We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Dell PowerConnect Switches 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."The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"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."
"The most valuable features are the access layer security, OpenConfig, and OpenFlow."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"The redundancy and the vPC are the most valuable features. We can integrate two switches together for file transfers; that is, we can operate two switches as one. This is because the network can be shared via a vPC trunk, particularly for devices that are not critical for redundancy."
"The scalability of Cisco Nexus is good. We've had them for the entire lifetime. We've never had to upgrade them yet."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and throughput."
"It gives me an unparalleled ability to build out my environment differently than I would have if I was going with another vendor."
"This solution comes with a lifetime warranty."
"The features I've found most valuable are that the product is very easy to configure and inexpensive."
"Dell PowerConnect Switches have a VTL feature similar to Cisco's VSS. With VTL, using this technology, you can cluster two switches together to increase redundancy in the environment."
"The product is reliable."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"Dell PowerConnect Switches are easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to multitask."
"It's easy to set up. We can put it in production in a couple of minutes."
"I am looking for a GUI that goes alongside them and more SD-WAN built to their core switches."
"The operating system needs to be improved. There should be stability in the operating system, and it should not have as many vulnerabilities."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"There are too many different model numbers and too much complexity."
"I would like to see Duo directly integrated with the Nexus hardware, instead of it being through the proxies, like how Duo works today."
"Multi contexts would be nice to have to separate different tenants logically and securely."
"They could improve on having different technologies between product models."
"There are limitations on some of the lower level 9K solutions where you can't do the same things that you would normally be able to do, like for instance the number of static maps that you can configure on it."
"The one issue you face in the industry there is always some planned obsolescence in these switches."
"The network features are not good."
"The IOS software that is used on the switches could be improved."
"A user can take care of the product's installation part, but it may not seem to be an easy process."
"I would like to see better scalability and more features on these switches in the future."
"I can't think of what we would want in the next release."
"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."
"An area for improvement would be that it's very hard to configure if you're not familiar with the UI or CLI of the product. The UI itself could also be improved."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 30 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0. 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 PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, VMware NSX and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, HPE ProCurve, NETGEAR Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Dell PowerConnect Switches report.
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