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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (formerly Cisco Data Center Network Manager, or DCNM) is a monitoring and management platform. It is optimized for large organizations and enterprises, particularly with data centers.N/A

    Entuity

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AThe Entuity network monitoring tool from Park Place Technologies (acquired 2019) automates network discovery and uses workflows that enable users to see when something has gone wrong. Responsive dashboards allow users to take a high-level view to gauge network health or drill down to the component level to fix network problems.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerEntuity
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller and Entuity
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
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    Ratings
    Entuity
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerEntuity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerEntuity
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Datacenter spine life architecture with 2 pods, you can cover any scenario. It's easy to connect the firewall and to deploy the VXLAN configuration.
    Incentivized
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    Park Place Technologies
    I think that if your organization is network-oriented (such as telecom or ISP) deploying Entuity should be considered a mandatory step. Big organizations will benefit from the ITSM (ticketing, monitoring and CMDB) integrations.
    However, if your goal is to ensure that the server layer is monitored in great level (process and service monitoring, log parsing etc.) then Entuity will not suit your needs.
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    Pros
    Cisco
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    Park Place Technologies
    • Exceptional network discovery and mapping.
    • Great CMDB integration capabilities.
    • Good event management integrations.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • I think that there is room for improvement in Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller with interface groups
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    Park Place Technologies
    • Detailed server monitoring.
    • Detailed storage monitoring.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    Renewing NDFC is a smart strategic move. It transforms manual network management into an automated, policy-driven infrastructure. By leveraging real-time telemetry and centralized control for data center LANs and SANs, your organization gains the scalability, visibility, simplicity, and security needed for complex management operations in modern, high-performance data centers ecc
    Incentivized
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    Park Place Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Cisco
    That’s a great automation suits and easy to use
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    Park Place Technologies
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Park Place Technologies
    Entuity support has always been quick to respond and the majority of the calls I had were resolved on the first call. In addition, the product documentation is easy to read and goes into great detail of how the product works. This is probably a reason why a support call is literally the last call for Entuity (no pun intended).
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller is much more efficient and programmable; EPN is like template-ready software without automation. Instead, NDFC is very useful during configuration and deployment.
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    Park Place Technologies
    The list above shows you some of the products that Entuity replaces.
    The good product and excellent support behind it make it a better choice from the admin's and EA's perspective. My customers have praised the short learning curve and the swift and professional support staff. From my own experience I can tell that this product is delivered with one of the finest sets of documentation I have ever seen.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Security has been a great paramount from day one
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    Park Place Technologies
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Time on configuration.
    • Setup
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    Park Place Technologies
    • Reconciling multiple tools (netflow, configuration, monitoring and discovery) into one tool simplified the support agreement.
    • Root cause analysis (RCA) time has been greatly reduced thanks to having all information in a single interface.
    • Security of the network devices has improved thanks to the discovery provided by Entuity.
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