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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) Reviews

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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) mindshare

As of March 2025, the mindshare of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) in the Network Monitoring Software category stands at 0.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) reviews

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OusaidAbaz - PeerSpot user
Security Network Architect at Inmac
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Sep 16, 2024
Provides spine-leaf architecture and support integration with programming languages
Olajide Olusegun - PeerSpot user
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Aug 5, 2024
Easy to deploy, stable, scalable and best data center manager for your infra.

Pros

"VCNM provides a unique capability of managing the admin VDCs of Nexus boxes."

Cons

"The reporting is not very intuitive and has room for improvement."
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Upul Abhayasena - PeerSpot user
Manager - Technology at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Sep 23, 2024
Robust management tool with an easy setup and room for more features

Pros

"Stability is not an issue."

Cons

"More integration features would be beneficial."
Henok Tsegaye - PeerSpot user
BDM/Chief Information Officer at Afcor PLC
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Apr 25, 2024
Implement changes in policies and rules across switches but lacks AI capabilities

Pros

"It uses push technology, which pushes the changes to all relevant devices to ensure they are updated accordingly."

Cons

"The automation feature could be improved. "
ChinthakaKannangara - PeerSpot user
Consultant at Millenium IT
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Feb 26, 2024
Provides a consolidated dashboard but improvement is needed in pricing

Pros

"The tool's most valuable feature is the consolidated dashboard, providing insights into parameters and overall usage of network features. It allows us to easily summarize insights through the dashboards. The solution offers automation capabilities, particularly in the context of connecting LAN sites with websites. "

Cons

"The tool's pricing strategy could be improved to compete more effectively in the market, especially against competitors like Huawei, Aruba, and Juniper. "
MD.SIHAB TALUKDAR - PeerSpot user
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Sep 9, 2024
Bandwidth throughput is smooth and better than others

Pros

"The automation capability is more than enough. It depends on how we consider and integrate the automation engine. We need to ensure the automation engine and then how to perform it. It depends on the policy making, API integration, and other integrations. "

Cons

"The tool should be more user-friendly and improve AI integration. "
RajeshKumar - PeerSpot user
Network Consultant at Velocis Systems
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Sep 28, 2023
Provides insight into the network's health data and has an excellent support team

Pros

"I don't have to rely on the on-site engineer who can do the configuration. I can have our team just plug the devices and perform remotely. I can also do the templates. "

Cons

"Automation for the RMA process can be added. "
Kyaw Zin Linn - PeerSpot user
Sales Manager at Mitsuiwa-ace Engineering
Verified user of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM)
Apr 15, 2023
Reliable, good support, but ease of use could improve

Pros

"The most valuable features of Cisco Data Center Network Manager are consistency and the core server. The teams have had a good experience."

Cons

"The delivery Cisco Data Center Network Manager could improve if it was easier. Additionally, some feature improvement is needed."
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Munmeet Dosanjh - PeerSpot user