ExtremeSwitching Valuable Features

Sachin Vinay - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Administrator at Amrita

The solution has a switching-level security feature. We can easily implement ExtremeSwitching for each port server. This way we can ensure more security to the endpoints. It is easy to configure, even on the command line.

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AnkurKumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at HCL Technologies

It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness.

The product is scalable.

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MericDinc - PeerSpot reviewer
Network division director at Toptal telecommunication company

ExtremeSwitching fabric technology is a unique technology used to protect against viruses. ExtremeCloud IQ is a very good and feature-rich solution compared to Cisco, Ruxi Networks, or Huawei.

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Buyer's Guide
ExtremeSwitching
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about ExtremeSwitching. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
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JD
Network Engineer at a government with 501-1,000 employees

I have been using ExtremeSwitching for so long that it is really natural for me. I just use them. I guess if I had to pick something I really like, it would maybe be the ease of using their protocol. They use ring topology protocol. Using that protocol is somewhat unique to Extreme. It is actually really handy.  

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KL
IT Administrator at Gas Malaysia

So far it is working quite well. It doesn't give us problems.  

The solution is stable.

If you plan, you can scale the product.

Our vendors are great and they offer very good support services. 

This pricing was pretty reasonable when we originally purchased the solution. 

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MuhammadNadeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

These are stable switches. Once we've deployed them, we haven't find any issue in the system configuration and have had no problems.

We can go for other licensing, like iCloud. We can control it remotely. 

The simple configuration has been great. 

The switches are fast. What they mention in their specs is not like Huawei or other switches. Its flexibility and scalability are excellent.

The solution offers reasonable licensing fees. 

Technical support is good, although I haven't really used it.

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SK
Senior Project Manager at CITS

ExtremeSwitching is a good, stable platform. There is no comparison between Cisco Nexus Flex and ExtremeSwitching. Cisco Access uses a standard model of the Flex content, which comes with the Cisco model for 96 ports and Fortinet support. We compared Cisco Nexus with Flex connectivity to extend the server connectivity with the 96 and FortiG uplink ports. The cost for Cisco was too high, so we were trying to go with some other models. First, the configuration part and all other content are readily available online. Second, there is no issue with the hardware and performance because many Flex switches, including older models, are still working. Specifically, Flex switches with serial numbers 5548 and 5596 are outdated but still working. We must replace these switches with 9000 or 9300 series switches of the same capacity.

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GlennCamilien - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

ExtremeSwitching switches are highly reliable. 

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GD
Founder and CEO at a security firm with 11-50 employees

Their number one valuable feature is the inspection firewalls that carry out a deep packet inspection on a port basis. It's a feature they've had for a number of years. Our customers like the switching, which does the deep packet inspections but can also write traffic from one VLAN to the next.

Extreme has become more aggressive with its pricing. The cost per switch per port has come down quite a bit, making it very competitive in the small and medium-size market. It has made the solution more favorable. 

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ET
Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable features of ExtremeSwitching are that they are robust and have plenty of features. There is a lot of functionality. They have a lot of other features ExtremeSwitching that you can get involved with but I haven't been using many of them.

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AM
Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

They are good. We have been using them for about two years, and we are satisfied with their performance. For our network environment, these switches are working fine.

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HO
Group Manager at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

In our country, we have established a good relationship with the local representatives, and they made a good contract between us and the US, and they have offered good-priced performance rates for us. Mostly the price and the performance have been very valuable aspects of the solution for us.  

You can scale the solution if you want to.

The stability has been largely pretty good.

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WA
Management Board Member and Network Engineer at NewLogics

The analytics and security are great. They give us very good visibility over the network and what's happening at the network level from the switch.

It is stable. 

The solution can scale. 

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TA
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The solution excels in configuration and other aspects. It offers reliability and performance.

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Yintho Taev - PeerSpot reviewer
Logistics Supervisor at Andromeda Distribution Corporation

The performance of ExtremeSwitching is good.

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US
Senior Manager, Information Technology at a university with 201-500 employees

Memory configuration is easy.

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Bharath Poovaiah - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Head at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Performance is good.

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Buyer's Guide
ExtremeSwitching
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about ExtremeSwitching. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,578 professionals have used our research since 2012.