We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and ExtremeSwitching 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 most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"Technical support has been very, very helpful and they offer good SLAs."
"The most valuable feature of the 7700 series is probably the multi-context subset VRS, which lets you use multi-VRS, multi-context, and also VPC setup, where you have two logical devices that are still separate in terms of management planes, but have shared, virtual core channels."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is modularity. It's like the Swiss Army knife of switches."
"The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is stability. We have a pretty large campus."
"The redundancy and the vPC are the most valuable features. We can integrate two switches together for file transfers; that is, we can operate two switches as one. This is because the network can be shared via a vPC trunk, particularly for devices that are not critical for redundancy."
"It's pretty easy to use and operates at high speed."
"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."
"The unique ring topology is actually a handy innovation."
"The switches are fast."
"The solution has inspection firewalls that can do a deep packet inspection on a port basis."
"Setup was easy. It only took a couple of hours to set up."
"The solution excels in configuration and other aspects. It offers reliability and performance."
"The stability has been largely pretty good."
"Performance is good."
"The initial setup was somewhat complex."
"The implementation process could be easier, which is something that should be improved."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required. Cisco Nexus should lower its current prices."
"Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV)."
"We have encountered some software bugs."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"There's been a little bit of bugginess in the code, but that happens."
"The operating system needs to be improved. There should be stability in the operating system, and it should not have as many vulnerabilities."
"There are latency issues that need to be addressed."
"The solution as a whole has hardware quality issues."
"It could be cheaper in general."
"ExtremeSwitching hardware lacks flexibility compared to some other options."
"Their pricing could be a bit cheaper, as Huawei switches offer better pricing."
"The interface could be improved."
"ExtremeSwitching is scalable to a certain extent for SME-segmented IP."
"ExtremeSwitching has many features but having come from Cisco environments, there is a steep learning curve to learning all the functionality."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 18 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Juniper QFabric, whereas ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. ExtremeSwitching report.
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