Cisco Nexus Reviews

Our primary use case for Cisco Nexus is for an internet data center.

Cisco Nexus can handle the traffic in our data center. This was a brand new bill for a data center that we are setting up for a gaming environment. We knew we needed heavy duty switching hardware at that location.

Cisco Nexus has good overall reliability and configuration options. It is fairly straightforward to access the switching platforms.

Cisco Nexus is a switch. It's fairly straightforward in what it does and what it can offer. Other than the differences between the command line or vs. Catalyst, it's just getting used to it.

I don't have any negative issues. Cisco Nexus is expensive.

The stability has been great. We've been using it for the last five years and haven't had any failures yet.

I don't see any issues with the scalability of Cisco Nexus.

For Cisco's overall technical support, i.e. if you have a problem, I'd probably give it eight or a nine out of ten. It's reliable. 

One of our switches died last week and we were able to RMA it. Within four hours it arrived on time and worked. We have no issues with Cisco's customer support.

We didn't have any previous solution.

The initial set was fairly straightforward. It's a basic set up that we have. It's not an overly complex network that it's being used in. It was primarily used to support channels.

Cisco was our only vendor.

On a scale from one to ten, I'd probably give Cisco Nexus an eight to nine, based on relatability and the ease of configuration.

Given the overall reliability and stability of the Cisco product, it's worth the price over any other switching platform out there.

This solution provides all of the routing and searching features that we need. We use it for internal use, rather than resell it to our customers.

The most valuable feature for us is the VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) support. We are using it in the aggregation layer.

Some of the DHCP features need improvement.

The stability of this solution is good.

I think that this solution scales well.

The price of this solution is good when compared to others in the market.

When we purchased the hardware, the software license came with it.

We did not evaluate other vendors before choosing this solution.

This is a pretty solid product that complies with our design and gives us what we need.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

We are using the Cisco Nexus as our core switch for our main backbone.

I have been using Cisco Nexus for approximately two years.

The solution is stable.

Nowadays, every five years technology changes. However, you will find customers who are using the same Cisco switch which has a life span of five years or seven years, will still be using them for more than 10 years without raising a single ticket. This is the confidence they have in Cisco. This is my personal customer experience, it makes it difficult for us to generate business. We can do a technology refresh or a product replacement But when there is Cisco, it is tough for any person to replace that solution. Cisco has that X factor in their solutions, and specifically with networking. Nexus is definitely their bread and butter. It is an exceptional solution.

Cisco Nexus is scalable.

We have approximately two customers.

The Technical support of Cisco is really good. It is a core switch, you require three to four hours, same business day support. They give you a good resolution within that time. They are good at troubleshooting.

The installation is straightforward. If you have someone who is certified to do the implementation of Cisco Nexus they can do it quickly. 

All other switches, such as distributed switches and access switches connect to the Cisco Nexus switch. If you have done everything correctly including the sizing, there should not be an issue at the time of installation.

we have one manager and one engineer for the deployment and maintenance of the solution.

The subscription model and price could be better.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Cisco Nexus an eight out of ten.

We use this solution for many purposes. For example, to automate Nexus switches and to view the modern architecture network, such as SDN.

The most valuable features are the solution is robust, you are able to use it for fabric architecture as well as SPAN on exit with the controller.

Nexus switches should be able to support network function virtualization (NFV).

I have been using the solution for approximately five years.

I have found Cisco Nexus switches highly scalable.

This solution is very scalable because of the architecture. We have approximately 400 users using this solution in my organization.

I am satisfied with the Cisco support, they are very good. 

The installation is very easy and it took me approximately 10 minutes to install.

We did the implementation of the solution ourselves. We have a few administrators that do the implementation and maintenance of the solution. We do not need a really big team because it can be automated, we need them mostly for orchestration.

I rate Cisco Nexus a nine out of ten.

We use the solution in a data center farm.

We have found that logical tenant segregation to be the most useful feature.

The software is not as mature as it could be and needs some integration improvements with other orchestrators.

I have been using the solution for three years.

When it comes to the stability we had some issues with some software features due to a release bug. The hardware itself is pretty stable. 

The solution is scalable.

The initial installation is pretty straightforward, it takes approximately an hour. When you start with the configuration and moving forward from there, which is not only a matter of technical configuration or the key component but the integration into the environment, this can take several hours.

The solution is expensive.

I would advise others before implantation this solution to study. There are some big changes in respect to the previous concept of networking. There is a learning curve that needs to be considered.

I rate Cisco Nexus an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case for Cisco Nexus is for MACsec encryption.

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 is the ease of management for network administration.

The additional features I would like to see included in the next release is the ability to integrate routing and switching features. 

It is relatively stable. 

Cisco Nexus is very scalable.

The Cisco technical support is good as of now.

When I was the systems analyst, we discovered a need for Cisco Nexus. We had limited encryption support. We didn't have any similar solutions before.

The initial setup was relatively simple.

We used an integrator for the deployment. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate the product at an eight. Cisco Nexus is excellent. I wouldn't rate it a ten because it could use an enhanced feature set.

I would advise someone considering this solution to consider all of the vendors. 

Our primary use case is for multitenant switching in our data centers for our edge equipment to go in between our firewalls and out to the internet.

It's performing well. 

The most valuable feature is the capacity for the number of customers that we can get onto it.

I get more of the frustration out of Juniper equipment than I do from Cisco products. Cisco Nexus is more versatile for us in comparison to Juniper. The routing is easier with Cisco.

The stability is good. We've never had any of them die. They've been very consistent.

The scalability of Cisco Nexus is good. We've had them for the entire lifetime. We've never had to upgrade them yet.

Their technical support is good and very helpful. They knew exactly what we needed. 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. 

We used a consultant for the deployment. 

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Cisco Nexus a ten. I like it. I would advise anyone to go through a professional consultant with Cisco training.

Our primary use case for the Cisco Nexus solution is for the data center.

We have a much more stable network now using the Cisco Nexus.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the durability. 

Being this is the first usage, we don't have any expectations yet. 

The stability of this solution is very high.

The scalability of the Cisco Nexus is very high.

Cisco Nexus is more complex than your standard Catalyst. It's a whole different environment.

The development and the program configuration is not like what you're used to after doing Catalyst for 20 years. It has a little bit of a learning curve.

We went from the manufacturer for the deployment. We worked directly with Cisco. Our experience with them was very good.

On a scale from one to 10, I would rate the product a 10 for the stability. The durability exceeded our expectations. 

Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price. Take a hard look at it. I would highly recommend it