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Cisco Nexus vs HPE A-Series [EOL] comparison

Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Data Center Networking category. Additionally, 96% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.
Cisco Nexus
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96% willing to recommend
HPE A-Series [EOL]
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    100% willing to recommend
     

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    We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and HPE A-Series [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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    Categories and Ranking

    Cisco Nexus
    Average Rating
    8.4
    Reviews Sentiment
    7.5
    Number of Reviews
    107
    Ranking in other categories
    LAN Switching (4th), Data Center Networking (5th)
    HPE A-Series [EOL]
    Average Rating
    8.0
    Number of Reviews
    1
    Ranking in other categories
    No ranking in other categories
     

    Featured Reviews

    reviewer2669133 - PeerSpot reviewer
    reviewer2669133
    Global Head, Network Endpoint Connectivity at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
    Streamlines network operations with automation and visibility while initial setup complexity and code stability improve
    When I talk about data centers, which are critical infrastructure and centralized application hubs, the Nexus platforms should be highly stable. Initially, the codes I received through ACI were quite unstable, causing me to frequently replace them, which led to significant issues. However, it is much more stable now. Nonetheless, the initial instability with ACI iOS upgrades was a significant problem.
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    Mohamed-Mousa - PeerSpot reviewer
    Mohamed-Mousa
    IT manager at CNE
    Stable and scalable with a good user interface
    Overall, everything related to the interface is very good Some follow up from our user-partners would be useful. Letting users know what is up and coming or providing better documentation would be helpful. Overall, the solution could offer its users better support. I've been using the solution…
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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

    "The most valuable features are that it is easy to use, provides stability, easy to configure, low latency, and it provides communication to the data center."
    "The integrations are valuable."
    "Its easy management is most valuable. It is easy to use, easy to manage, stable, and very reliable."
    "Cisco Nexus has been very stable. No issues. It's been rock solid. We haven't had any issues with it in the last twelve months."
    "The ability to tenant-out the traffic and segment it, without having to get into separate physical hardware or trying to figure out VDCs manually, has been really powerful and extremely useful for us."
    "This product has improved the way our organization functions through the ability to do things in a maintenance window while allowing other teams to continue to work."
    "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."
    "Nexus provides inner redundancy. It allows us to perform updates on individual switches, while still maintaining reliability and uptime on the server."
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    "The solution is very stable."
     

    Cons

    "I would like to see Duo directly integrated with the Nexus hardware, instead of it being through the proxies, like how Duo works today."
    "Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price."
    "There is no feature parity between the 9K and the 5K or 7K, which means that it is harder to position the 9K to future proof them."
    "The only thing to improve is to continue to get better."
    "There is always room for improvement."
    "They need to understand that when we call them and have an issue, it's our production and sometimes they want us to do repairs that would cause other issues. That's the biggest problem."
    "In the next release of this solution, I would like to see a focus on backplane deployment, so you can stack more."
    "In terms of improvement, the stacking between the two switches in the higher availability model should be similar to Catalyst. It's better to have one interface for configuration."
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    "Some follow up from our user-partners would be useful. Letting users know what is up and coming or providing better documentation would be helpful. Overall, the solution could offer its users better support."
     

    Pricing and Cost Advice

    "Costs more than most, but the reliability pays for the difference."
    "Cisco's licensing structures can be complex across different technologies, for example, unified communications."
    "Cisco Nexus is not cheap compared to Fortinet, Palo Alto, and Check Point."
    "The solution is relatively expensive when compared with Cisco Catalyst."
    "We consider Juniper switches to be more affordable."
    "We have a virtual license."
    "The license on a yearly basis is $200,000."
    "The solution is expensive."
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    Top Industries

    By visitors reading reviews
    Computer Software Company
    12%
    Manufacturing Company
    9%
    Financial Services Firm
    7%
    Government
    6%
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    Company Size

    By reviewers
    Large Enterprise
    Midsize Enterprise
    Small Business
    By reviewers
    Company SizeCount
    Small Business19
    Midsize Enterprise17
    Large Enterprise82
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    Questions from the Community

    What do you like most about Cisco Nexus?
    The product's initial setup phase is very easy.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Nexus?
    We are a reseller, and we sell products to our customers.
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    What needs improvement with Cisco Nexus?
    Cisco Nexus may not be very popular because of the requirements that we come across, as it will go into the core data centers, whereas we work with most of the corporate sectors, so Cisco Nexus is ...
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    Cisco Catalyst Switches vs Cisco Nexus Logo
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    Compared 10% of the time
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    Compared 7% of the time
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    Compared 7% of the time
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    December 2025
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    Also Known As

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    A-Series, HP A-Series
     

    Overview

    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.
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    Sample Customers

    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
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