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."Cisco is refining the features all the time and you can see this in all the different vendors."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The biggest benefit to this solution is a high port density with high bandwidth."
"The solution is very expensive. Currently, we pay an yearly licensing cost. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the power."
"We are a Cisco shop. This solution is better compared to other options."
"The solution has introduced VPC, Virtual Port Channel, which allows for more redundancy and flexibility."
"We used older versions of Cisco Cloud. The reason why we switched was just adapting with the times."
"In the case of small businesses, the solution is budget-friendly and easy to configure."
"The performance of ExtremeSwitching is good."
"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."
"It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness."
"The product offers a single management platform for multiple models of switches. The tool also allows users to manage multiple sites from a single dashboard."
"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."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are highly reliable."
"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."
"They should make it easier to update the code on it."
"There is no feature parity between the 9K and the 5K or 7K, which means that it is harder to position the 9K to future proof them."
"Technical support could be better."
"The product lacks options for integration with other market products that would allow us more flexibility."
"With some of the products we had before, we had a little more downtime than we would like."
"I would like to see Duo directly integrated with the Nexus hardware, instead of it being through the proxies, like how Duo works today."
"We lag on the configuration. The changes make a difference in troubleshooting."
"Currently, the switches don't behave like the 4500 switches in terms of acting as one physical chassis. So the multi-chassis PortChannel feature is not applicable in this case. Nevertheless, virtual port-channel feature covers this."
"The training and resources for learning are lacking."
"The solution as a whole has hardware quality issues."
"Their support could definitely be better."
"The licensing is expensive."
"Extreme Networks does not have any entry-level products. This is a problem for them because Aruba has an Instant On series, which is new and cost-effective. Cisco also has the 1000 series, and other brands offer entry-level products."
"There are latency issues that need to be addressed."
"We noticed over the years that the price of the Extreme Switches has been rising and this will become a concern in the future."
"The interface could be improved."
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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