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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

    PathSolutions TotalView

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/APathSolution’s TotalView is a network performance monitoring tool. PathSolutions emphasizes the platform’s issue diagnostics and recommended remediation assistance as a key differentiator.N/A
    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    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 PathSolutions TotalView
    Feature
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
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    Ratings
    PathSolutions TotalView
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Automated network device discovery00 Ratings9.23 Ratings
    Network monitoring00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Baseline threshold calculation00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Alerts00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Network capacity planning00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Packet capture analysis00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Network mapping00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Wireless infrastructure monitoring00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Hardware health monitoring00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerPathSolutions TotalView
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    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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    PathSolutions
    TotalView is well suited for an infrastructure where you are looking for a cost-effective, additive network management tool for in-depth device diagnostic information. This will not be a one-stop shop application, but it does what is advertised very well. SNMP is required for configuration and adding additional devices is quick and simple. This product also works well with Shoretel VoIP systems and allows for a full overview of connected phones along with being able to view calls on an extension/IP basis.
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    Pros
    Cisco
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    PathSolutions
    • The setup is fast and easy - 500 devices in 20 minutes.
    • The ability to go back a day or a week in time allows us to more easily troubleshoot the "what happened at 3 a.m. yesterday" question.
    • It gives us easily accessible stats for checks and balances like device types, counts, models, serial number etc.
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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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    PathSolutions
    • If you have some complexities in your network addressing, the network diagram tool will lay everything out automatically, but it will be confusing to look at. There is a way to edit the diagram so it looks more intuitive, but it may require some time to edit everything the right way.
    • TotalView will count virtual interfaces such as voice dial-peers and service modules as "ports," which counts against your license count. However, there is a way to edit each device to remove these "false positives" so it doesn't suck up licenses, but it can take some time to clean those up.
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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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    PathSolutions
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Cisco
    That’s a great automation suits and easy to use
    Incentivized
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    PathSolutions
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    PathSolutions
    The three tools listed do different things with some similarities. For us the biggest need was data analysis, semi-automatic troubleshooting, and data gathering and topology mapping. TotalView hit the most of these in the price point we were looking for. Each tool has "extras," but we felt that the extras provided by TotalView were good enough and that the other tools didn't justify the cost.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Security has been a great paramount from day one
    Incentivized
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    PathSolutions
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Time on configuration.
    • Setup
    Incentivized
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    PathSolutions
    • Wuite possibly the best spent money i have recommended in my 20+ year IT career.
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