Aruba Switches Valuable Features

Eunice Thirikwa

Chief Executive Officer at Talinda East Africa

In the hotel sector, IGMP 3 is particularly valuable for IPTV. The modular 5406 core switch is also very helpful for hotel operation.

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Charl Cronje

CTO at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I find the switches like CX 6200 and up, and the zero-touch provisioning through the management console to be valuable features. The solution is widely applicable to businesses like mine, thanks to its flexibility and compatibility with our warranty structure in South Africa.

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Theesula Majuwanagamage

Head Of ELV and ICT at Intec Systems Solution Pvt Ltd

The features I find most valuable in Aruba Switches are their flexibility, reliability, and affordability. They offer multiple features and solutions that are compatible with existing systems. The lifetime warranty is a major advantage. Aruba Switches provide good security functionalities and quality of service.

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Alessandro Salvadori

Sales Engineer at SGE

The durability of Aruba Switches is essentially beneficial since, once installed, we can forget about them for years. They typically have no problems at all. Scalability is significant since you can start from an economical product to a very high-end option, accommodating growth. View full review »

ChukwuemekaOnyemelukwe

Infrastructure Administrator - Server, Storage & Virtualization at MicroAccess Ltd

The Aruba Switches are valuable because they come with a large number of switch ports by default, including forty-eight ports with each being a one-gig port.

They also include additional ports for SFP modules, enhancing connectivity with the potential to support up to ten GB SFP modules.

Additionally, the speed of the processor allows for quicker boot-up times compared to Cisco switches.

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Marco Flores

Technology supervisor at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

One of the most valuable features of Aruba Switches is the security and cybersecurity features they have. Additionally, the networking and diagnostics are commendable. View full review »

UweSchmidt

Owner at SiT Global GmbH

The most significant features are their reliability and the options to change the ASICs. You can change a lot internally to improve performance.

For my personal use and experience, the documentation is very good. It’s very good documentation because the majority of American documentation, no matter if it’s a network product or other product, is always very good. It has been for even other products, not just IT products. And Aruba’s documentation is very well done.

It’s very well compared to some other documentation on the market from other manufacturers.

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Khaled Shaker

Head Of Technical Department at Modern establishment for supply and trading

With Aruba, I like its stability and lifetime warranty. I haven't seen any other vendors provide a lifetime warranty, which is the most preferred benefit with Aruba switches. Moreover, Aruba gives all its features from day one without any extra license.

Aruba offers VSX with its core switch. It is a redundancy. A call configured between two core switches or two distribution switches makes the two switches active for working. We can connect servers with the two core switches, and the connectivity between the server and the core switch is 20 gigabits with active forwarding. Other vendors provide this feature, but for data center switches, not LAN switches. This is a big feature with Aruba at layer code and distribution. At access, Aruba provides logically stacking switches. Especially the new 6000 series, which has the CX operating system. The CX operating system has logical stacking. Logical stacking does not require any modules.

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SunilNair1

AGM - Infrastructure & Information Security at Aster DM Healthcare Limited

The advantage I found is that they can be used as both on-premises devices and cloud-managed devices, with the option for an additional license to become cloud devices. This flexibility is very valuable to us.

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Dmitry Spomza

Consultant at Lantec

The most valuable features of Aruba Switches include the dual control plane, stackable features such as stack V6 and VSF stacks. Additionally, the switches work with all necessary features out of the box, without requiring additional licenses.

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Umer Uzair

Senior Manger - Solutions Design & Engineering at PureCS

They are easy to configure and integrate well with the Aruba ecosystem.

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Ilangovan Abdullah

Solutions Architect Infrastructure and Security Manager at Jumbo Electronics Co. Ltd. LLC.

The technology is equivalent to any other vendor in the market. The tool has comprehensive features. The products and services provided by Aruba are very stable and mature.

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Mahesh Sankhe

Project Manager at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features of Aruba Switches include the basic features like STP and RSTP, as well as its reliability and ease of installation. The hardware is also considered better than Cisco, which is a significant advantage.

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Sigma.3 - Ashroff

Director, Technical Solutions at Sigma.3 Pte Ltd

When it comes to basic L2 switching, we've found that Aruba switches are very user-friendly in terms of configuration and management. I haven't had the opportunity to utilize Aruba Central for managing the switches yet, so I can't speak to that aspect. However, overall, we've found the deployment process for Aruba switches to be very straightforward.

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Fizal A

Senior Solutions Architect at Royal Technology Solutions LLC

Aruba has a good switching solution. It has some basic security features and full switching features for the company. It’s not used as a security device, but it has some basic features like configuring ACL. However, it cannot be used as a complete security solution.

