Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs Cisco Nexus comparison

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus

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Categories and Ranking

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch L...

Ranking in LAN Switching

9th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Cisco Nexus

Ranking in LAN Switching

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

104

Ranking in other categories

Data Center Networking (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the LAN Switching category, the mindshare of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is 3.1%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco Nexus is 9.0%, down from 11.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

LAN Switching

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Attila Gyalus

Owner at TeloNet

A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight.

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Joe Benítez

Systems Engineer at GAD Municipal de Guayaquil

Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing

Before Nexus, I used to have Catalyst 6500 switches. Those 6500 series chassis gave us a lot of problems. Too many problems, actually. And we had a Cisco ASA firewall blade within those chassis. And they were running outdated software. So, in fact, it was the firewall blade that caused us too many problems instead of the chassis. The chassis itself was working well and performing fine, but the firewall card was not suitable for our needs. That was one aspect. Additionally, those chassis had been in operation for more than five years. As we are a local government, we have a policy to renew hardware every five years. That's because we need to maintain all the hardware and software in the latest versions and keep up with the technology lifecycle of the technology we use.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"OmniSwitch LAN Switches' performance is very good."

"One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer service and support. The solution is good and people should know about it."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."

"I rate the technical support an eight or a nine out of ten. So far, they've been very professional and helpful, especially when we need to raise a case for any issue."

"These OmniSwitches are very manageable and easy to configure."

"With Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches everything comes from one vendor. It operates very smoothly."

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

"The most valuable feature of the 7700 series is probably the multi-context subset VRS, which lets you use multi-VRS, multi-context, and also VPC setup, where you have two logical devices that are still separate in terms of management planes, but have shared, virtual core channels."

"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and throughput."

"It is a scalable, reliable, stable and efficient solution."

"It provides a very flexible connection to a server. When you go into history and the VPC, it provides a very flexible connection from it. Once a server goes down I can instruct it easily. So the network actually keeps quality even if onsite it is down."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is network visibility. It becomes the core switch. All of the devices connected route towards it."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is its ease of use."

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

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Cons

"There is no OEM support in India so RMAs need to be sent to France, which takes a long time if the hardware is faulty."

"I would like to see better third-party integration with third-party systems."

"n general, the way the product is put together is not well done."

"A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight."

"There are some issues with the network firmware being deleted from the switches."

"With some of the products we had before, we had a little more downtime than we would like."

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

"Cisco Nexus still needs more stability."

"The pricing must be improved."

"Cisco's security features are in line with other OEMs, however, for data center security in terms of layer seven security, we prefer to have different OEMs rather than relying solely on Cisco."

"They need to offer fibre switches in the 9K series."

"The initial setup of the Cisco Nexus platform takes a long time. It's a complex system because we have a lot of security layers."

"In the Nexus 3500, you can't do per-port Jumbo frames, so you have to enable it as a global configuration."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution’s price is at a moderate level."

"The license is purchased one time only, it is a perpetual license with no renewal."

"The price is okay. It's comparable to similar switches."

"OmniSwitch LAN Switches are cheaper than Cisco's switches."

"I thought that it would be less expensive."

"Our licensing fees are approximately $2,000 USD per year."

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

"We have three hundred to four hundred data centers of Nexus. So the coverage associated with Smart Net is 27 by 4, is basically what we spend each year. If the incentives get better, which I know they're working on, it would be great but right now we're buying year to year."

"The solution should be more cost-effective in general."

"Every Cisco product is more expensive than competitors on the market, which is just a fact, but from my perspective, it is worth it."

"We consider Juniper switches to be more affordable."

"The subscription model and price could be better."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

22%

Real Estate/Law Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Retailer

Computer Software Company

26%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer serv...

What needs improvement with Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

What is your primary use case for Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

We work with LAN switches.

What do you like most about Cisco Nexus?

The product's initial setup phase is very easy.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Nexus?

Cisco pricing is at the same level as many competitors, however, due to competition, they sometimes lower prices and offer large discounts.

What needs improvement with Cisco Nexus?

Cisco's security features are in line with other OEMs, however, for data center security in terms of layer seven security, we prefer to have different OEMs rather than relying solely on Cisco.

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The Cisco Nexus family of switches is designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center. Not simply bigger or faster, these switches offer the following characteristics: infrastructure that can be scaled cost-effectively and that helps you increase energy, budget, and resource efficiency, transport that can navigate the transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet and unified fabric and can also handle architectural changes such as virtualization, Web 2.0 applications, and cloud computing and operational continuity to meet your need for an environment where system availability is assumed and maintenance windows are rare if not totally extinct.

Sample Customers

Advocate Health Care, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Centre Hospitalier Carcassonne, Certis Cisco Security, China Tianchen Engineering Corporation Co. LTD, City of Frankfurt, Dongseo University

Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus