We performed a comparison between Cisco FabricPath and Dell PowerConnect Switches 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 technical assistance is good."
"The best features of Cisco FabricPath is performance and reliability."
"The most valuable features are the lead time and the high quality of the product."
"We can also enhance our service line with disaster recovery."
"The most valuable feature is the central management where the customer can receive all the alerts."
"It is stable and reliable."
"FabricPath's best features are routing, OSPS, ethernet, and performance."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to migrate VMs between data centers."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"The solution’s technical support is good."
"PowerConnect Switches' stability is satisfactory."
"This solution comes with a lifetime warranty."
"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"The product is reliable."
"There is high reliability since we have used them for close to twenty years and only had possibly one failure."
"Its throughout and compatibility are the most valuable."
"Lacks sufficient integration with SIEM."
"The pricing could be adjusted to make it easier to sell to clients."
"The management features are in need of improvement."
"The prices for FabricPath are very high, and Cisco also takes a long time to deliver products (in Mexico, the delivery time is eight months)."
"The documents could improve for Cisco FabricPath. There are times when the relevant information is not present in the different sections of the documents, such as deployment. The documents should be more detailed and enhanced."
"I would like one management console to control the network."
"The initial setup is a little complex."
"While Cisco products are excellent, the problem is the cost. Cisco products are product, Cisco products are very expensive. I rate Cisco FabricPath three out of 10 for affordability."
"I expect it to be a zero-touch or a plug-and-play device. To some extent, it is, but we need to know the architecture, and we need to know what exactly we are doing. It is not so easy to implement. It depends on what exactly we are doing and it is still not a plug-and-play or zero-touch device. In the upcoming version, they can make it zero-touch, where we can just power it on and start using it. They can have some templates for different scenarios, such as when you are using it for the data center or adding it to your existing infrastructure."
"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."
"Accessibility and management could be improved."
"The configuration should be improved."
"There should be more port options in this switch. Currently, it has 24 or 48 ports. However, some of our customers require only 8 ports, but I have to put a switch with 24 ports. They should provide smaller solutions and complimentary access point for companies like ours with a low quantity of work. The main issue with this product is branding. They should improve their branding and promote their brand more in Mexico. Customers are more aware of brands like Cisco as compared to Dell."
"A big issue with this product is that when our customer migrated the data center, one cluster blocked the whole network and because we had a new approach, some commands were not compatible with the new version."
"We've only been using the solution for half a year. We haven't run into any issues, but maybe over time, that may change. It's too soon to tell. Offhand, there aren't any features that are lacking."
"The IOS software that is used on the switches could be improved."
Cisco FabricPath is ranked 8th in LAN Switching with 22 reviews while Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 30 reviews. Cisco FabricPath is rated 8.2, while Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco FabricPath writes "On overall effective product with good performance and a simple setup ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". Cisco FabricPath is most compared with Juniper QFabric, Cisco Nexus and Arista Campus LAN Switches, whereas Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve, NETGEAR Switches and Arista Networks Platform. See our Cisco FabricPath vs. Dell PowerConnect Switches report.
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