For the customer who are going to invest for Small, Branch and remote sites we can go with the below models from Cisco and Aruba. These switches can be used in the Access and Core layer as for small sites.
- Cisco 2960-X/XR as an access Layer
- Cisco Catalyst 3650 as an access Layer
- Cisco Catalyst 3850 as an access or collapsed core
- Cisco Catalyst 9300 as an access or collapsed core
- Aruba 5400R as an access layer
- Aruba 3810M as an access layer
Similarly for Medium range sites. We can have the below mentioned Switches from Cisco and Aruba
- Cisco 3850 as an access Layer
- Cisco 9300 as an access Layer
- Cisco 4500 as an access Layer or collapsed core
- Cisco 9400 as an access layer or collapsed core
- Aruba 5400R as an access layer
- Aruba 3810M as an access layer
- Aruba Flexnetwork7500 as an Collapsed core
For the large customer sites we have the below devices can be used as access or core layer
- Cisco 3850/Cisco 9300 as an access Layer
- Cisco 4500/Cisco 9400 as an distribution layer
- Cisco 6800/Cisco 9500/Cisco Nexus 7000/ Cisco Nexus 7700 as an Core layer device.
- Aruba 3810M/Aruba 5400R as an access layer device
- Aruba Flexnetwork 7500/10500 as an core layer device
We have another models in Aruba portfolio which can be compared with the Cisco 2960-X/XR devices and can only be used where we required the L2 traffic. The devices like Aruba 2530 and Aruba 2920/2930 are good choice as well.
Info from https://www.routexp.com/2018/03/basic-switching-aruba-vs-cisco-switches.html
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