We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus 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 redundancy and the vPC are the most valuable features. We can integrate two switches together for file transfers; that is, we can operate two switches as one. This is because the network can be shared via a vPC trunk, particularly for devices that are not critical for redundancy."
"The most valuable features are the access layer security, OpenConfig, and OpenFlow."
"Cisco Nexus is a stable solution."
"Its low latency is most valuable. Its performance is good, and it is also very stable."
"You can scale the product."
"Technical support has been very, very helpful and they offer good SLAs."
"The most valuable feature is its reliability."
"When it comes to data centers, Cisco Nexus is the best."
"There is high reliability since we have used them for close to twenty years and only had possibly one failure."
"Dell PowerConnect Switches have a VTL feature similar to Cisco's VSS. With VTL, using this technology, you can cluster two switches together to increase redundancy in the environment."
"This is a very reliable solution."
"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"Dell offers very good support."
"It's easy to set up. We can put it in production in a couple of minutes."
"Its throughout and compatibility are the most valuable."
"The most valuable features are the jumbo frames and the stacking."
"I would like to see more automation and for it to be easier to use."
"I would like to see better collaboration with other, low-end devices."
"In the Nexus 3500, you can't do per-port Jumbo frames, so you have to enable it as a global configuration."
"There is some room for improvement when it comes to the frequency on the network."
"I would like to see the integration of the products into something where it's seamless where an engineer never touches the switch again, never does CLI and you move to an application based network organization."
"I would love to see Active/Active FEX connectivity, which is enhanced vPC, where we could also do a vPC from a server in that type of configuration."
"Don't discard Cisco Nexus because of the price."
"The GUI interface could be improved to make it more user friendly."
"Scalability, especially with the power connect series is something that you have to take into account before starting the project because any changes to an ongoing project can be difficult."
"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."
"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."
"A user can take care of the product's installation part, but it may not seem to be an easy process."
"When it comes to the configuration, there should be documentation and interactive help available to assist people who have experience with products from other vendors."
"The solution could provide more integration to focus on targeting the network as a whole rather than a unified environment. It is meant for a built environment, so integration with other third-party vendors will likely be necessary."
"The solution's ROI for generic networking is not extraordinary."
"It would be great to have modules that integrate with SDN solutions such as Cisco ACI, Arista SDN, Huawei Agile, and IBM."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 3rd in LAN Switching with 30 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 8.0. 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 Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Excellent support, good pricing, and easy setup". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, VMware NSX and Juniper QFabric, whereas Dell PowerConnect Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, HPE ProCurve, NETGEAR Switches, Arista Networks Platform and Dell PowerSwitch N-Series. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Dell PowerConnect Switches report.
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