The primary thing our clients look for in Aruba, or HPE now since HP acquired Aruba, is cost-effectiveness. Aruba is a good choice if the customer has budget limitations. We recommend Aruba switches because they are less expensive than Cisco but still provide the same features.

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Reffy Mahesya

IT Infrastructure & Security at a university with 201-500 employees

The most valuable Aruba switch feature is the lifetime warranty. It is a plus point in the budget. Aruba some switches have a menu, so we can configure them without CLI. In addition, configuring is easier when using the menu.

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Wajid Khattak

Procurement Officer at Emerging Systems

The most valuable feature is that it's very easy to configure. Aruba is comparable to Cisco in this regard, and we are comfortable with them. Huawei Ethernet Switches are also easy to configure but we are less comfortable with them.

We can easily connect access points to these switches, and there are no major issues.

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reviewer956109

System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

I mentioned earlier that managing the switches through the cloud is very beneficial.

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Mukunthan RAJAGOPALAN

Works at ZENONLINE

The newest switches are pretty decent.

It is slightly more price effective than Juniper and it has a slightly larger range.

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Anjan Basu Chowdhury

Pre-Sales Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We like that it is very easy to manage the product through the cloud.

If you compare Aruba to other switches like Juniper, Aruba has constantly maintained a Gartner leadership position over the last ten years.

Aruba is a very, very powerful switch in terms of the modular operating system.

It has sensor-based analytical tools.

They have this multi-tier operative system to manage the data center environment or campus Wi-Fi, et cetera. Whatever the Aruba access point, the Wi-Fi device, and the Aruba switches, are both on a common platform. They have dynamic segmentation. The connectivity and the management are very easy as it is centralized.

There is a whole product range to choose from. They have a huge portfolio, from 1GB all the way up to 100GB. It offers a wide variety of variations.

The user interface is very good.

There are a lot of great features, like dynamic segmentation and a modular operating system, that users can take advantage of.

Aruba switches are a new generation of switches that allow each access point to carry different user data and have the capability of handling different policies. They can prioritize traffic based on policy or an IP address range, for example. If I have my own device and my work device on the same network, the permissions can be set differently so that my work device has certain access and my home device does not. Or I can request permission for my home device. It can pick up and adjust for authorized and non-authorized users.

Their hardware has been completely redesigned and has stringer processors and all kinds of different improvements.

They offer good DRAM and can support a multi-gig PoE.

There is multi-tier architecture within the switch itself.

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Alfred_Pullicino

IT Manager at Genesis Global

I like that I can cloud-manage my network. This is useful due to the fact that I have multiple offices.

It's a stable product.

We can scale as needed.

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Wajid Khattak

Procurement Officer at Emerging Systems

It is very easy to configure. Aruba and Cisco are more comfortable for us in terms of configurations, including VLAN and most technical things.

Aruba is similar to Huawei or any other brand.

It is very easy to set up.

The solution can scale.

It is very stable.

Technical support has been good.

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Michael-Sugg

President at Sovereign Managed Services

I like the Aruba Central platform. It makes a lot of sense. The switches have a lot of great capabilities. Central can lockdown VLANs and control the apps and protocols.

There are several built-in security features that I'm not utilizing. However, those capabilities are part of the reason I'm using enterprise switches in a small office. I like knowing that I can do these things when necessary.

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BenjaminRafrafi

System and Network Administrator at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

The most valuable features of Aruba Switches are the use of use and user-friendliness.

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HendrikVelloen

Senior Technical Specialist at TCM

One of the features I like most is the intuitive GUI dashboards the Aruba product provides. Having worked with various switches from different vendors, most of the focus is around the command line interface (CLI). Aruba also has a CLI, but their GUI is better than other manufacturers. You can easily log on to the GUI, you can see a nice visual dashboard presented, where you can check the status of switches, fans and power levels. At a glance you get a good overall view of what is happening.

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Brendin Lewis

Manager ITS at RTA

It's an excellent product. They're high-quality switches, and nothing has failed in the time that we've had them.

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Alper Umar

Network & Security Specialist at Prolink

Aruba Central is valuable. I use it for management.

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Wael-Kamal

IT consultant at Interact Technology Solutions

I like how Aruba switches integrate with On.

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Patricio Andres Tapia Jahiatt

Deputy Director of IT Operations at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

We find the connection while using Aruba to be very good.

Aruba has many good products that can be used with this solution. It has a good controller and antivirus.

The solution is stable.

Technical support is helpful and responsive.

It is pretty easy to implement the product.

Scaling the solution is possible.

