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."Nexus has improved my organization in the way that it provided enhanced security in a point in the network that was critical."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is the performance, flexibility, configuration, and cost. It's not a traditional pricing model from Cisco. They've offered our company a considerable reduction in price. That makes Cisco Nexus now very competitive with other vendors."
"The solution has introduced VPC, Virtual Port Channel, which allows for more redundancy and flexibility."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is modularity. It's like the Swiss Army knife of switches."
"This is a powerful device and I can get good bandwidth."
"The interface is easy to use. It is not much different from iOS, but you can use it on a larger scale in data centers."
"The scalability of Cisco Nexus is good. We've had them for the entire lifetime. We've never had to upgrade them yet."
"It gives me an unparalleled ability to build out my environment differently than I would have if I was going with another vendor."
"In the case of small businesses, the solution is budget-friendly and easy to configure."
"The switches are fast."
"Performance is good."
"Setup was easy. It only took a couple of hours to set up."
"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."
"The stability has been largely pretty good."
"The unique ring topology is actually a handy innovation."
"The solution excels in configuration and other aspects. It offers reliability and performance."
"The licensing is very complicated. They should work to simplify it."
"If I call during a high volume, I might get someone that just doesn't know as much or it takes a little bit of time and they put us on hold more. Otherwise, it's good."
"The flexibility and configuration could be better."
"It would be nice if the solution offered multiple types of port support."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing. The solution is expensive. Compared to other vendors, it's costly for similar products."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see a focus on backplane deployment, so you can stack more."
"I feel that this solution should be more flexible and scalable."
"Technical support could be better."
"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."
"The training and resources for learning are lacking."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"ExtremeSwitching hardware lacks flexibility compared to some other options."
"ExtremeSwitching has many features but having come from Cisco environments, there is a steep learning curve to learning all the functionality."
"Their support could definitely be better."
"The licensing is expensive."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are not prevalent in the industry, so it's harder to go online and research how to deploy their APs or switches. There is a broader user community for Cisco and Juniper because they've been around for a while and everybody has a bit of knowledge they can publish online."
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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