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We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches and Cisco Nexus 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.
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Pros
"OmniSwitch LAN Switches' performance is very good.""With Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches everything comes from one vendor. It operates very smoothly.""The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration.""I rate the technical support an eight or a nine out of ten. So far, they've been very professional and helpful, especially when we need to raise a case for any issue.""These OmniSwitches are very manageable and easy to configure.""One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer service and support. The solution is good and people should know about it."

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"Cisco Nexus has good overall reliability and configuration options. It is fairly straightforward to access the switching platforms.""The setup was very easy, but managing it in operations was very complex.""This is a very stable solution.""The initial setup is pretty easy.""The solution is stable.""The initial setup is easy.""The ability to tenant-out the traffic and segment it, without having to get into separate physical hardware or trying to figure out VDCs manually, has been really powerful and extremely useful for us.""It's easy to use, and the performance is great."

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Cons
"A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight.""There are some issues with the network firmware being deleted from the switches.""I would like to see better third-party integration with third-party systems.""n general, the way the product is put together is not well done.""There is no OEM support in India so RMAs need to be sent to France, which takes a long time if the hardware is faulty."

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"Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price.""Stability is not really up to the mark.""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.""We have encountered some software bugs.""There's been a little bit of bugginess in the code, but that happens.""I feel that this solution should be more flexible and scalable.""There's a couple of really bad incidents lately. Probably luck of the draw.""The initial setup was pretty complex, mostly because of our environment, having to do multi-context. That's where you have a lot of different logical routes that are in one physical device, and it can get kind of complex trying to think about how to set all that up. You really have to whiteboard it out a lot."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The price is okay. It's comparable to similar switches."
  • "The license is purchased one time only, it is a perpetual license with no renewal."
  • "OmniSwitch LAN Switches are cheaper than Cisco's switches."
  • "The solution’s price is at a moderate level."
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  • "Costs more than most, but the reliability pays for the difference."
  • "The price of this solution is good when compared to others in the market."
  • "Our licensing fees are approximately $2,000 USD per year."
  • "Every Cisco product is more expensive than competitors on the market, which is just a fact, but from my perspective, it is worth it."
  • "All of our costs including subscription, licensing, and support services are bundled together, and the cost is approximately $100,000 USD per year."
  • "This is a very expensive product."
  • "The license for Cisco Nexus is one year to three years, in this case for the SMARTnet. It is a price per unit, in terms of this specific appliance."
  • "Our licensing costs for this solution are approximately $200 USD per month."
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    Also Known As
    Alcatel Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, OmniSwitch, OmniSwitch LAN Switches
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    Overview
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    The Cisco Nexus family of switches is designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center. Not simply bigger or faster, these switches offer the following characteristics: infrastructure that can be scaled cost-effectively and that helps you increase energy, budget, and resource efficiency, transport that can navigate the transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet and unified fabric and can also handle architectural changes such as virtualization, Web 2.0 applications, and cloud computing and operational continuity to meet your need for an environment where system availability is assumed and maintenance windows are rare if not totally extinct.
    Sample Customers
    Advocate Health Care, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Centre Hospitalier Carcassonne, Certis Cisco Security, China Tianchen Engineering Corporation Co. LTD, City of Frankfurt, Dongseo University
    Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins
    Top Industries
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    Government24%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Real Estate/Law Firm10%
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    Financial Services Firm14%
    Government14%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Manufacturing Company12%
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Company Size
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    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise29%
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    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise24%
    Large Enterprise48%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise72%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise60%
    Buyer's Guide
    Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is ranked 9th in LAN Switching with 6 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 99 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is rated 8.6, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches writes "With a good technical support in place, there needs to be an improvement in the way the tool is put together". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and HPE ProCurve, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerConnect Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus report.

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