We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and HPE A-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Arista, Dell Technologies and others in Data Center Networking."It gives me an unparalleled ability to build out my environment differently than I would have if I was going with another vendor."
"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 solution has introduced VPC, Virtual Port Channel, which allows for more redundancy and flexibility."
"The most valuable features are the great performance, high availability and easy administration."
"The most valuable features of the solution are capacity and scalability."
"Nexus provides inner redundancy. It allows us to perform updates on individual switches, while still maintaining reliability and uptime on the server."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"In terms of stability, this solution is rock solid."
"The solution is very stable."
"I would like to see more on-device programmability, as it seems to be lacking in this platform."
"The initial setup is always complex."
"I don't really deal with the pricing but I know that it's not cheap."
"Ease-of-use and making things more human-readable is most important."
"One of the biggest challenges, which I see is that there's a constant evolution in the product. For example, our configuration is based on what is known as traditional data center implementation. Today there is the ACI deployment and to implement, to migrate from one technology to another, that's challenging both from a configuration perspective and also from a cost perspective."
"The only thing to improve is to continue to get better."
"The code quality for this solution has gotten worse and needs improvement."
"The price could be better."
"Some follow up from our user-partners would be useful. Letting users know what is up and coming or providing better documentation would be helpful. Overall, the solution could offer its users better support."
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Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 101 reviews while HPE A-Series is ranked 9th in Data Center Networking. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while HPE A-Series 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 HPE A-Series writes "Stable and scalable with a good user interface". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Juniper QFX Series Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms, whereas HPE A-Series is most compared with .
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