We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus 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."Tech support is good."
"The in-service software upgrade (ISSU) feature is quite valuable."
"It's easy to use, and the performance is great."
"Cisco Nexus is a stable solution."
"Nexus has improved my organization in the way that it provided enhanced security in a point in the network that was critical."
"This product has improved the way our organization functions in the way that the rack-based design allowed us to eliminate chassis-based designs. The chassis design is more complicated to manage and maintain in field operations."
"The setup was very easy, but managing it in operations was very complex."
"We got increased bandwidth, faster performance, and newer software which has improved our organization."
"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."
"Currently, the switches don't behave like the 4500 switches in terms of acting as one physical chassis. So the multi-chassis PortChannel feature is not applicable in this case. Nevertheless, virtual port-channel feature covers this."
"I would like to see a lighter platform."
"One of our switches died last week and we were able to RMA it. Within four hours it arrived on time and worked."
"I don't really deal with the pricing but I know that it's not cheap."
"The installation process lasted too long, taking 16 to 24 hours for full completion."
"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 technical support for this solution needs to be improved."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing. The solution is expensive. Compared to other vendors, it's costly for similar products."
"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."
"Its scalability can be better. If possible, it can have Hyper POE. I am not sure if there is a fiber version."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 6th in LAN Switching with 101 reviews while Extreme VDX [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in LAN Switching with 3 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Extreme VDX [EOL] is rated 8.6. 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 Extreme VDX [EOL] writes "A stable, scalable, and problem-free solution". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and VMware NSX, whereas Extreme VDX [EOL] is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches.
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