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Abd Allah Jawish

System engineer at DCA

The most valuable features of Aruba Switches are the routing protocol and the basic functionality.

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Joshy Varghese

Managing Director at Evenor Info Solutions Pvt Ltd

The most valuable feature is the lifetime warranty.

The bandwidth is good.

The throughput is high.

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Ayman Said

Infrastructure System's Manager at ICAPP (Americana Group)

The most valuable feature is the switches are reliable and replaced for free if anything goes wrong.

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Marius Celliers

Managing Director Technology at Quantum Design and Engineering

This solution is really easy to use. It is much easier to use than Cisco. It's got a nice web interface for stepping up and an added warranty. We need this limited lifetime warranty on the switches because we also have service level agreements with our clients and I want to make sure we provide them with the best product.

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Tham Cm

Owner at Cmsa

We use all the features of Aruba Switches and find it very helpful.

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Sara Coronel

Senior Consulting and Design Engineer at Claro Ecuador

The solution is easy to use and quick to deploy.

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SunilNair

Director of Information Technology at Al Falah University

I like the number of available throughputs and its ability to have different speeds of ethernet cards or fiber-optic SFPs. It's a core switch, and you can configure it as per your requirements.

All the configuration details are well documented on the HP website or Aruba website, and one can easily refer to those and find all the relevant commands from the documentation itself. It's also easy to maintain this solution. It's also cheaper than competing products.

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reviewer1296138

Security & Infrastructure Architect at a consumer goods company with 51-200 employees

All of the networking products that we use are Aruba, so we use Aruba Central to manage them. This gives us a single place to look at land switches, wireless switches, and switches in other offices. It makes management a little easier.

It's the same type CLI commands to manage these.

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Ayman Said

Infrastructure System's Manager at ICAPP (Americana Group)

It's a reliable product that you can depend on.

You can use it for a long time without any issues.

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Suhaib Al-Khatib

System Engineer at Neogenesis technical solutions

Aruba's SameNet platform allows for a seamless transition from the data center to access switches, unlike Cisco, which has different operating systems for each. Additionally, Aruba offers zero licensing fees for Layer 3 features, and their solution is known for its stability.

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Nawaaz Toonah

Operations Manager at Cybernaptics

The most valuable feature is that we can manage everything centrally using Aruba Cloud Central. This allows us to check the network heartbeat, logs, alerts, finances, and more.

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Marcio Dalvi

Solution Architect at ISH Tecnologia

The most valuable features are the access point, fire control for clients, majority control, platform control in SSIGF, WiFi networking, and area monitoring.

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Mohamad Hasan

Infrastructure Staff at pmbs

It is a very good device for our company. It is stable and very scalable.

I use Aruba for access points, and they are our top devices here. They are helpful for our wireless connection.

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reviewer1798230

Network Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Their technical support is great. I have used Cisco products, and as compared to Cisco, Aruba's command-line syntax is not as complex. The command-line interface of Aruba switches is quite intuitive. It also has a graphical user interface. With Cisco, using the graphical user interface for configuration can be complex, whereas Aruba simplifies it, and you can easily use the graphical user interface. The configuration is secured. Their graphical user interface is quite robust.

There is a feature where you can use Bluetooth. You can set up a Bluetooth pairing connection and do the configuration through your phone.

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reviewer956109

System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

What's most valuable about this product is its basic bread-and-butter feature, e.g. network connectivity. We just needed something that's reliable, something that works, and we found those in Aruba Switches.

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Hossam Ismail

Network Team Lead at ElSewedy Education

The Aruba care support and the lifetime warranty are very valuable aspects.

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Ramesh Benure

Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

These switches have a good performance, and they are also quickly configurable.

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Hossam Ismail

Network Team Lead at ElSewedy Education

The most valuable features are stability, ease of management, and the monitoring tool.

These switches offer high availability and support stacking.

The audit feature gives me the ability to trust Aruba.

The layer three switches are very scalable and very reliable.

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reviewer1428423

Head of Technical Support at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees

One valuable feature about HP is the warranty. All switches are very similar when it comes to most functionalities. Mostly switches provide a one-year warranty, but with HPE switches, if there's a unit that malfunctions, we call them and they replace it the next business day if that line is still available. We had a switch we reported the other day, it was a 25-10, which we procured way back, around 2014, and they replaced it. In general, HP provides a lot of support for its products. We will be doing some tinkering on the VLAN soon, first the layer two, and then connecting the layer three functionalities for some other departments. The advantage of Aruba compared to other switches is their reliability. If the product is trustworthy, I'll continue to use it.

