We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and ExtremeSwitching 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."The interface is easy to use. It is not much different from iOS, but you can use it on a larger scale in data centers."
"Technical support has been very, very helpful and they offer good SLAs."
"Cisco Nexus has good overall reliability and configuration options. It is fairly straightforward to access the switching platforms."
"Cisco Nexus has been very stable. No issues. It's been rock solid. We haven't had any issues with it in the last twelve months."
"It's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is stability. We have a pretty large campus."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and throughput."
"When it comes to data centers, Cisco Nexus is the best."
"Setup was easy. It only took a couple of hours to set up."
"In the case of small businesses, the solution is budget-friendly and easy to configure."
"It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness."
"The solution has inspection firewalls that can do a deep packet inspection on a port basis."
"The product offers a single management platform for multiple models of switches. The tool also allows users to manage multiple sites from a single dashboard."
"The performance of ExtremeSwitching is good."
"ExtremeSwitching fabric technology is a unique technology used to protect against viruses. ExtremeCloud IQ is a very good and feature-rich solution compared to Cisco, Ruxi Networks, or Huawei."
"The price is low compared to the competition."
"One of the biggest challenges, which I see is that there's a constant evolution in the product. For example, our configuration is based on what is known as traditional data center implementation. Today there is the ACI deployment and to implement, to migrate from one technology to another, that's challenging both from a configuration perspective and also from a cost perspective."
"As a device meant to lead the processes related to networking and troubleshooting, I feel both aspects can be described as areas with certain concerns where improvements are required."
"Areas in which the solution have room for improvement are the interface, management, and reporting."
"If we could get some more automation integrated into it, it would make it easier."
"The solution is more expensive than other options on the market."
"Ease-of-use and making things more human-readable is most important."
"The initial setup of the Cisco Nexus platform takes a long time. It's a complex system because we have a lot of security layers."
"Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price."
"It could be cheaper in general."
"The licensing is expensive."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"Their support could definitely be better."
"ExtremeSwitching is scalable to a certain extent for SME-segmented IP."
"We noticed over the years that the price of the Extreme Switches has been rising and this will become a concern in the future."
"ExtremeSwitching has many features but having come from Cisco environments, there is a steep learning curve to learning all the functionality."
"There are latency issues that need to be addressed."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 18 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4. 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 ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Juniper QFabric, whereas ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. ExtremeSwitching report.
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