re: Need help finding reasonably priced core L3 switch

Been using nothing but Cisco for the last 25 years. Cisco honors warranties and service. That's the only stuff I would trust for critical infrastructure, double for hospital use.

I tried Aruba in my homelab for a year. I kind of liked the simple config for what I was doing. But I got seriously burned, 2/3 of the 48 POE ports just went red and stopped working, switch is still under warranty but HP said I had to buy a $1600 service contract before they would even look at it. If this is the way they treat customers, they can keep it. Both the 48 and a 24 port Aruba switch sitting in the junk pile now.