Cisco Nexus Reviews

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Productivity is better, but that is, of course, information technology’s benefit.

Promulgation of functionality needs working on.

I've used it for 15 years.

Documentation is often scant.

No issues encountered.

Scalability goes in accordance with money spent.

It's mediocre.

No previous solution used.

Straightforward setup.

We did it in-house.

No other options were evaluated.

Make sure documentation is readily available.

Our main use of Cisco Nexus is as our data center core switch.

Nexus provides inner redundancy. It allows us to perform updates on individual switches, while still maintaining reliability and uptime on the server.

Overall, I wish it was a more intuitive OS.

It's a stable product. It definitely holds up the workload that we put it through. Overall, I would say it's a great product.

The initial setup was very straightforward.

It's a good return on my investment because of its reliability that it provides with our main PCs, our dual homes on our devices.

Buy what you know that's going to be the best value in the long run, because if you don't know it, then it's going to be hard.

It's the only one I know that allows us to dual home our servers in our HyperFlex environment, but still maintaining our virtual IP address and such.

I would rate this solution as nine out of ten.

The solution's speed and efficiency help improve the productivity of our organization.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the hardware engine itself.

The product could be improved with a friendlier GUI.

It is a good product and it is very stable.

It is easily scalable.

The technical training for product use was good.

The installation was completely straightforward. We were familiar with previous models so this was the same or very similar.

We used a reseller for the integration and had a good experience with them. 

From my perspective and level of involvement in the deployment and use, I would rate this solution an eight out of ten based on the scalability, functionality, and ease of use.

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.

Our primary use case for the Cisco Nexus solution is for our data center switches. It's our core switch that we use everywhere.

This product has improved the way our organization functions through the ability to do tasks in a maintenance window while allowing other teams to continue to work.

There have been a couple of cases where we needed to do emergency support outside of a maintenance window. We were able to make the case that there should be no impact. Luckily, there was no impact. 

The most valuable feature of the Cisco Nexus solution is the default vPC functionality. We can do maintenance with it. We can do core channeling up to the switches and we can manage them as opposed to working on a stack. We don't have to bring the whole thing down and back up. We can reduce downtime.

Cisco Nexus still needs more stability. Not that they're unstable. FlexPod in particular. My team doesn't work with that but it's owned by the server infrastructure team. It's in the UTS. They're pretty stable but every once in a while, it's not.

It is mostly stable. There have been some times where wacky things will happen, like buggy code. There's a bug in the code where you can't save the configuration. We've had to reboot both devices, and then it fixes itself. There's no known fix. Cisco says that it has been fixed years ago, but it's still not working. There have been weird things like that.

Cisco Nexus is very scalable.

Tech support is very good with Cisco. Support for this unit is no better or worse than anything else with Cisco, but still good.

The initial setup of the Cisco Nexus platform is straightforward. It's complex, but it's not more complex than anything else.

From an engineering perspective, the pros outweigh the cons in terms of price.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Cisco Nexus an eight. They're not perfect, but they mostly do what they need to do. I don't feel negative about them at all.

The Cisco Nexus is the core of our network, and I am responsible for troubleshooting the device.

The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use. I do have some issues finding the correct commands, at times, but I am familiar with the command line interface.

The only issue that I have with this product is finding help on different commands when I'm trying to make a change. Or, if I'm troubleshooting an issue, finding what commands I need to do certain things. I know what I need to do, but I'm not sure of the exact command.

This is a very stable solution. Its stability means that we do not have any issues.

This solution is very scalable, and we haven't had any issues at all.

Cisco has always been very helpful. I've never had an issue with technical support, and they are always responsive when I call.

This solution was deployed before I joined the company, so I do not know.

This is a good product in my eyes. I've never really had any issues with it, and the support is good.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We need a stable network, which is why we use this solution.

The most valuable feature of this solution is its stability.

I would like to see better monitoring actions supported in the next release of this solution. An overview of what is going on with the system would be helpful.

The stability of this solution is very good.

In terms of scalability, this solution is very good.

I have never used their technical support.

Our previous solution was no longer supported, which is why we changed it.

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

We used a consultant to assist us with our implementation, and our experience with them was very good.

We only considered Cisco.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We use this solution in our data center.

This solution provides our organization with high capacity.

This is a powerful device and I can get good bandwidth.

Nothing is perfect.

I have found that all Cisco products are stable, and I am happy with this one.

I have not dealt with technical support for this solution.

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

We deployed this solution in-house.

I like Cisco products, so we did not evaluate other options.

This is a product that I recommend for people looking to try new devices or a new solution. Overall, this is a good product, but nothing is perfect.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.