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Aruba vs OEM

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  • 1.  Aruba vs OEM

    Posted Jul 01, 2014 12:14 PM

    Hello.

     

    Are there any real differences between buying a branded Aruba AP vs one branded by an OEM? Besides going to each one for support, are things like firmware and features the same?



  • 2.  RE: Aruba vs OEM

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jul 01, 2014 12:24 PM

    The biggest difference is that mixed-vendor deployments are not supported, so if you have a problem, it will not be supported.  There are other small things that crop up randomly that make you not want to deploy a mixed-vendor network.



  • 3.  RE: Aruba vs OEM

    Posted Jul 01, 2014 12:25 PM

    If i went either route, I would not mix vendors. It would all be just Aruba or just one specific vedor (ie Dell).



  • 4.  RE: Aruba vs OEM
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    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jul 01, 2014 12:27 PM

    In that case, there is no real material difference between vendors.

     



  • 5.  RE: Aruba vs OEM

    Posted Jul 01, 2014 12:28 PM

    Thanks