We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and HPE ProCurve 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."This solution has allowed us to better prepare our network for 10-gigabit."
"Cisco Nexus has improved the way our organization functions through the troubleshooting. We had issues where we've seen our links saturated. We were able to determine what was being processed on the link."
"The most valuable features are extensions and recorded scalability."
"The most valuable feature is that it is high-density, ten-gig."
"It speeds up the network data transfer time."
"The most valuable features are that it is easy to use, provides stability, easy to configure, low latency, and it provides communication to the data center."
"It provides a very flexible connection to a server. When you go into history and the VPC, it provides a very flexible connection from it. Once a server goes down I can instruct it easily. So the network actually keeps quality even if onsite it is down."
"Cisco Nexus is a stable solution."
"HPE ProCurve's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly."
"It is easy to deploy."
"It has an excellent menu system where you can use both the CLI and a menu system and the GUI version. They have three options for manipulating, updating, and changing the switch, which we like."
"The web page interface is very convenient and easy to use for setting up your feedback loops."
"The pricing is quite competitive."
"The product is robust."
"It has a lifetime warranty, that includes lifetime updates."
"HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center."
"I would like to see more on-device programmability, as it seems to be lacking in this platform."
"For a very small subset, Cisco Nexus caused port flapping within the applications."
"If we could get some more automation integrated into it, it would make it easier."
"Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV)."
"There are too many different model numbers and too much complexity."
"Nexus is a costly solution."
"The implementation process could be easier, which is something that should be improved."
"Nothing is perfect."
"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."
"The dashboards could be improved to be more interesting."
"HPE ProCurve could improve by making their command more similar to other solutions, such as the access codes. There should be a standard. Additionally, if the configurations could be done from the cloud would be a benefit and the port uplink speed should improve."
"The product could be cheaper."
"Procurve would work better if it had more options like the web environment."
"These switches can be made more stable and robust."
"The user interface (UI) could be better."
"I don't have any recommendations for areas of improvement."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 37 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6. 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 HPE ProCurve writes "Offers reliability and helps with vulnerability assessment". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and HPE A-Series, whereas HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Aruba Instant On Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. HPE ProCurve report.
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