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reviewer1401510

Team leader technical support at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

What I like about the product is its open architecture, the API based line of thought, so to speak. There are plenty of options and possibilities for automation and programming. We see that as a way forward for networking as a whole. These are data center switches and it provides a good use case for programming and the like.

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it_user1290918

Assistant Manager IT at Suzuki Motor Gujtarat

Aruba switches are more flexible, easy to use, have a good topology and are self-managing.

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Aamir Hussain

Senior Network Specialist at Al Ghurair Investments

The most valuable feature is the security that these switches provide.

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Dariusz Moszyk

Manager IT at Hormann Legnica Sp. z o.o.

The solution's most valuable aspect is its monitoring capabilities. It works great for our organization.

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AmrIssa

Chief Information officer at Mobica Advanced

The most valuable features are the controller and the access points. Aruba access points have a good transfer rate.

It is powerful for the internet, the GUI is good, the configuration is very good, and it is very easy to use. In contrast, the Cisco configuration does not have a GUI.

Aruba has many features that are very good.

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Hamed Wasel

Sr. Security Network Engineer at Children's Cancer Hospital - Egypt 57357

The most valuable feature is the Aruba Smart Rate Port.

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it_user1033941

CTO at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The solution's most valuable aspect is that it integrates with ClearPass, which allows us to use the same management for wireless LAN and wired LAN.

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Aamir Hussain

Senior Network Specialist at Al Ghurair Investments

The switching configuration is very simple and not as complicated as Cisco. It's easy to do and the deployment is very quick.

When it comes to RMA, the replacement of Aruba parts is very good, and they are very prompt.

There is a limited lifetime warranty with the switches, so if we have any problems, the switch is replaced very quickly. As an example, if I call in the morning, by tomorrow I will receive a box with the replacement.

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Aslam Khabou

Systems and support engineer at Lan to Wan

The cloud management is very good.

Overall, it's a good solution. It is pretty robust.

The monitoring and notifications on offer are very helpful.

It can scale well.

It's stable.

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reviewer2106399

Network Engineer at a insurance company with 11-50 employees

Black time warranty is a valuable feature.

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Liyakath Muhammed

CEO at Radax Software Solutions

I find the most valuable feature is it is part of the Aruba family.

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Anil Ergunsah

Managing Partner & Technical Consultant at IT Expert

The most valuable feature of Aruba Switches is security.

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reviewer1793337

Presales Consultant at a non-profit with 11-50 employees

Aruba Switches are always innovating to bring new solutions to the market.

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reviewer1467366

IT at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

The product is user friendly, little to no faults and downtime.

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reviewer1460724

Chief Information Officer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Management-wise, this is a good solution.

This is a very stable switch.

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ManojKumar7

Senior Technical Officer at Sri Lanka Telecom Services

Aruba Central is very valuable to us.

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it_user1190679

Network Architect & Pre-Sales Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It has several awesome features. I actually prefer Aruba over Huawei.

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Steven Adema

Consultant at Visolity B.V.

The thing that I have found most valuable about the Aruba product is that it is very stable. It provides great performance and reliability.

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reviewer1193910

Network and Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features are the stability and compatibility with other products.

When comparing there is no other product on that market that can compare to the stability.

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Suhaib Al-Khatib

System Engineer at Neogenesis technical solutions

The most valuable aspect for our organization is the CX. It's wonderful.

H switches in the core layer are great. The configuration in the other vendors like Cisco for Data Center are different for H. We have Nexus for H, and we have Cisco Catalyst. While those switches are different and work in different ways, Aruba is the same for us, and this is a wonderful thing.

The initial setup is quick and easy.

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reviewer1372257

Network Security Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

We have found that the command line interface is very useful and very similar to Cisco devices. We have also found that the Aruba switches are very easy to use.

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reviewer1193910

Network and Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aruba is very easy to use, the GUI is very good and the command line is quite similar to Cisco, so it is very easy to configure.

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reviewer1033491

Networking Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We like the framework of fabric virtual switching. It is the only virtual link between two switches, particularly with the co-switching environment. The link helps us to avoid issues with the findings tool.

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reviewer1218558

IT Director at a government

The solution is very reliable. It's easy to use with other solutions.

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it_user1081542

Solutions Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I find all the special switches really valuable.

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WaelAwni

Engineer at NewLogics

This solution is easy to use.

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Alfred_Pullicino

IT Manager at Genesis Global

The cloud configuration is the most valuable feature of this solution. Watching in the cloud, propagating the actual devices themselves and the management of devices that are remote is valuable.

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JoseMolina

System Admins at The Office Gurus

The most valuable feature of Aruba Switches is the command-line interface (CLI). It is similar to Cisco's CLI, making the learning curve very small compared to other solutions.

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