Cisco Nexus Stability

Joe Benítez - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at GAD Municipal de Guayaquil

Within these last six years of operation, I haven't experienced any issues. There has been no downtime, lagging, or crashing. It's very reliable and stable. Actually, we have never had any hardware or software issues. I must say I am very happy with Nexus. 

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TS
Senior Advisor at CIGNA Corporation

The stability of Cisco Nexus is excellent.

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DeepakYadav1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Craw Security

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a four to five out of ten.

I rate the stability of the product as four to five out of ten based on the fact that I have checked the tool's features. I also know that there are many more options available in the market, like Palo Alto, Check Point, Fortinet, and other devices, which offer affordable, configurable, and scalable devices that I should plan to buy. Cisco is not providing tools for everything my company needs, but it is a good product. The market competition is high nowadays. Cisco is still handling some old parts. Cisco's old products make up approximately 67 percent of the devices offered in the networking industry. Despite the competition from products like Palo Alto, Check Point, and Fortinet, Cisco is not very scalable, but all its devices are updated regularly.

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Cisco Nexus
April 2024
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Michael GEgziabher - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Bank of Abyssinia

It is a stable solution. 

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IT Manager at DN Solutions

The product is stable. 

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JawaidIqbal - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network/Security/collaboration Engineer at Abdulla Fouad Group

Cisco Nexus is a stable solution.

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Md. Al Imran Chowdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at Link3 Technologies

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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FJ
IT Specialist at E.ON

The stability is excellent. I haven't witnessed a breakdown. Cisco is very reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The performance is excellent.

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RE
IT Manager Network at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The stability of the solution needs to get a better handle on the vulnerability in recent code releases that aligns better with the DCN product. We'd like to avoid the need for continual upgrades and potential outages in our data centers and having to reboot the switches for each OS upgrade.

Cisco Nexus is stable, but then, in February of 2017, a cyberwar started. Cisco is getting hammered and we're seeing that evidence in very frequent updates to the OS system. If you have six data centers or you've got multiple locations around the world, these efforts take many months to update successfully to every device. 

When it takes us multiple months and two or three releases in the middle, we invest a lot of money in maintaining the device. The hacker community is the issue. 

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Nitin Joshilkar - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager at NKGSB BANK

There are no bugs or glitches. I rate the tool’s stability an eight out of ten.

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AF
IT specialist at IGFEJ

Nexus works well. It's highly reliable. 

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MD
Senior Network Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The stability of the solution is great. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. the performance is reliable. 

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DN
Principal Engineer 2 at Charter Communications, Inc.

The stability of Cisco Nexus thus far has been excellent. We had some initial issues with some non-Cisco optics, third parties claiming compatibility when they weren't compatible.

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MY
Senior Network Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

While this can depend, there is still much to be done to improve the solution's stability. 

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KK
Network Engineer at Applied Materials

We are just migrating to Cisco Nexus as a newer product. We are looking for similar features in Arista. We are closing the gap from Cisco ASA to an Arista ASA environment. This gives us a very stable network when compared to Cisco.

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PR
Information Technology Network Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is sufficiently stable. 

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YA
Co-Founder and CEO at PT Eugenea Kreasi Utama

The stability is great. There are no bugs or glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's 100% reliable. We've never had issues. 

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JA
Network Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees

The stability of this product works great.

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KA
Network Engineer at Table Mountain

It is pretty stable, although I had the power supply go down twice in this past year. We replaced it the next day in both cases. We do have bad power where we are, so that could be a factor.

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DR
Senior Network Engineer at Halliburton Company

Stability and availability is a definite plus on the Nexus platform. It seems to have better HA capabilities compared to the older platforms.

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WF
Manager IP Core and Transmission Networks at GO PLC

This year, we have only experienced the problem once. Of course, it was not identified and I had a problem with OTB wiring and we experienced it just once. I stayed in kind of generic configuration, that's why we're like Cisco, because they are significantly stable.  If you don't try to do something fancy and they don't get problems.

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KM
Service Validation Engineers at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Stability is very good. We have been using it a lot and for a long time. It is being upgraded all the time.

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OM
Senior System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is quite stable. It's one of the solution's selling points for us. It doesn't have bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's good.

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DM
Senior Network Engineer at Northrop Grumman

I think the solution is pretty stable. We are going to upgrade soon, but we've been on version 11 of Unified Communications Manager for two years. We usually try to upgrade every year, but we try to wait for a few SUs (Software Updates) and upgrade later on. We try not to be on the latest and greatest, in case of any bugs.

