Name: HPE FlexFabric
Rating: 9.2 (6 reviews)
Author: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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Admissions and Enrollment

Online Proctoring Software

Education

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Contract Analysis

Corporate Performance Management (CPM)

Payment Facilitation

Visitor Management

Whistleblowing

Enterprise

Accounting

Payment Hubs

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Employer of Record (EOR)

HR Management

Payroll

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Cloud Storage

Complex Event Processing

Data Pipeline

Data Virtualization

Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)

Disk Cloning

Endpoint Security

Enterprise Service Bus

Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

Firewall

Fraud Detection

Hosted Virtual Desktop

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Interoperability

Network Performance Monitoring

Software Defined Networking (SDN)

Storage as a Service (STaaS)

User Virtualization

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Channel Management

Content Management

Email Marketing

Marketing Attribution

Marketing Automation

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Translation

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Transcription

Professional Services

Customer Onboarding

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Proposal

Sales Intelligence

Sales

Data-Centric Audit Protection (DCAP)

Intrusion Detection

Operational Technology (OT) Security

Security

Aviation

Construction Accounting

Construction Takeoff and Estimating

Fleet Maintenance

Fleet Management

Insurance Policy Administration Systems

Online Fax

Population Health Management

Public Transportation

Telemedicine

Text Analysis

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As a supplier of fabric networking, Extreme offers a portfolio of Ethernet and IP fabric solutions. Whether to transform a campus, data center, metro, or WAN,  Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches (ExtremeSwitching) fabric technologies aim to ensure a faster, more flexible, and more secure foundation for businesses.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) offers the FlexFabric product line of data center networking equipment.

HPE FlexFabric

Data Center Networking Equipment include managed switches and routers for creating and controlling networks, ensuring that devices can communicate and share resources effectively.

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Management tools

Complex to understand

Additional feature

Third party

Third party software

3rd party

Causes issues

High availability

High density

Easy to configure

Network infrastructure

Small footprint

High performance

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Data Center Networking Equipment and Solutions

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM)

SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM)

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM)

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN

HPE MSA

I work at a University and we currently use HPE FlexFabric to connect our core infrastructure at our data center as well as our backup data center. We use it as a higher switching capacity than the Aruba switch it replaced.

Product Usage

Pros and Cons

Things done well

Things done poorly

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.

Low latency.
High availability.
10GbE internet.

Most Important Features 3.4.21

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.

Return on Investment

Aruba line cannot compete with the HPE FlexFabric, we got nowhere close to the performance when using the Aruba and the Aruba had a couple fan failures.

Alternatives

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM), SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM), SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM), Aruba Networks Wireless WAN, HPE MSA

Other Software Used

HPE FlexFabric 2022-02-28 12:38:33

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

We use it for our primary and secondary data centers and they are very reliable and support 10GbE which we use. It also supports 40GbE which we are trying to implement.

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

Management tools, we use SolarWinds and had some trouble managing the devices.
Interoperability with 3rd party switches had some interface issues with connecting to Juniper switches.

It is very easy to configure and we never had an issue with the device in the 3 years we had it. I configured it once and just let it do its things. Could not be happier with that.

10GbE internet.
40GbE internet.
Low latency.

Easy to manage as we are an HP shop, so it works well with our other HP blades and switches.
Works well on heavy load, has been working continuously for over 3 years without error.

Compared to Cisco, HPE was easier to get support contracts and customer service was far more helpful.  Aruba is part of HP but the Aruba line cannot stack up to the Flexfabric in a high-performance data center environment.

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches and HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches

SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM), HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

HPE FlexFabric 2022-02-27 20:47:54

Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

I have implemented most of the HPE FlexFabric switches for multiple customers. The primary requirement was higher switching capacity and reliable OS, on top of that IRF stacking technology is excellent to have an error-free configuration and long-lasting reliability.

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

I am very much confident with the legacy hardware and robust software to operate the switches. But still, refresh is missing in that part.

Multiple variation within the product range.

It's a robust and rugged eco system so ROI is much higher than any other product.
To compete the competition, still much more to do.

Compared to the competition, FlexFabric products are easy to describe to the customer and post-sales management is simple.

Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches, Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches and Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches, HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Sr. Manager Presales

HPE FlexFabric 2022-02-23 09:38:44

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch

Aruba EdgeConnect

Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 1000)

GRID

Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR)

We are using it in our Data Center, it provides high-performing reliable connections. It reduces management complexities

Provides high density, keeping a small footprint
Reduces management complexities
Deliver business resilience and high availability

Because of its configurable flexibility, it is easy to implement any simple or complicated infrastructure

10Gb Ethernet
Configurable environment
Dual-ports in a 10GBASE adapter configuration

Affordable choice for workload-intensive computing environments
Increases network throughput by using the HPE FlexibleLOM form factor
It simplifies our network and storage topology

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

Aruba EdgeConnect (formerly Unity EdgeConnect from Silver Peak)

Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers (CGR 1000), Nokia 7750 Service Router (SR), Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch

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Mobile Application	No

HPE FlexFabric

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