We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus, Enterasys Campus LAN Switches, and HPE ProCurve based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"The most valuable feature of this solution is its speed."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is network visibility. It becomes the core switch. All of the devices connected route towards it."
"This product has improved the way our organization functions in the way that the rack-based design allowed us to eliminate chassis-based designs. The chassis design is more complicated to manage and maintain in field operations."
"The interface is as user-friendly as you can make it."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability."
"Current flexibility and the opportunities for future planning and scaling make this product line an ultimate opportunity."
"Solid product, communications and support from a well-known dependable company."
"The solution is stable."
"Enterasys Campus LAN Switches is a trustable and powerful solution. The solution has good web management features. You can do whatever you want, like a CLI. The solution is easy to diagnose and manage. I like the Linux-based operating system. If any service crashes, you need to restart the system."
"Extreme Networks is the only one that has this kind of universal switch. It simplifies things greatly. Customers no longer have to worry about the price differences between traditional and fabric technology switches, which used to have their own pricing. This has made it easier for us as solution providers to tailor options for our customers with fewer but more suitable choices."
"The performance is good."
"The user interface is the most valuable aspect of the solution for us."
"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."
"The pricing is quite competitive."
"HPE ProCurve offers a very good value proposition compared to that of other switches and is very energy-efficient."
"Inter-VLAN is a great feature."
"HPE ProCurve's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly."
"In my experience, the scalability has been good."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"I would love to see Active/Active FEX connectivity, which is enhanced vPC, where we could also do a vPC from a server in that type of configuration."
"In the next release of the solution, I would like to see varying integration between VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) instances so we can integrate BGB into different VRFs in a more organized way. We have some issues with tunnels and VRFs."
"The GUI interface could be improved to make it more user friendly."
"There is no feature parity between the 9K and the 5K or 7K, which means that it is harder to position the 9K to future proof them."
"The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is the ability to integrate routing and switching features."
"I would like to see more granularity."
"Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV)."
"There are too many different model numbers and too much complexity."
"While the support is good, it could be better, and the price could be reduced."
"The tool's price is high. We need a cost-effective service. It also needs to add wireless controller features like Huawei."
"Security features do exist, and they're mostly common with other switches. What makes these switches unique is the ability to see application layers on the switch, but not directly through the switch. There are tools from Extreme Networks that allow visibility of such traffic, which other switches lack. Extreme CloudIQ analytics can analyze all the traffic on Extreme Switches up to layer seven, offering full visibility. However, this tool is necessary for such detailed analytics and might not be compatible with some third-party products."
"The only things that might need improvement would be the administrative tools and the graphical interface. The GUI could be improved on the administrative interface, for example."
"Since we transfer from one gigabit to ten gigabits of information, in a future release, it would benefit to have more high-speed ports."
"The product could be cheaper."
"They should learn from other vendors, such as Cisco. They all have a few specific routing features. HPE doesn't have any cheap BGP solution."
"One of the weakest points of this solution is its on-premise. We are not able to do all we need to with the CLI."
"There is one proprietary function they lack, and I can't remember what it was called, but it monitors the ports, and then every 10 seconds if the port is down, it can divert the traffic somewhere else."
"The interface we have could be better."
"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."
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