We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Ubiquiti Networks and others in Ethernet Switches."The most valuable feature is the Aruba Smart Rate Port."
"There is a limited lifetime warranty with the switches, so if we have any problems, the switch is replaced very quickly."
"Aruba Switches are definitely stable."
"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."
"The solution's most valuable aspect is its monitoring capabilities."
"We like the framework of fabric virtual switching."
"These switches have a good performance, and they are also quickly configurable."
"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."
"The installation is very straightforward."
"I have found the solution to have good scalability. Cisco is the pioneers on switching technology, they are very good."
"We only use the basic features and we find that it works well."
"It's for industry products, so it's easy to use."
"The procedures and handling of these switches are easy."
"You can tap into all of the features for your virtual workload environment."
"The most valuable feature is the performance."
"Cisco switches are trouble-free. They are reliable, and their performance is excellent."
"The solution is certainly scalable."
"The solution is easy to use and has good integration."
"The thing that sets Juniper apart from most switches is that when you're in the command line and you make a configuration change, you just write the command and then say "commit confirmed minutes". For example, I'm configuring a switch here in my office, which is five miles away, and I say, "commit confirmed 5". If I can't get back to the interface within five minutes to be able to make sure the switch came up, it rolls back to the previous configuration. This way I do not get locked out, or the switch doesn't get messed up because of the incorrect configuration. That's an automatic feature, which is pretty slick. I haven't seen that feature with other vendors that I've worked with. That's probably my most favorite feature."
"The ease of management through the command line interface is very good."
"The most valuable feature is the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)."
"It's easy to use."
"I would rate this solution a 10 out of 10 for scalability."
"In terms of performance, Juniper switches have a more user-friendly interface and more features than Cisco products."
"It would be good if I could get a 24-port, 10 gig module."
"The migration from older to newer products could be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing because the Aruba Central licenses add a high cost."
"The log viewer should be improved."
"I think that the performance is getting better but they need to have more powerful switches on the market so that they can capture medium and large businesses."
"In the next release, I would like to see network access control on the switches themselves. I would like to see security functionalities when it comes to monitoring the bit of the wireless section of the switches."
"The dashboard could be improved, especially for the CX Switches. It would help to push scripts and configurations via an easy to use dashboard, one which would give us complete visibility of all of our switches in one place. Right now, we have more than one dashboard for Aruba. It would be nice if it was centralized."
"There is a long delay in receiving Aruba Switches when ordered. There should not be a long delay in receiving the solution. Additionally, there should be a lifetime warranty to compete with other solutions."
"Cisco Ethernet Switches could improve if they removed the command line interface and replaced it with a better GUI. It is too difficult at the moment, we always need to figure out the commands."
"You have to be Cisco-certified to work on Cisco products, so we can't get into Cisco to do even basic configurations."
"Cisco's pricing can be a concern, particularly with support fees."
"Cisco has a licensing procedure that is very complicated and it changes every six months."
"The cost is very prohibitive both for us as well as other organizations. It's very expensive to buy Cisco switches. Among our colleagues, we find that we're not alone in thinking it's too high. Everyone's complaining about this."
"To keep up with the market, the solution should have better evolution and innovation."
"Up to a certain network size, it is easy to scale, but after that, it becomes difficult."
"Location of customers to connect clients to the servers and transport the data and VoIP in parallel with QoS and NBAR with 802.1X."
"The price is in the intermediate range. It is not overly expensive, but also not cheap. It could stand improvement."
"I would like the ability to operate with other operating systems."
"The initial setup of switches is not that simple."
"Their web GUI interface needs to be a lot better, especially when compared to HP. The command line is good, but you have to know how to get around it. The GUI is clunky and very slow."
"One potential drawback of the Juniper EX Series has been that those without experience using a command-line interface (CLI) may find it intimidating. However, Junos is working on improving this by offering tools, such as Juniper Mist with Wired Assurance and Apstra. Additionally, the graphical user interface (GUI) could be improved as it has been considered lackluster across the board in Junos."
"More security could be provided, especially with the rising cyber-attacks in business organizations."
"The protocols can be tunneled, but on a global basis, not on an interface, and this is a feature that should be added."
"Its distribution channel and the ease of availability should be improved."
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