We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches and Cisco Ethernet Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Enables direct access to clusters."
"It's easy to extend the stack, We don't use the smaller switches, but it's going well for the rest."
"The fibre ports that are 10 Gb capacity helped with the travel of a lot of regular as well as video data. Fibre can handle a lot more virtual data than copper twisted-pair, so we got a lot more data and a lot more traffic signals back through the fibre ports, faster, than with copper."
"The solution has a very good web interface. It makes it easy to manage everything."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches' best features are it's easy to deploy, manage, and maintain, with services coming through one vendor."
"This is a dependable switch which will help you sleep at night."
"The new web graphical interface is much better than before. We now have easy access to the command lines. They're all functional."
"We are able to customize this solution based on the customer's requirements."
"The solution effectively provides a stable connection for users."
"You can tap into all of the features for your virtual workload environment."
"Technical support has always been helpful."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The quality of service is one of the main reasons we use Cisco in our organization. It's quite high and very reliable. The switches also end up working for a long time, so there's less need to replace them as often as others. We have some switches in our company that has been running since 2006, for example. They are quite old, but they still work."
"DNA Center is very interesting in automating the setup and monitoring as with each occurrence it gets easier to troubleshoot and provides an impression about what could be the problem."
"The solution is extremely stable."
"I like their after-sales support more than anything because it's very good."
"The network connection should be improved."
"technical support response time is sometimes very slow."
"The product would be better if it were completely compatible with other switching products."
"In future versions, I would like to see improvements in networking speed."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches would be improved if cloud-based technology was provided in the Gulf region."
"I find the CLI hard to use. I wish we could do more in the GUI interface."
"There needs to be better integration with the interface."
"I could see them possibly creating a more intuitive software. It's very user-friendly, but there are some things that aren't very intuitive when programming the switches."
"Technical support for integrations with other network products is insufficient and should be improved."
"One area for improvement could be integrating a single dashboard for both wired and wireless networks."
"We need more management tools for the solution."
"The solution should offer a method for user-based load balancing."
"The price of the solution could be reduced."
"I don't like the fact that the product is very expensive."
"There are instances where the commands you are familiar with might change or be replaced with newer syntax."
"To keep up with the market, the solution should have better evolution and innovation."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is ranked 21st in Ethernet Switches with 8 reviews while Cisco Ethernet Switches is ranked 1st in Ethernet Switches with 128 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Cisco Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches writes "It's easy to extend the stack, but I wish we could do more in the GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Ethernet Switches writes "It's a solidly stable product from a leader in the field". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Nokia Ethernet Service Switch, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches and Huawei Ethernet Switches, whereas Cisco Ethernet Switches is most compared with Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, D-Link Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches vs. Cisco Ethernet Switches report.
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My last experience with Netgear wasn't good but it was a long time ago. It may be better now.
As for me, it would be Cisco because it is easier to find network engineer with knowledge of Cisco products and many supervision or orchestration tools will support them well.
Regarding my experience, they are reliable assets but the cost might be sometime a good reason to go for something else.
Depending upon the size and design of the network, it will determine to some extent which brand will be the most cost-effective and reliable solution.
I used Netgear equipment in a simple Layer 2/ Layer 3 setup using their Netgear Smart Switches with stacking and 10GB uplinks for around 380 users and around 400 devices, and ran for around 4+ years without a single issue related to network switches, we then move to our site operation where we used H3C switches. H3C has excellent switches. I also used Brocade ethernet switches which have been running for the past 9 years requiring some occasional reboots.
I recommend all switches get rebooted every two years.
I have used Cisco switches also. They are good but there are better more feature-rich TCO costs over 5 Years Cisco losses out. Honestly, most of the feature sets in switches are not used within business operations.
Also, the best is to follow KISS when it comes to networking.
For an Enterprise?
I would definitely go with Cisco.
Cisco has a wide range of products to accommodate all present and future needs of an enterprise organization.
Cisco support is very professional in case something goes wrong.
Cisco products are very stable, have lots of features to satisfy every need of an enterprise and in my experience, they don't easily fail.