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RM
Solutions Architect at ABS Technology

The stability of this solution is pretty cool. NX-OS is a solid match. It does run the features and all the protocols very well for us.

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JV
Network Director at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Cisco Nexus has been very stable. No issues. It's been rock solid. We haven't had any issues with it in the last twelve months. It's been good.

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PP
Network Engineer at a government with 11-50 employees

So far the stability is great. We never had any kind of problems with it. I really can't even speak to any questions about the stability because of the fact that we had zero problems. We've only been using it for about a year-and-a-half though. We are hoping to keep continue on that path and that everything continues to perform at a high level.

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TF
Leader of Network Engineering at MVP Health Care

This is an extremely stable solution. I would say that heeding or taking note of the software versions that Cisco recommends is probably a good idea because that's where you find the most stable features. When you do that, or you follow the low level, baseline requirements, it is very stable.

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Loris Signoracci - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at Itworks srl

My experience with the stability of Nexus was that there was a failure with the power supply. I had to replace the hardware component related to the power supply.

I have had fewer issues with stability when using Catalyst.

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Itsikc BenTolila - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at Malam-Team

The solution is stable.

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ZS
Sr. Data Center Network Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

Stability is much better than it was. 

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RS
Network Engineer at American Honda Motor

We haven't had any issues with the ones we've installed initially. They're still up and running as they should be.

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AS
Network Coordinator at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

As far as I know, it's been stable the entire time we've had it. 

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TP
Senior Network Engineer at Advanced Drainage Systems

This is a very stable solution. I have a separate model, a 7K, that has been up and running for seven and a half years.

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PH
Network Architect at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We have been operating for a year and a half, and we've never had one crash. I couldn't say that for most other platforms.

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JitendraPrasad - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Infrastructure Solutions Engineer at Datec (Fiji) Limited

It is a stable product.

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AL
Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

I have found Cisco Nexus switches highly scalable.

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TG
CEO at a construction company with 11-50 employees

Cisco Nexus is stable, and the performance is great.

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JC
Network Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am happy with the stability.

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RM
Sr Network Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability, from a civilian perspective, is excellent.

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DS
IT Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

It has been very stable so far.

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MB
Architect at CenturyLink

This solution still hinders on some of the old technology base. It seems like bugs are still being brought in as customers are changing how they want to connect or how fast they're trying to connect stuff.

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HK
CTO at Mechkar

We don't have any issues with the stability of this solution.

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DB
Consultant at a mining and metals company with 201-500 employees

Of these devices, in particular, the stability is good. Although with the Nexus line generally, we've had a couple of bad experiences recently. 

I have a general concern that Cisco Nexus may be declining. There's a couple of really bad incidents lately. Probably luck of the draw.

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MM
Network Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is very stable. We have not had any issues so far.

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JM
Network Manager at a transportation company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It is very stable.

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CB
Network Administrator at St Ambrose University

The stability of the solution is very strong. No downtime with it. No problems. No issues.

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JG
Sr Manager of Network and Telephony at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

At this point, I am happy with the stability of this solution. It has been better than the 7K line.

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AS
InfoTech Specialist at California Department of Corrections

This solution is pretty good with respect to stability.

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HM
CIO at Masriacard

While I am not a technical person, I can comment on this solution's stability from a management perspective because I keep my eyes on the incidents. I have to look at all of the incidents that are reported through the data center. I can't remember having any incident raised regarding this product.

From this perspective, I can say that stability is good.

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AT
Sr. Backbone Architect at NTT Global Networks Incorporated

The solution has demonstrated stability thus far. 

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RY
Practice Lead - Data Center Networking at a construction company with 5,001-10,000 employees

These switches are very stable.

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TK
Network Engineer at Archer Daniels Midland

The stability of this solution is good.

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TB
Software Developer at Nebula

The product is stable. It's a good product. 

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CL
Sr Network Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

This is a stable solution.

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JR
Infrastructure Engineer at a healthcare company with 5,001-10,000 employees

I have a positive impression of the stability of this solution.

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WL
Network Adminstrator at a government with 501-1,000 employees

This is a stable solution and we haven't had any issues with it. The only time that we've ever rebooted is if we had to upgrade the firmware.

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NC
Network Engineer at solutions4networks

Cisco Nexus is very stable.

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MO
Network Engineer at Tampa General Hospital

Cisco Nexus is very safe and stable. I've been here 8 months. We have some devices that have been out for 11 years.

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FR
Digital Transformation at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

When it comes to the stability we had some issues with some software features due to a release bug. The hardware itself is pretty stable. 

