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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series vs Cisco Silicon One comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series
Ranking in Ethernet Switches
16th
Ranking in Data Center Networking
8th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cisco Silicon One
Ranking in Ethernet Switches
43rd
Ranking in Data Center Networking
21st
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

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Senior Technical Marketing Engineer - Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures at NetApp
Policy-driven data centers have delivered low-latency connectivity for critical applications
The most critical and important feature in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series is VPC. Apart from VPC, there are many other features in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series that stand out as advantages. You can apply access control lists on that. You can do Layer 3 capabilities. You can configure HSRP. You can implement VRFs. You can isolate the L3 network within your data center. It has a lot of features including network segmentation capabilities. You can apply a lot of security hardening and manage the access on the switches through auditing to see who is doing what and restrict access based on the network admin role. These are great features. The overlay technology support in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series is good for large-scale deployment where you are going to build something like a hyperscaler. You need more network segments, and with VXLAN, you can definitely build a large fabric with those Nexus switches.
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
25%
Construction Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Cisco Nexus 9000 Series?
At this point, not much could be improved about Cisco Nexus 9000 Series. Automation GUI based is not the core of the 9000, so this is a different device or a different solution. I do not find anyth...
What is your primary use case for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series?
My usual use cases for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series involve various companies, particularly when they are in need of a new automation solution or just an upgrade of the data center.
What advice do you have for others considering Cisco Nexus 9000 Series?
I am very satisfied with this solution. However, it is more about whether it is actually possible to do the solutions, and normally people already know what they want. They only need to have the ri...
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