We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies and others in LAN Switching."The integrations are valuable."
"The most valuable feature is the HSRP (Hot Standby Router Protocol)."
"The most valuable feature is that it is high-density, ten-gig."
"It's easy to use."
"Cisco Nexus is very safe and stable. I've been here 8 months. We have some devices that have been out for 11 years."
"Nexus has improved my organization in the way that it provided enhanced security in a point in the network that was critical."
"The setup was very easy, but managing it in operations was very complex."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its reliability."
"For a customer, it is easy to configure and to add ports through the LAN the GUI."
"Port density and port speed performance are both suitable. It has some appealing intangibles."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"Nothing is perfect."
"One of our switches died last week and we were able to RMA it. Within four hours it arrived on time and worked."
"The cost of the support can be improved. We had critical operations, and we needed 24/7 support for 365 days, which was quite expensive. We had to go for a very costly support contract, which was really a concern. The availability of spare parts, especially in a remote location such as Egypt, can also be improved."
"The solution is more expensive than other options on the market."
"Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV)."
"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."
"The installation process lasted too long, taking 16 to 24 hours for full completion."
"Customers do not prefer this to connect to multiple cities."
"Instead of competing at the enterprise level with that product, they should probably scale it. With all of the ports, they should develop a good mid-level business to truly scale it and gain adoption before attempting to go after the enterprise."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is ranked 12th in LAN Switching with 2 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is rated 6.6. 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 PowerSwitch N-Series writes "Performs well, but the support and stability could be improved". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Cisco FabricPath, whereas Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is most compared with Dell PowerConnect Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches.
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