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Hesham Rashed - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Director at Technology Pro Egypt

It is stable and reliable.

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JW
Network Engineer Principal

It's a stable solution, but there are a few bugs here and there in it and it would be nice if they weren't there. The Mac looping is an issue as well. 

The ISSUs sometimes go down.

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AD
Network Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees

This solution has been very stable and functioning properly, and we've barely touched it since it went in. We've got a big project to start doing upgrades on it, but so far so good. We haven't had any issues with it as long as I've been at the company.

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ManagerOedd5 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Network Engineering at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

The hardware is stable, but the code quality has gotten worse.

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DA
Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

With respect to the stability, I can't think of any major issues I've ever come across with it.

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FD
CTIO at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

This solution has very good stability. The Nexus platform was selected because it is very stable with a lot of features. We are very happy with the products and the choice.

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AT
Sr. Principal Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

In terms of stability, it's so far so good - we haven't faced any big issues at this point.

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SA
Administrator at a security firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Cisco Nexus is very stable. It's getting better now. The technology is moving to a fast and very innovative switch. It picks up all these new options and integrates them into the device. It's good for our infrastructure.

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SB
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

As far as we can tell, it's stable.

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AS
Unified Network Architect at Barry-Wehmiller

In terms of stability, this solution is rock solid. We've had no issues with it.

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GG
Network Engineer at Google

Stability is not really up to the mark. There are a lot of bugs in MACsec and OpenFlow.

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NR
Network Technician at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees

The stability of this solution is great.

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WG
Network Analyst at Marion County

This solution is very stable.

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RC
Internetwork Solution Engineer at OPLK

I have seen an improvement in the stability of our network with this solution.

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AR
Network Engineer at SRPMIC

We haven't had any issues. Cisco Nexus is very stable.

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HC
Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This is a stable product.

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YM
Chief Technology Officer at Interlink Engineering Pvt Ltd

It's a stable solution. We do not have any issues with it.

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AD
Senior Voice Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

They did the upgrade recently. It's pretty steady right now.

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BP
Director at Wipro Technologies

It's quite stable. It's not as good as it was supposed to be. 

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JA
Unified Communications Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

This solution is absolutely stable. Our uptime is wonderful. It is so much that I actually enjoy not being called after hours.

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KH
IT Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I don't work in security so I do not deal with this subject. I just make the network available. I think it's probably good. From the networking point of view, we just provide them the network that is going to be Cisco 9000, but they are using the servers. I have not gotten any complaints. We just deployed less than two months ago.

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HK
Product Manager - Networking & Security at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It's stable. 

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PW
CTO at a tech services company

This is a very stable solution.

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FM
IT Director at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Our network is stable.

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RC
Tech Architect at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The stability of the solution is very good.

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AJ
Network Admin at a hospitality company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The stability has been great. We've been using it for the last five years and haven't had any failures yet.

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JS
Network Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

The stability of this solution is good.

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YS
Lead Presales at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution is stable.

Nowadays, every five years technology changes. However, you will find customers who are using the same Cisco switch which has a life span of five years or seven years, will still be using them for more than 10 years without raising a single ticket. This is the confidence they have in Cisco. This is my personal customer experience, it makes it difficult for us to generate business. We can do a technology refresh or a product replacement But when there is Cisco, it is tough for any person to replace that solution. Cisco has that X factor in their solutions, and specifically with networking. Nexus is definitely their bread and butter. It is an exceptional solution.

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CL
Network Analyst at Govt of Canada

It is relatively stable. 

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TM
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The stability is good. We've never had any of them die. They've been very consistent.

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TN
Network Services Manager at Allen Systems Group

The stability of this solution is very high.

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it_user208146 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer, Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

No issues encountered.

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TS
Network Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a stable product. It definitely holds up the workload that we put it through. Overall, I would say it's a great product.

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DL
Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is a good product and it is very stable.

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RW
Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is mostly stable. There have been some times where wacky things will happen, like buggy code. There's a bug in the code where you can't save the configuration. We've had to reboot both devices, and then it fixes itself. There's no known fix. Cisco says that it has been fixed years ago, but it's still not working. There have been weird things like that.

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RS
Network Analyst at a marketing services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

This is a very stable solution. Its stability means that we do not have any issues.

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HS
Network Security Administration at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The stability of this solution is very good.

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AA
Principle Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have found that all Cisco products are stable, and I am happy with this one.

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Buyer's Guide
Cisco Nexus
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Cisco Nexus. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
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