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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

    LiveAction

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ALiveAction’s LiveNX is a network performance monitoring and analytics platform. It supports packet-level, network-wide visibility and proactive alerts. It can be deployed on-premise, virtually, or in the cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerLiveAction
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerLiveAction
    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
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerLiveAction
    Network Performance Monitoring
    Comparison of Network Performance Monitoring features of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller and LiveAction
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
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    Ratings
    LiveAction
    6.9
    2 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings7.22 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerLiveAction
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 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 ControllerLiveAction
    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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    BlueCat
    From a packet tracing standpoint, it was easy to setup and analyze an issue we were having with eigrp errors between 2 data centers. Took a few minutes to stand up on both sides and compare the traffic to determine hellos weren't being sent. On the other spectrum, had it had the analytics of such products as Extrahop, it could have recognized and alerted us of an internal DNS attack we had.
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    Pros
    Cisco
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    BlueCat
    • Network QOS Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
    • Network L2/L3 Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
    • Network Security Assessment, and recommendations, and point-and-click remediation
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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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    BlueCat
    • I use it primarily as a monitoring tool from a security standpoint, so one complaint is that the filter creation process takes a little time to learn.
    • In the digital days of printing less, I do still need to print network diagrams for compliance documentation and some of the larger network diagrams documents do not print easily.
    • I wish the network connection lines were easier to see. They are typically very light and you have to drill down to see them more clearly.
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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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    BlueCat
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    Performance
    Cisco
    That’s a great automation suits and easy to use
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    BlueCat
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
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    BlueCat
    Can't really rate this, we never had to call support. The product wasn't complicated to setup and learn. We have a high level of network knowledge so the product was self-explanatory.
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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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    BlueCat
    There is not any other product that does exactly what LiveAction does. Some come about halfway close, like scrutinizer by Plixer. However, there is a gap with that product as it doesn't give proper quality of service recommendations, or to update l2/l3 configs to head off problems. Plixer's scrutinizer product costs about the same. It was a no-brainer to pick LiveAction.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Security has been a great paramount from day one
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    BlueCat
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Time on configuration.
    • Setup
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    BlueCat
    • Real time insight to network issues whether security related or not.
    • Great reporting features for executives.
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