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Cisco FabricPath vs. OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco FabricPath

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ACisco's FabricPath is a brand of LAN switch.N/A

    OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter is a plugin virtualization aid from Dell.

    $149

    Per 3 Years

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    Cisco FabricPathOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
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    1 Host
    $149.00
    Per 3 Years
    5 Hosts
    $745.00
    Per 3 Years
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    Cisco FabricPathOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Score7.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco FabricPathOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco FabricPathOpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Cisco FabricPath seems to be well suited for larger datacenters where you need the scalability and flexibility that's provided. We've been able to provide our customers with much more bandwidth than they previously had throughout our datacenter and with applications generating much more east/west traffic now rather than large volumes of north/south traffic FabricPath and the nexus switches have given us the ability to provide our customers with the bandwidth that's needed to serve today's applications.
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    Dell Technologies
    When you start deploying dell servers that caters VMWares, [OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter] is very useful, aside from your main monitoring system, this platforms does the job well. [Its] centralized management of VMWare devices including dell switches, dell storage such as SAN. By this you can group devices or set of devices per branches so you can monitor outages, down time of a device.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • It scales fairly well.
    • It's been fairly easy for people to learn and work with.
    • It has simplified network administration by utilizing Fabric Extenders which are all configured from the same switch and treated as an extension of the switch rather than as a separate entity.
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    Dell Technologies
    • manage full server infrastructure
    • virtualization
    • system alerts and updates
    • GUI
    • user friendly
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • We've had a few bugs that have caused random reloads of switches when modifying VLANS.
    • We've had a bug that reloaded an entire fabric at once.
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    Dell Technologies
    • Very basic functionality
    • Could benefit from being more detailed and flexible
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    In comparison to Cisco ACI, Cisco Catalyst, and Juniper EX Switches the Nexus switches have stood their ground and we've been fairly happy with them. I like that similar to Cisco's ACI and the Juniper EX switches that I've worked with I can manage multiple chassis from one place. ACI can do this on a much larger scale though. I think Juniper limited the number of devices in a single virtual chassis to 10 or less depending on the device type. ACI can do a few hundred leafs plus their fabric extenders so if you're looking for one place to manage all your devices it can scale well beyond either the Cisco FP or Juniper EX series switches, but it also has a much steeper learning curve and completely different interface. The loop prevention built into FP has been a great improvement vs our old Catalyst switches.
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    Dell Technologies
    I'm not sure any other product can interact and update Dell hardware firmware other than this one. I think it should be free if you own Dell hardware, but the cost is minimal.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • FabricPath is easy enough to learn that the adoption on the team has been fairly quick. This allows us to quickly troubleshoot and allows us to meet and beat SLAs that demand we maintain 99.99%+ uptime for our paying customers.
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    Dell Technologies
    • This is very useful if you have dell products
    • Not suitable for other vendor
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