We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and Cisco FabricPath based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is easy for deployment and configuration."
"The solution is plug-and-play and auto-configured."
"The online monitoring tool and the configuration of the application with the tool are valuable features."
"It is a very stable solution."
"The solution provides GUI control, making it particularly suitable for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and small office/home office (SOHO) networks."
"Aruba's management solutions, like Aruba Central are valuable."
"Its customer service is good."
"Setup is easy."
"The technical assistance is good."
"As I mentioned earlier, the durability, flexibility, and security of Cisco devices are notable. Particularly with switches, the capability to implement multiple VLANs and easily aggregate the network has been advantageous. The ability to have different VLANs and aggregate the network without complications is a key feature of Cisco FabricPath."
"The setup is straightforward."
"It's a reliable product and you know that it will work in the enterprise environment."
"The most valuable features are the lead time and the high quality of the product."
"We can also enhance our service line with disaster recovery."
"It is stable and reliable."
"Cisco is the market leader in this space and it is a product that I recommend."
"The product must be integrated with Aruba Central for better management."
"In general, mostly in Instant On series, if we could have much more control on the switches, at least. We'd like a CLI access so that, when we want to do some advanced configurations we could."
"You cannot use many VLANs, like VLAN 10, VLAN 20, VLAN 30, and VLAN 100 on Aruba Instant On AP."
"Its scalability needs improvement."
"The price has room for improvement."
"The solution’s GUI should be improved a bit."
"We would like to see more documentation."
"They could provide additional uplink ports, such as eight instead of four. It will be beneficial for our use case."
"The product lacks AI...The initial setup of Cisco FabricPath was a bit complex."
"The prices for FabricPath are very high, and Cisco also takes a long time to deliver products (in Mexico, the delivery time is eight months)."
"Improvements could be made on specific technical issues such as implementation."
"In terms of the series, I find that the integration with other teleconferencing applications needs to be more seamless. I have suggested to Cisco that the endpoint device should allow joining calls from Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and other teleconferencing applications. Additionally, I appreciate the recent inclusion of breakout sessions in the Cisco Webex application, which enhances its relevance in the networking field."
"The pricing could be adjusted to make it easier to sell to clients."
"If Cisco can include management for this protocol in Layer 3, that would be ideal."
"I would like one management console to control the network."
"The solution is complex to set up."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while Cisco FabricPath is ranked 8th in LAN Switching with 22 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while Cisco FabricPath is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Aruba Instant On Switches writes "A very stable tool that needs to offer better startup speed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco FabricPath writes "Makes multi-layer networking easy and increases network efficiency". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with HPE ProCurve, Cisco Catalyst Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Cisco Nexus, whereas Cisco FabricPath is most compared with Juniper QFabric, Cisco Nexus and Arista Campus LAN Switches. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. Cisco FabricPath report.
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