Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (Formerly DCNM) Reviews

I use Cisco Data Center Network Manager to store information for different clients or customers in the data center.

It helps improve my workflow by organizing and managing this information efficiently.

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. 

I have been using Cisco Data Center Network Manager for the last three years.

Based on my current usage, it seems to handle our processes well without any issues or bugs affecting its stability.

My experience with the scalability of Cisco Data Center Network Manager is limited, as another team within our company handled its implementation and maintenance.

The technical support is reliable.

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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.

The setup was done in-house by our company's engineers.

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.

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. 

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.

The robustness in the API could be improved. I also think Cisco could look into reducing the pricing of the solution. 

I've been using this solution since it's been on the market. 

The stability hasn't been too bad. 

There are no issues with scalability.

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.

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. 

We are customers of Cisco and I'm a system engineer. 

Fabric suite automation is a great feature.

I'd like to see better integration with VMware products such as NSX and the reporting could be improved. 

I've been using this solution for one and a half years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. We currently have four network managers and eight system engineers. 

The technical support is quite good, they respond quickly. 

We previously used SolarWinds Network Monitoring but switched to Cisco but it has multiple tools on a single platform. SolarWinds does provide better reporting.

Deployment took us 25 days and was carried out by our local team with some assistance from Cisco. 

The product is good but quite expensive. We pay an annual license and the cost depends on the number of devices. 

I rate this solution nine out of 10. 

We use the product to manage access points. 

The solution needs to improve reports. 

I rate the product a seven out of ten. It is a very good solution. 

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.  

For our purposes, excellent stability is the most valuable feature because we provide services for clients who need a dependable solution.  

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.  

We have not been using this solution for a very long time but it has been about two years.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

The product is licensed with contracts that work on a yearly basis rather than a monthly model.  

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.  

Our primary use case of this solution is for network monitoring and security components.

The feature I find most valuable is the stability of the solution.

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.

The solution is very stable and it has never crashed on us.

The setup and installation of Cisco is very easy.

The solution is very expensive. 

I will rate Cisco Data Center Network a seven out of ten. In the future I would like to see it being more affordable.

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.

In the next release, I would like to see it merged with Prime and I think that it should be more unified.

This solution is quite stable. After installation, you almost forget that it is working.

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.

I have not contacted technical support because I haven't needed any support.

The initial setup was straightforward.

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.

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.

The most valuable feature is the connectivity monitoring.

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.

I have been working with the Cisco Data Center Network Manager for four years.

The stability is there with this solution.

Scaling this solution requires upgrading.

The initial setup is pretty straightforward.

My team is responsible for the implementation, deployment, and support of this solution.

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.