We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Juniper QFX Series Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Center Networking solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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 of this solution is stability. We have a pretty large campus."
"You can scale the product."
"We now have one box that does multiple services."
"Cisco Nexus has been very stable. No issues. It's been rock solid. We haven't had any issues with it in the last twelve months."
"Technical support has been very, very helpful and they offer good SLAs."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."
"The most valuable features are the VxLAN and the EVPN."
"The QFX series is a good choice for large data centers, particularly for Spine-Leaf architectures."
"Juniper QFX Series Switches provide a good platform for all of our hardware and are easy to use."
"It's really easy to replicate rules. It's the one that I've used; it was CLI-based. You can implement a large set of rules with CLI. You can just copy a script and add additional changes to the source and destination on the part. And so it's easy to do large zone-based rules."
"EVPN-VXLAN feature offers the most benefits."
"It's a stable solution."
"The initial setup was pretty complex, mostly because of our environment, having to do multi-context. That's where you have a lot of different logical routes that are in one physical device, and it can get kind of complex trying to think about how to set all that up. You really have to whiteboard it out a lot."
"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."
"Cisco Nexus is just a platform. You just set it up, give it an IP, and then start configuring it. But there are a million features to configure."
"The initial setup was somewhat complex."
"The price could be better."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV)."
"The licensing is very complicated. They should work to simplify it."
"The price could be cheaper."
"I faced issues with the deployment and upgrade. In the QFX5110 series, features like ISSU and DSSQ should be improved. Upgrades should be smoother."
"There have been some issues sometimes. When you upgrade the device, it doesn't come up. It gets stuck."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It is too high."
"Integrating QFX switches was the first point of challenge."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 101 reviews while Juniper QFX Series Switches is ranked 5th in Data Center Networking with 6 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Juniper QFX Series Switches is rated 8.8. 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 Juniper QFX Series Switches writes "Offers high port density, including 1/25G/40G/100G and 400 options upto 2 RU and lower power consumption and leverages Broadcom chipsets for enhanced performance". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, VMware NSX and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Juniper QFX Series Switches is most compared with PTX Series Routers, Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms and Cisco Catalyst Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Juniper QFX Series Switches report.
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