We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Dell PowerConnect Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco Nexus is a stable solution."
"Technical support has been very, very helpful and they offer good SLAs."
"It provides a very flexible connection to a server. When you go into history and the VPC, it provides a very flexible connection from it. Once a server goes down I can instruct it easily. So the network actually keeps quality even if onsite it is down."
"This solution has allowed us to better prepare our network for 10-gigabit."
"Its easy management is most valuable. It is easy to use, easy to manage, stable, and very reliable."
"The initial setup is pretty easy."
"The most valuable features of the solution are capacity and scalability."
"The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"The technology is good and the interface is simple. We haven't had any bugs, disconnections or delays."
"The most valuable features are the jumbo frames and the stacking."
"Dell PowerConnect Switches are easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is simplicity."
"The setup is straightforward. It takes minimum time for deployment."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"Dell PowerConnect Switches have a VTL feature similar to Cisco's VSS. With VTL, using this technology, you can cluster two switches together to increase redundancy in the environment."
"Dell offers very good support."
"We have encountered some software bugs."
"The scalability can be improved."
"I would like to see more granularity."
"Some of the DHCP features need improvement."
"The software is not as mature as it could be and needs some integration improvements with other orchestrators."
"The only issue that I have with this product is finding help on different commands when I'm trying to make a change."
"I would like to see the integration of the products into something where it's seamless where an engineer never touches the switch again, never does CLI and you move to an application based network organization."
"They need to understand that when we call them and have an issue, it's our production and sometimes they want us to do repairs that would cause other issues. That's the biggest problem."
"The network features are not good."
"Accessibility and management could be improved."
"The pricing could always be a bit lower."
"We've only been using the solution for half a year. We haven't run into any issues, but maybe over time, that may change. It's too soon to tell. Offhand, there aren't any features that are lacking."
"The IOS software that is used on the switches could be improved."
"The solution's ROI for generic networking is not extraordinary."
"A user can take care of the product's installation part, but it may not seem to be an easy process."
"What's lacking in Dell PowerConnect Switches is SD-WAN integration, and this is what needs to be improved in it. All enterprises now move towards SD-WAN infrastructure, and because Dell PowerConnect Switches don't currently support SD-WAN, the product would be replaced, considered a secondary switch, or linked up to a different switch. Integration or support for SD-WAN is what I'd like to see in the next version of Dell PowerConnect Switches."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 30 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, VMware NSX and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, HPE ProCurve, NETGEAR Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Dell PowerConnect Switches report.
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