We performed a comparison between Dell-Force10 Campus LAN Switches 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.
"Port density and port speed performance are both suitable. It has some appealing intangibles."
"PowerConnect Switches' stability is satisfactory."
"Its throughout and compatibility are the most valuable."
"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"Dell PowerConnect Switches are very easy to configure with the GUI. Dell supports the solution even though it has been discontinued."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerConnect Switches for me is the throughput. I also like that the product has more compatibility with Dell infrastructure, especially with EMC and new generation Dell servers. Dell PowerConnect Switches can also easily integrate with Dell servers, and this is another pro."
"The features I've found most valuable are that the product is very easy to configure and inexpensive."
"The most valuable feature is its ability to multitask."
"Instead of competing at the enterprise level with that product, they should probably scale it. With all of the ports, they should develop a good mid-level business to truly scale it and gain adoption before attempting to go after the enterprise."
"Dell is sometimes slow to provide updates to firmware."
"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."
"An area for improvement would be that it's very hard to configure if you're not familiar with the UI or CLI of the product. The UI itself could also be improved."
"The CLI for Dell PowerConnect Switches is sometimes confusing, especially with the LAN, but for the GUI it is simple."
"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."
"I can't think of what we would want in the next release."
"What's lacking in Dell PowerConnect Switches is SD-WAN integration, and this is what needs to be improved in it. All enterprises now move towards SD-WAN infrastructure, and because Dell PowerConnect Switches don't currently support SD-WAN, the product would be replaced, considered a secondary switch, or linked up to a different switch. Integration or support for SD-WAN is what I'd like to see in the next version of Dell PowerConnect Switches."
"Their hardware is not reliable, it's faulty."
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Dell-Force10 Campus LAN Switches is ranked 12th in LAN Switching with 1 review while Dell PowerConnect Switches is ranked 8th in LAN Switching with 10 reviews. Dell-Force10 Campus LAN Switches is rated 5.0, while Dell PowerConnect Switches is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Dell-Force10 Campus LAN Switches writes "Performs well, but the support and stability could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerConnect Switches writes "Reliable, easy to set up, and has good throughput, but lacks SD-WAN support, and its knowledge base and technical support need improvement". Dell-Force10 Campus LAN Switches is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, 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 Juniper QFabric.
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