We performed a comparison between Cisco FabricPath 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."It is a stable solution...It is a scalable soltuion."
"Cisco is the market leader in this space and it is a product that I recommend."
"The best features of Cisco FabricPath is performance and reliability."
"Additional bandwidth is available when needed."
"The tool makes it easy to manage multi-layer networking and increases network efficiency. I haven't faced any challenges in integrating it into our existing infrastructure."
"FabricPath's best features are routing, OSPS, ethernet, and performance."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to migrate VMs between data centers."
"The technical support we get from Cisco is excellent. It's the best in the industry. We're more than satisfied with the level of service they provide."
"The most valuable features are the solution is robust, you are able to use it for fabric architecture as well as SPAN on exit with the controller."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it scales well. It supports a lot of servers. We don't have to come up with different designs for anything. That's the best part about it."
"The solution is very expensive. Currently, we pay an yearly licensing cost. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten."
"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."
"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."
"We've found their tech support to be excellent, especially in their willingness to resolve issues promptly."
"The integrations are valuable."
"We now have one box that does multiple services."
"The initial setup is a little complex."
"The price is a little bit too high."
"Lacks sufficient integration with SIEM."
"The documents could improve for Cisco FabricPath. There are times when the relevant information is not present in the different sections of the documents, such as deployment. The documents should be more detailed and enhanced."
"I would like one management console to control the network."
"The product lacks AI...The initial setup of Cisco FabricPath was a bit complex."
"The solution should offer better reporting."
"The prices for FabricPath are very high, and Cisco also takes a long time to deliver products (in Mexico, the delivery time is eight months)."
"The solution is more expensive than other options on the market."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see a focus on backplane deployment, so you can stack more."
"I would like to see the integration of the products into something where it's seamless where an engineer never touches the switch again, never does CLI and you move to an application based network organization."
"For a very small subset, Cisco Nexus caused port flapping within the applications."
"Multi contexts would be nice to have to separate different tenants logically and securely."
"I don't really deal with the pricing but I know that it's not cheap."
"Some of the DHCP features need improvement."
"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."
Cisco FabricPath is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 23 reviews while Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews. Cisco FabricPath is rated 8.2, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco FabricPath writes "Makes multi-layer networking easy and increases network efficiency". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Cisco FabricPath is most compared with Juniper QFabric, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerConnect Switches. See our Cisco FabricPath vs. Cisco Nexus report.
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