Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch vs. Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Our data management depends on the networking infrastructure and this product has provided all tools that are required. Our IT operations have been stable due to reliable security and networking services enhanced by this product. It easily identifies critical missions that may affect our operations and notify the service team for immediate action. My marketing department has discovered the most effective marketing channels that can attract more customers through a reliable internet connection.

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The [Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches] is very well suited for datacenter core and distribution models, they work very well as a replacement for the 3850 switches that many smaller organizations use for core switching. The Catalyst 9500 series switches also works very well as a top of rack aggregation switch for SFP and QSFP connectivity.

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• Many 10GbE SFP+ fiber port options.
• Can be used in Distribution and Core topologies.
• Options with 20, 32 and 48 10GbE SFP+ ports.
• Redundant fans, fonts, and CPU.

Incentivized

• Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches are capable of 10g/40g with a great selection of ports for these speeds.
• The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switch is a very capable piece of kit, supporting a lot of Cisco's new feature sets.
• Cisco IOS is the gold standard for switch operating systems.

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• 24/7 support and warranty come at a higher price. The service is not available in all cities.

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• Well the ACI, so the AP, the controller give us good chances to run everything, to configure everything. But the monitoring itself, it's not that easy. You need other products like Nexus dashboard or something else to do the monitoring. This is a little bit of a con. It's another technology so everyone has to think a little bit of others to adapt this knowledge and it takes two years I think for a technician to understand what ACI is really doing and what we can do with it.

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Based on the site load and requirements, the switches meets our processing and fiber ports requirements. Also they have great potential for future programmability options we are looking into.

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It has great potential. It can support 10, 40, 100 Gig ports. The chipset are high processing capabilities

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Cisco TAC engineers are very responsive and supportive.

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Most problems that face our company has been solved by an effective performance of this product. The operation and continuity of our business programs are boosted by great network connections. Alcatel company has been helpful in providing training and development guidelines where possible. The system performance has built a powerful operation base that can identify and provide solutions to business challenges. The digital working base for all our plans has been implemented.

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The Catalyst 9400 was not out when we were looking at new core switches. We thought about using a Nexus 9k but neither were as good of a fit as the 9500. Between price and performance it was a no-brainer for us to look at the 9500. We have not nor in the future would we consider other brands for core switching.

• More stability, management, and performance of LAN network.
• 10 SFP+ ports connectivity from edge switches.
• Reduced price and faster return on investment.

Incentivized

• These switches did require a purchase of the DNA license on top of standard switch licensing, even if the functions are no needed in the environment.
• The increased SFP & QSFP connectivity enabled for faster processing within our compute environment. While the system is too new to quantify the value added in this, it undeniably will help with its ROI.

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