We performed a comparison between Aruba Instant On Switches and Cisco Nexus 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 quite easy to maintain from the software point of view."
"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."
"The cost and simplicity of the product are its most valuable features."
"The stability is fine. I would rate the stability a nine out of ten. Almost a ten on a ten."
"The tool's best part is the commercials. Its pricing is lower compared to other enterprise products. We pitch the product to customers who have budget constraints. Its implementation is plug-and-play."
"We use Aruba Instant On Switches for general communication, sending files, and going to the internet."
"Regarding the feature, my clients are currently favoring it because it enables them to switch back to phone functionality."
"The most valuable feature of the 7700 series is probably the multi-context subset VRS, which lets you use multi-VRS, multi-context, and also VPC setup, where you have two logical devices that are still separate in terms of management planes, but have shared, virtual core channels."
"Cisco Nexus has improved the way our organization functions through the troubleshooting. We had issues where we've seen our links saturated. We were able to determine what was being processed on the link."
"We have found that logical tenant segregation to be the most useful feature."
"The consolidation of all of the layer two ports into one rack is very valuable."
"The interface is easy to use. It is not much different from iOS, but you can use it on a larger scale in data centers."
"The implementation was straightforward and the product is stable."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and throughput."
"The scalability of Cisco Nexus is good. We've had them for the entire lifetime. We've never had to upgrade them yet."
"They could provide additional uplink ports, such as eight instead of four. It will be beneficial for our use case."
"Some customers have made complaints about Aruba Instant On Switches' stability."
"They should extend the marketing and talk about Aruba's success stories throughout the region."
"Its scalability needs improvement."
"Instant On Switches' layer 3 and visibility could be improved."
"The support needs improvement."
"You cannot use many VLANs, like VLAN 10, VLAN 20, VLAN 30, and VLAN 100 on Aruba Instant On AP."
"The solution’s GUI should be improved a bit."
"We have encountered some software bugs."
"One improvement needed is support for Multi-CAD scale that we were concerned about. We're not hitting any limits at this point."
"The product could be updated more frequently for other phone model support."
"There is limited guidance in terms of the use and configuration of Cisco Nexus for specific use cases. The documentation is not comprehensive, and you have to do a lot of online research."
"The cost of the support can be improved. We had critical operations, and we needed 24/7 support for 365 days, which was quite expensive. We had to go for a very costly support contract, which was really a concern. The availability of spare parts, especially in a remote location such as Egypt, can also be improved."
"My only complaint is that not all of the ports on it are enabled from the start."
"The pricing must be improved."
"We lag on the configuration. The changes make a difference in troubleshooting."
Aruba Instant On Switches is ranked 4th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews. Aruba Instant On Switches is rated 8.4, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. 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 Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Aruba Instant On Switches is most compared with HPE ProCurve, Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and HPE ProCurve. See our Aruba Instant On Switches vs. Cisco Nexus report.
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