Item: HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with HPE FlexFabric

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Switching capacity.
High availability.

Cons

3 party Management tools.

Most Important Features

Low latency.
High availability.
10GbE internet.

Return on Investment

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.

Alternatives Considered

HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches

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.

Key Insights

Do you think HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches again?

Yes

Other Software Used

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

Likelihood to Recommend

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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