We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and Extreme VDX [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies and others in LAN Switching."Overall top of the line solution."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches are very stable."
"I have not opened up a ticket for Cisco Catalyst Switches. However, I have used the support from Cisco and they are very good and responsive."
"The product is also flexible."
"The product is reliable."
"The Cisco software ties all the hardware together better than the competition."
"The product is convenient to deploy."
"Cisco offers DNS features over other vendors."
"Its simplicity and web interface were most valuable. I also liked the two-factor authentication."
"The fabric of the solution and the management aspect are the solution's most valuable features."
"The most valuable feature of Extreme VDX is that we have had no problems and the solution's performance is excellent."
"Cisco is a bit complex."
"Compared to other switches, the Cisco products are expensive."
"An area for improvement would be the documentation and training on configuring this product."
"The support team’s response and resolution time must be faster."
"The solution was stable 10 years ago, there is room for improvement in this area."
"It should have better security and the prices can always be lower. The cheaper the price, the better but if the quality is good, it's worth it. They also have to improve the firewalling."
"The addition of more security and privilege levels to Cisco Catalyst Switches is required as it is one of the areas with certain shortcomings."
"The technical support, in some cases, should be faster and could improve."
"Its scalability can be better. If possible, it can have Hyper POE. I am not sure if there is a fiber version."
"The only problem is that at the moment it's an Extreme product and Extreme is not really pushing it. They have to make up for weak innovation and I'm not sure if they want to do that."
"I would like the ability to stack with different switch brands."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews while Extreme VDX [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in LAN Switching with 3 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while Extreme VDX [EOL] is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Extreme VDX [EOL] writes "A stable, scalable, and problem-free solution". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Extreme VDX [EOL] is most compared with Cisco Nexus.
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