We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Juniper QFX Series Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Center Networking solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Cisco Nexus has improved the way our organization functions through the troubleshooting. We had issues where we've seen our links saturated. We were able to determine what was being processed on the link."
"The most valuable feature is the HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol)."
"This solution has saved us both time and money because we now have the ability to control all of these telephony devices that are deployed nationwide."
"The most valuable feature is the Bluetooth console."
"This solution provides all of the routing and searching features that we need."
"The setup is straightforward. I'd like to see the firmware and code upgradability to be slightly more intuitive."
"Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst have processing power and offer good utilization of Cisco devices."
"You can scale the product."
"It's a stable solution."
"The most valuable features are the VxLAN and the EVPN."
"It's really easy to replicate rules. It's the one that I've used; it was CLI-based. You can implement a large set of rules with CLI. You can just copy a script and add additional changes to the source and destination on the part. And so it's easy to do large zone-based rules."
"The QFX series is a good choice for large data centers, particularly for Spine-Leaf architectures."
"Juniper QFX Series Switches provide a good platform for all of our hardware and are easy to use."
"EVPN-VXLAN feature offers the most benefits."
"This solution costs a lot."
"Currently, the switches don't behave like the 4500 switches in terms of acting as one physical chassis. So the multi-chassis PortChannel feature is not applicable in this case. Nevertheless, virtual port-channel feature covers this."
"They could improve on having different technologies between product models."
"Overall, I wish it was a more intuitive OS."
"The price could be better."
"There's a couple of really bad incidents lately. Probably luck of the draw."
"Enhancing the software-defined level of this solution would empower it."
"They should make it easier to update the code on it."
"Integrating QFX switches was the first point of challenge."
"The price could be cheaper."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It is too high."
"There have been some issues sometimes. When you upgrade the device, it doesn't come up. It gets stuck."
"I faced issues with the deployment and upgrade. In the QFX5110 series, features like ISSU and DSSQ should be improved. Upgrades should be smoother."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 101 reviews while Juniper QFX Series Switches is ranked 5th in Data Center Networking with 6 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Juniper QFX Series Switches is rated 8.8. 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 Juniper QFX Series Switches writes "Offers high port density, including 1/25G/40G/100G and 400 options upto 2 RU and lower power consumption and leverages Broadcom chipsets for enhanced performance". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, VMware NSX and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Juniper QFX Series Switches is most compared with PTX Series Routers, Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms and Cisco Catalyst Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Juniper QFX Series Switches report.
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