We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and ExtremeSwitching based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"The most valuable features are the access layer security, OpenConfig, and OpenFlow."
"The most valuable features are extensions and recorded scalability."
"This solution has saved us both time and money because we now have the ability to control all of these telephony devices that are deployed nationwide."
"This solution has given us the ability to use Cisco ISE for security."
"The solution has introduced VPC, Virtual Port Channel, which allows for more redundancy and flexibility."
"The implementation was straightforward and the product is stable."
"We've found their tech support to be excellent, especially in their willingness to resolve issues promptly."
"The product offers a single management platform for multiple models of switches. The tool also allows users to manage multiple sites from a single dashboard."
"They are good. We have been using them for about two years, and we are satisfied with their performance. For our network environment, these switches are working fine."
"The unique ring topology is actually a handy innovation."
"The solution can scale."
"Performance is good."
"The stability has been largely pretty good."
"The performance of ExtremeSwitching is good."
"The solution excels in configuration and other aspects. It offers reliability and performance."
"There are too many different model numbers and too much complexity."
"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."
"One of the problems we have is that there is no confirmation for when you try to test a system command."
"For a very small subset, Cisco Nexus caused port flapping within the applications."
"I would like to see more automation and for it to be easier to use."
"Enhancing the software-defined level of this solution would empower it."
"I would like to see a lighter platform."
"I am looking for a GUI that goes alongside them and more SD-WAN built to their core switches."
"There are latency issues that need to be addressed."
"Their support could definitely be better."
"The licensing is expensive."
"ExtremeSwitching is scalable to a certain extent for SME-segmented IP."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"The solution lacks a cyber asset attack capability."
"The pricing of the universal switches is an area of concern that needs to be improved."
"ExtremeSwitching has many features but having come from Cisco environments, there is a steep learning curve to learning all the functionality."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 18 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Juniper QFabric, whereas ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches and NETGEAR Switches. See our Cisco Nexus vs. ExtremeSwitching report.
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