psydii Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/products/networking-switches/product-detail.html?oid=5354494 New firmware is also out, rebranding and providing Aruba ClearPass and AirWave integration support.
SHimmer45 Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 killing procurve would be a big thing its such a big name in networking
localzuk Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 That's a crazy move! Bonkers. I would've said ProCurve was a bigger "brand" than Aruba...
Sagima Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 That's a crazy move! Bonkers. I would've said ProCurve was a bigger "brand" than Aruba... I would have to agree. Maybe the meeting where they decided this had gone on too long and they just thought they'd toss a coin and let fate decide so they could get on with whatever it is people with 6 figure salaries actually do..
Haptic Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Currently yes but if you had just spent an absolute fortune on buying a company how would you promote it. Very clever - by changing the name of the switches they can promote Aruba and let's face it the 2920's were great switches. Not only that if they re-badged Aruba WiFi as HP no-one would buy it as HP's offering is pretty awful and always has been!
psydii Posted December 18, 2015 Author Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) And to be honest, the procurve brand had been deep-sixed after the 3com buyout. Edited December 18, 2015 by psydii
Steve21 Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 2920 Series | Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company Harr but it's so pretty and orange! Steve
Steve21 Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Wonder if they'll all look like that? Black and orange - 3810 Series | Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company Steve
twin--turbo Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 Gr8.. HP make it even more confusing. TT
bodminman Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 A load of Procure kit was on my Santa list but will have to research / reconsider this now. I don't like dealing with HP at the best of times as I always seem to get passed from pillar to post so if this has added another layer of hassle then they can do one!
Steve21 Posted December 19, 2015 Posted December 19, 2015 A load of Procure kit was on my Santa list but will have to research / reconsider this now. I don't like dealing with HP at the best of times as I always seem to get passed from pillar to post so if this has added another layer of hassle then they can do one! Will be interesting to hear, as looking to replace our core/switching etc next year and was looking between HP and few others, so hopefully we'll get some clarification back from HP partners Steve
psydii Posted December 19, 2015 Author Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) Its just a rebrand. Procurve has already been gone for years. There are now HPE Switches running Comware aimed at the data centre nd HP Aruba switches (running Provision) aimed at Campus and enterprise. If anything this brings much more clarity to their offer. Edited December 19, 2015 by psydii
njc235 Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 Psydii is dead right. A comware (HPE) core with Procurve (Aruba) edge will continue to be a popular model in the Edu space.
Steve21 Posted December 20, 2015 Posted December 20, 2015 On a slight tangent, Has anyone found/noticed any cool features running both Aruba "HP" switches and wireless now? Or still no real benefit of doing both? Steve
IanT Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Aruba Networks readies for growth with HP acquisition | ZDNet
snoerre Posted December 31, 2015 Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) So, HP once bought: - Colubris WLAN which was the HP MSM line. So that one will be dead, right? i.e. no new products - H3C WLAN/WAN/LAN. I couldn´t find an new H3C/Comware based WLAN products. So H3C based wifi is also dead, right? - Aruba. That seems to be the future at HP for WLAN? But what about licensing? It seems the Aruba controllers have different license types? For the H3C/Colubris devies I had 1 license type for all features. Has anyone compared the pricing between H3C, MSM and Aruba wifi? Update: I found Aruba´s pricing list myself: - http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/contract/Dec_2015_PriceList.xls - http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/contract/March2015_Services_Pricelist.xls Edited December 31, 2015 by snoerre
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