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HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches Reviews & Insights

Score9.2 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches Reviews

4 Reviews

FlexFabric Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I work at a University and we currently use HPE FlexFabric to connect our core infrastructure at our data center as well as our backup data center. We use it as a higher switching capacity than the Aruba switch it replaced.

Pros

  • Switching capacity.
  • High availability.

Cons

  • 3 party Management tools.

Likelihood to Recommend

The switch is intuitive and very simple to configure so I would recommend it to anyone for their data center. It allows for someone who might just be a server expert and not a switching expert to have a far simpler time than would normally be expected.
Vetted Review
HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches
2 years of experience

Review of HPE FlexFabric

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it for our primary and secondary data centers and they are very reliable and support 10GbE which we use. It also supports 40GbE which we are trying to implement.

Pros

  • SCSI support.
  • No additional license to unlock features.
  • High availability.

Cons

  • Management tools, we use SolarWinds and had some trouble managing the devices.
  • Interoperability with 3rd party switches had some interface issues with connecting to Juniper switches.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is very easy to configure and we never had an issue with the device in the 3 years we had it. I configured it once and just let it do its things. Could not be happier with that.
Vetted Review
HPE Networking Comware / FlexFabric Switches
3 years of experience

Flex and Relax

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have implemented most of the HPE FlexFabric switches for multiple customers. The primary requirement was higher switching capacity and reliable OS, on top of that IRF stacking technology is excellent to have an error-free configuration and long-lasting reliability.

Pros

  • Stacking.
  • Port Security.
  • 1x.
  • vLAN.

Cons

  • Consistent upgrades and updates considering the breaches spreading in the network.
  • Interoperability with third party software.

Likelihood to Recommend

I am very much confident with the legacy hardware and robust software to operate the switches. But still, refresh is missing in that part.

Experienced networtk architect

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it in our Data Center, it provides high-performing reliable connections. It reduces management complexities

Pros

  • Provides high density, keeping a small footprint
  • Reduces management complexities
  • Deliver business resilience and high availability

Cons

  • More intuitive management tools

Likelihood to Recommend

Because of its configurable flexibility, it is easy to implement any simple or complicated infrastructure