We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and HPE ProCurve 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 a much more stable network now using the Cisco Nexus."
"The most valuable feature is performance."
"The biggest benefit to this solution is a high port density with high bandwidth."
"Nexus provides inner redundancy. It allows us to perform updates on individual switches, while still maintaining reliability and uptime on the server."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is speed compared to what you would get from a Catalyst Series switch."
"We are a Cisco shop. This solution is better compared to other options."
"Solid product, communications and support from a well-known dependable company."
"Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst have processing power and offer good utilization of Cisco devices."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"We don't mind the cost in general."
"The solution is fast and inexpensive."
"One of the biggest things in HPE ProCurve that I like, though not necessarily a feature, is the HPE warranty because it's probably better than any of the other vendors that we deal with, as it has a lifetime replacement. Feature-wise, the web interface of HPE ProCurve is typically pretty good and I like that as well."
"HPE ProCurve's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly."
"It's easy to manage and configure. The configurations can be exported and imported to another solution."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"The GUI makes it easy to configure, manage, and work with."
"The installation process lasted too long, taking 16 to 24 hours for full completion."
"Cisco Nexus still needs more stability."
"This solution costs a lot."
"They need to offer fibre switches in the 9K series."
"Cisco Nexus is just a platform. You just set it up, give it an IP, and then start configuring it. But there are a million features to configure."
"One of our switches died last week and we were able to RMA it. Within four hours it arrived on time and worked."
"There's been a little bit of bugginess in the code, but that happens."
"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."
"There should be faster interfaces on the switch, such as 25 gigabits."
"The interface we have could be better."
"The solution should offer different gigabit interfaces. Right now, they have ten gigabits. However, for our needs, we only need one gigabit. We don't need 24 or 48 ports. We only need eight to ten. HPE should introduce into their portfolio some smaller and more compact options."
"I don't have any recommendations for areas of improvement."
"The product must provide something similar to Cisco’s command-line interface."
"The product could be cheaper."
"HPE ProCurve is very complex for junior engineers and beginners. You need a lot of experience in managing switches in order to use this switch."
"Procurve would work better if it had more options like the web environment."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. 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 HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Aruba Instant On Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches, NETGEAR Switches and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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