We use the product to manage access points.
Analyst of IT at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Manages access points but needs improvement in reports
Pros and Cons
- "We use the product to manage access points."
- "The solution needs to improve reports."
What is our primary use case?
What needs improvement?
The solution needs to improve reports.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the product a seven out of ten. It is a very good solution.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Systems Consultant Director at Dasit
Helps improve my workflow by organizing and managing information efficiently
Pros and Cons
- "The monitoring capability is the best in Cisco Data Center Network Manager. It helps me improve network management tasks and optimize processes."
- "The initial setup is challenging."
What is our primary use case?
I use Cisco Data Center Network Manager to store information for different clients or customers in the data center.
How has it helped my organization?
It helps improve my workflow by organizing and managing this information efficiently.
What is most valuable?
The monitoring capability is the best in Cisco Data Center Network Manager. It helps me improve network management tasks and optimize processes.
What needs improvement?
The initial setup is challenging.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Cisco Data Center Network Manager for the last three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Based on my current usage, it seems to handle our processes well without any issues or bugs affecting its stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My experience with the scalability of Cisco Data Center Network Manager is limited, as another team within our company handled its implementation and maintenance.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is reliable.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Initially, implementing Cisco Data Center Network Manager was quite challenging for us. I would rate the setup around seven out of ten in difficulty. The setup took about two months.
What about the implementation team?
The setup was done in-house by our company's engineers.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would recommend Cisco Data Center Network Manager, especially for those looking for comprehensive monitoring and management tools.
I would rate the solution overall an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Jun 24, 2024
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IT Manager Network at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
The automation of features that used to be done manually is a significant time saver
Pros and Cons
- "Automation of the ILS."
- "API lacks robustness."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of the solution is for automation. We're an airline so a lot of people buy from us. We are vendors and I'm an IT manager.
What is most valuable?
There are many valuable features in this solution: The automation of the ILS, the automation of the small changes, the lands updates, scheduling, integration - basically, the pushing of features that we used to do manually. It's a good product.
What needs improvement?
The robustness in the API could be improved. I also think Cisco could look into reducing the pricing of the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution since it's been on the market.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability hasn't been too bad.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There are no issues with scalability.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support is a gap for us as a company. When I think of technical support, there's two types: There's developmental and then there's operational support. Cisco shines at developmental support and new products. Operational support, and then continuing to keep the lights on, is an area that could be improved.
What other advice do I have?
Any company needs to understand that it requires a commitment, the need to employ somebody who's a specialist, who understands and can manage the portal itself. If you do that, there are many benefits to be had.
I would rate this solution an eight out of 10.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
System Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has a great fabric suite automation feature
Pros and Cons
- "Fabric suite automation is a great feature."
- "Could integrate better with VMware products."
What is our primary use case?
We are customers of Cisco and I'm a system engineer.
What is most valuable?
Fabric suite automation is a great feature.
What needs improvement?
I'd like to see better integration with VMware products such as NSX and the reporting could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable. We currently have four network managers and eight system engineers.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is quite good, they respond quickly.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used SolarWinds Network Monitoring but switched to Cisco but it has multiple tools on a single platform. SolarWinds does provide better reporting.
How was the initial setup?
Deployment took us 25 days and was carried out by our local team with some assistance from Cisco.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is good but quite expensive. We pay an annual license and the cost depends on the number of devices.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Dependable and has excellent stability
Pros and Cons
- "The product has excellent stability."
- "It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis."
What is our primary use case?
We use this product as an enterprise network troubleshooting solution and also the operator of the VPN (Virtual Private Network) solution for our enterprise network.
What is most valuable?
For our purposes, excellent stability is the most valuable feature because we provide services for clients who need a dependable solution.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see improved integration with other tools. It would be nice to have the ability to more easily collect information from other software when doing some types of analysis.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have not been using this solution for a very long time but it has been about two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability of this product is good. It is our clients who are working with the solution. We do not get complaints. It is hard to say exactly how many users are using Data Center Network Manager in those companies. We treat the data from those customers in the system and perform analysis.
How are customer service and technical support?
We do not actually deal with Cisco's customer support as our clients have their own teams for this purpose. They are responsible for communications with their own contacts at Cisco, not us.
How was the initial setup?
We provide the services so the responsibility for the setup is the customer's job. It is not our responsibility to set up the system for deployment. While this may be a little difficult for less experienced users, for an engineer who is familiar with Cisco setting up the product will be easy for them. Less experienced users will probably have to contact Cisco for assistance.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is licensed with contracts that work on a yearly basis rather than a monthly model.
What other advice do I have?
On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Cisco Data Center Network Manager as an eight-out-of-ten. Maybe even a nine-out-of-ten. It is a very good product but every product can be improved. The documentation for this product can certainly be improved, for example.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
IT Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 11-50 employees
Stable and easy to use, but it is rather expensive
Pros and Cons
- "The feature I find most valuable, is the stability of the solution."
- "It is not very easy to monitor or to browse."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of this solution is for network monitoring and security components.
What is most valuable?
The feature I find most valuable is the stability of the solution.
What needs improvement?
It is not very easy to monitor or to browse. I would like to see an improvement in the interface. I would also like to see more feedback options.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Cisco Data Center Network for two years now on-prem.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable and it has never crashed on us.
How was the initial setup?
The setup and installation of Cisco is very easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is very expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I will rate Cisco Data Center Network a seven out of ten. In the future I would like to see it being more affordable.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
A stable monitoring and backup solution for our customers that is easy to install
Pros and Cons
- "After installation, you almost forget that it is working."
- "In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case of this solution is to manage our customer's storage network, collect their data, and to back up their data.
Customers want us to monitor the data samples, or they may request that we do some management of the network devices.
The deployment model we are using is a stand-alone, on-premises. For each site, they had six different types and for all of them, we used only one Data Centre Manager.
What needs improvement?
In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for almost twelve years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This solution is quite stable. After installation, you almost forget that it is working.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is difficult to provide an opinion on the scalability because each data center has its base and its own data center manager.
I could not give you exact numbers, but approximately, I would say that they have twenty devices.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have not contacted technical support because I haven't needed any support.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward.
What other advice do I have?
If they want to mix storage in it, they can use it to manage the devices. They cannot, however, do this through the database client. It can only be done through the manager.
We are partners with Cisco.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner.
Project Manager with 201-500 employees
Good connectivity monitoring, but there are still things that they need to work on
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring."
- "Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support."
What is our primary use case?
We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our customers. I am in a networking environment and this is a solution for monitoring the activity and connectivity in a Cisco network.
How has it helped my organization?
most of our Enterprise business clients use CISCO for their network connections. This has made things to be easier from our organization
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring.
What needs improvement?
Sometimes the product gives us problems that require support.
There are still several things that need to be done in order to perfect this solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the Cisco Data Center Network Manager for four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is there with this solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scaling this solution requires upgrading.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have 24/7 team responsible for servicing our customers at any time. Our customers are happy with the services offered to them
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is pretty straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
My team is responsible for the implementation, deployment, and support of this solution.
What was our ROI?
More than good enough as we have new clients everyday connected using this product
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Value for money. go for the product that's worth it for your organization. in that case, I strongly recommend CISCO
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
No
What other advice do I have?
At this point, I am happy with this product and I would recommend it. I will only switch if somebody comes out with one that is much better.
In general, this is a good solution, but there are still things that they need to work on.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
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