re: Anyone here have their CCNA?

Aruba (HP?), has scored well on the Gartner Magic Quadrants, I'll give you that. I think they put out a pretty good wireless solution, but I think it's going to be a while before you see their wired solutions being widely adopted in enterprise LANs. People are hesitant to move away from products they know and products that have worked for them in the past. If I recommend Aruba switches and and something goes wrong, people are going to be all over me for that decision. I recommend Cisco and something goes wrong, nobody will ever question that decision b/c they are and have been and industry leader for decades.

There are a lot of factors that make Cisco great other than reliable gear too. In my opinion their support, online documentation, and support community are second to none.