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HPE (Aruba) Aruba Switches

byHewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
in Data Center and Cloud Networking (Transitioning to Data Center Switching)
4.6

Overview

Product Information on HPE (Aruba) Aruba Switches

Updated 13th October 2025

What is HPE (Aruba) Aruba Switches?

Aruba Switches is a software that provides network switching solutions designed to support wired and wireless connectivity within enterprise environments. The software enables network management, security, automation, and troubleshooting across various deployment sizes, focusing on campus, branch, and data center networks. Features include centralized management, policy enforcement, traffic segmentation, and integration with mobility and IoT devices. The software aims to address business needs for reliable and scalable network infrastructure, helping organizations optimize network performance, monitor device usage, and reduce operational complexity associated with network administration.

HPE (Aruba) Aruba Switches Pricing

Aruba Switches software uses a pricing model that typically involves a one-time purchase cost for hardware with optional annual or multi-year support and warranty service subscriptions, as well as licenses for advanced software features or management capabilities that may be available as term-based or perpetual options.

Overall experience with HPE (Aruba) Aruba Switches

Platform Engineer
<50M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“Aruba CX Switches are a Match Made for Any Business.”

5.0
Nov 18, 2025
Aruba Switches deliver outstanding reliability, blazing fast performance and intuitive management. Their advanced security features and seamless integration with Aruba Central make them a top choice for our business. Aruba switches set the benchmark for Network Enterprise Excellence.
IT MANAGER
50M - 250M USD, Insurance (except health)
CRITICAL

“Aruba Switches: Powerful PoE and Easy Setup”

3.0
May 9, 2024
A good and solid networking device. Covers the important extras like PoE and VLANs in a way that is easy to setup

About Company

Company Description

Updated 8th January 2024

Hewlett Packard Enterprise, known as a global edge-to-cloud company, concentrates on a range of technology and innovation services to connect, protect, analyze, and act on all data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, focusing on addressing business challenges through technology.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2015
Head office location
Houston, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
10B-30B USD
Website
http://www.hpe.com

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HPE (Aruba) Aruba Switches Reviews and Ratings

4.6

(188 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
62%
4 Star
32%
3 Star
4%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
0%
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4.5

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4.6

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4.4

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4.6

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  • Platform Engineer
    <50M USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Aruba CX Switches are a Match Made for Any Business.

    5.0
    Nov 18, 2025
    Aruba Switches deliver outstanding reliability, blazing fast performance and intuitive management. Their advanced security features and seamless integration with Aruba Central make them a top choice for our business. Aruba switches set the benchmark for Network Enterprise Excellence.
  • It Associate
    <50M USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    HPE Aruba Switches Offer Stability and Simplicity With Easy-To-Learn CLI

    5.0
    Mar 3, 2026
    The HPE Aruba Switches formerly known as ProCurve Switches, are rockstable and easy to configure. The CLI Language is very easy to learn. In comparable to other switch vendors these switches are on of the best switches i saw in my it carrer.
  • Sr Network Technician
    <50M USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Same Functionality less investment than other vendors.

    4.0
    Mar 27, 2026
    I replaced 60+ numerous switches with HP Aruba Switches. These switches are easy to configure. Great to work with. Aruba switches use many of the familiar CLI settings.
  • IT ASSOCIATE
    50M-1B USD
    Telecommunication
    Review Source

    Reliable Performance and Advanced Security Features Enhance Device Usability

    4.0
    Jan 7, 2026
    The device offers reliable performance, robust security features and easy management capabilities.
  • ENGINEER
    50M-1B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Easy Operation And Warranty Valued, Yet Configuration Complexity Due To Many Vendors

    4.0
    Jan 30, 2026
    They are working well; we haven't replaced a switch in four years
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HPE (Aruba) Aruba Switches Likes & Dislikes

Like

Aruba Switches run on AOS-CX, its a modern, modular Linux based operating system with an embedded Network Analytics Engine (NAE), REST APIs and support for smart automation. This enables real-time network troubleshooting and network automation. AOS-CX supports features like Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) and VSX HA Pairs enabling stacking of up to 10 units into a single logical switch providing a switch stack of 480 Access Ports. Aruba CX Switching integrates Zero-Trust principals through Port Level Auth with ClearPass, enforcing role-based access and dynamically segmenting IoT, Guest and Corp Staff.

Like

The lifetime warranty is a bonus and PoE delivery is powerful enough that most will not hit the power limit. The default port speed is 1GB which should be good enough for most, especially in the environments that it is designed to work in. The ability to get some endpoint details rather than just the MAC address is surprisingly good when you are looking at the traffic over the switch.

Like

Stability, good CLI commands clear focus on main features like spanning tree, vlans and routing. Because the switches are very long in the market you can easily buy replacements for a cheap price.

Dislike

Some of the smaller Aruba CX Switches have a small PoE limit of only 139W, when combining Aruba's 7 Series Access Points you may only be able to plug in less than a handful into this Switch.

Dislike

There are niggles; stacking ports seem to occasionally not sync at line speed when with certain other Aruba switches when a link goes down, but that can be fixed. Updates to the switch can be a pain to work out which version to apply. The GUI whilst web based, which is good, is not that intuitive, so you do have to sometimes read the manual for something you think should be simple.

Dislike

There is no future for this product line, but the firmware ist still maintained and the life warranty is a great feature !