We performed a comparison between Arista Campus LAN Switches 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."The feature sets are pretty cool. They've got almost everything that the competition offers."
"The CloudVision Portal allows us to centrally manage all of our Arista products."
"QoS is the most valuable feature because our clients work with VOIP and Critical applications."
"This solution streamlines how we have to configure things because we can do everything from one device, whereas if we had individual devices we would have to go to each one and configure them manually."
"This solution has given us the ability to use Cisco ISE for security."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and throughput."
"Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst have processing power and offer good utilization of Cisco devices."
"This product has improved the way our organization functions through the ability to do things in a maintenance window while allowing other teams to continue to work."
"We leverage Cisco DCNM a lot, which allows us to automate."
"I like the fact that they are a well-supported product."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its stability."
"I would like to see a version available with eight or sixteen ports."
"One of the issues that we have been faced with here in Brazil is that we don't have any list times for delivery."
"It would be ideal if the solution was less expensive."
"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."
"They should make it easier to update the code on it."
"For a very small subset, Cisco Nexus caused port flapping within the applications."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required. Cisco Nexus should lower its current prices."
"As a device meant to lead the processes related to networking and troubleshooting, I feel both aspects can be described as areas with certain concerns where improvements are required."
"The initial setup is always complex."
"Our only complaint is about the licensing because it can always be a little more cost-effective."
"There is always room for improvement."
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Arista Campus LAN Switches is ranked 13th in LAN Switching while Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews. Arista Campus LAN Switches is rated 8.8, while Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Arista Campus LAN Switches writes "Stable, has a lot of uplink interfaces, and several can be centralized managed through a single portal". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". Arista Campus LAN Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and Cisco FabricPath, whereas Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and VMware NSX. See our Arista Campus LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus report.
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