We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series 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."We have found that logical tenant segregation to be the most useful feature."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is modularity. It's like the Swiss Army knife of switches."
"We have a much more stable network now using the Cisco Nexus."
"The most valuable features are the great performance, high availability and easy administration."
"They are very high-performance switches and they are made for lossless data, so they're a good play in the customer environment."
"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 automation that we can do with it."
"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."
"Ease-of-use and making things more human-readable is most important."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"There's a couple of really bad incidents lately. Probably luck of the draw."
"I would like to see a central management solution in order to have all of the equipment in one place."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see a focus on backplane deployment, so you can stack more."
"Overall, I wish it was a more intuitive OS."
"We lag on the configuration. The changes make a difference in troubleshooting."
"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."
"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. 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 Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, whereas Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is most compared with Dell PowerConnect Switches and Cisco Catalyst Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Dell PowerSwitch N-Series report.
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