HP purchased Aruba on May 19th, 2015. They seem to have a new switching product line out now since the merger and an engineer from HP came in to talk to me (and a few other engineers) about their switching products, because we sell Aruba wireless. I wont go into the details, but I was not impressed with that visit.
I don't mind asking hard questions to people. The more questions I asked, the more I realized how unprepared HP was in this visit. I guess if you don't have a strong product, its hard to be confident about what you are trying to get people to buy. I'm good with the Aruba wireless, but I'm not good with the Aruba/HP switch line. So, as I will normally do, I did the investigation myself of their products and what the apples to apples product comparison really is.
HP/Aruba recommends the following:
HP 2920s and 3800s they say are for the IDF (access switches)
HP 5400r acts as a distribution switch or a core switch.
When you spec the 5400r up against its "apples to apples" comparison, it doesnt compare.
The low end 5400r:
forwarding rate of 571.4Mpps
switch fabric speed of 1.015 Bbps
The low end ICX 7750:
forwarding rate of 1.44 Bpps
switch fabric speed of 1.92 Tbps
The Brocade ICX 6650 (this shouldn't be a comparison):
forwarding rate of 1.190 Bpps
I can tell you I wont be presenting HP/Aruba to my customers.
Brocade and Ruckus are working together. You should definitely take a look at Ruckus Wireless. The best Wireless solution for me.
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