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."We have a much more stable network now using the Cisco Nexus."
"Its low latency is most valuable. Its performance is good, and it is also very stable."
"It gives me an unparalleled ability to build out my environment differently than I would have if I was going with another vendor."
"The setup was very easy, but managing it in operations was very complex."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"This solution improves network speed and provides high availability for our users."
"Cisco Nexus is a stable solution."
"It's pretty easy to use and operates at high speed."
"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."
"I would like to see some development into the SAE world where you can virtualize. That would be the only thing I would like to see because I need to start virtualizing my infrastructure gear at some of the other data centers that I have."
"Stability is not really up to the mark."
"In the Nexus 3500, you can't do per-port Jumbo frames, so you have to enable it as a global configuration."
"The product could be updated more frequently for other phone model support."
"I would like to see more granularity."
"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."
"The initial setup wasn't simple or user-friendly."
"We lag on the configuration. The changes make a difference in troubleshooting."
"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."
"Customers do not prefer this to connect to multiple cities."
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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