches5 years of experience

Rock solid network switch and affordable price point

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 30, 2021
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We use them for our internal office LAN. It connects our firewall, desktops, servers, and soon to be phones.
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Chris Hein
Administrator - Information Technology
Systems Engineer
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HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches2 years of experience
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Product Details

What is HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches?

HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

HPE offers Ethernet switches under the Aruba Networks product line.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Smooth sailing to Aruba

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 27, 2021
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches are being used across the entire organization. Ease of deployment and management have made for a smooth transition to this product in our environment. They provice network connectivity for IP phones, WiFi access points, computers, and IoT devices
Pros
  • Ease of deployment
  • Ease of management
  • Reliability
Cons
  • Command line learning curve.
Likelihood to Recommend
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches are well suited for all types of network connectivity to include PoE devices. With high bandwidth and switch stacking features, it is capable of handling high network traffic. They would not be suitable for an SDWAN solution.

HPE Aruba Switches a great value, feature rich and excellent hardware.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
May 20, 2023
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently use HPE Aruba switches in all our offices and in all the nodes in our MAN. These switches offer excellent value and features in our current usage. We currently have around 80 switches and some other Aruba products in our network, so we need business-class products but also have a restrictive IT budget, so the HPE Aruba line of products meets our needs.
Pros
  • Easy to set up and configure.
  • Price
  • Good quality hardware.
  • Lifetime Warranty.
Cons
  • Expensive management software.
  • Some of the CX range of switches can be slow to boot/reboot.
  • Currently a lot of stock issues.
Likelihood to Recommend
We manage a lot of public infrastructure and schools which means we need reliable hardware that is easy to prep and install quickly due to time constraints. The price is great as we must keep a close eye on our budget. We use these switches in all types of situations and configurations some are full SFP and others are ethernet but honestly the software and hardware are great for our usage.

HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
April 30, 2021
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches are used across the whole organization.
Pros
  • REST API capability
  • Wired & Wireless 802.1x configuration easiness
  • Wireless Access Points (APs) zero touch provisioning
  • Its high-end family (running the AOS-CX firmware) supports a virtualization technology called VSX (Virtual Switching Extension) which allows 2 switches to present itself as one virtualized switch under Layer 2, and as 2 separate routers under Layer 3; thereby providing high availability.
Cons
  • The AOS-CX family should have an easy way to backup their configuration rather than using an automation tool like Ansible or Python or Network Analytic Engine (NAE) to do it. Its PVOS family has that functionality which makes it easy to backup its configuration. That same functionality should be transferred to the AOS-CX family as well.
  • ArubaOS CLI commands should have backward compatibility with PVOS switches. These two are one company now.
  • I understand that there are a lot of automation tools now for orchestration and device management purposes but, adding the ability of Cisco's Embedded Event Manager (EEM) would definitely add to its pros.
Likelihood to Recommend
Every switching functionality you need can be achieved with an Aruba switch.

HPE Aruba Switches are a cost-effective alternative

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
May 12, 2021
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Consumer Goods Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches
5 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use HPE Aruba Switches all over our organization. They allow us to use extra switch features such as VLAN and trunking compared to a "dumb" switch that has no management capability. We like that they support SSH and SNMP access so we can monitor them remotely.
Pros
  • Simple configuration
  • Easy firmware upgrades
  • Supported by HP for a long time
Cons
  • Web interface is a bit weird
  • Some things can't be done in the web interface
Likelihood to Recommend
HPE Aruba Switches are a good cost-effective alternative to high-end switches. They offer management capabilities which allow the extra features that are necessary in a corporate environment in today's world. Depending on budget, they may still be too expensive for some users.

HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches are a good choice

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 12, 2019
Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employees
Vetted Review
Reseller
HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches to give our collaborations network access and to connect access points. We use them to access and for distribution, not for the network core.
Pros
  • Easy web administration.
  • Good price and features.
Cons
  • Not all features are configurable from web GUI.
Likelihood to Recommend
We like HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches to provided network access to and from branch offices.
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