Cisco NX-OS vs. FortiOS

This easy solution can be a great help for the big companies on easy multiple data processing and effective networking solutions for the various departments and also generating the real-time data reports with Cisco NX-OS is excellent. For the new users, it takes no time to become a pro on full manipulation of the features and offer the best and quality management services.

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FortiOS is a great platform for deploying multiple FortiNet products and solutions in your environment that are operated under a single management console such as FortiManager. Automation and Orchestration become a reality with its simple API and FortiOS's ability to work with 3rd party API capabilities. FortiOS makes it simple to operate Fortinet's next-generation firewall features such as intrusion detection, SD-WAN, and Identity then consolidates them under a common management interface.

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• Cisco NX-OS is very simple to use and user friendly CLI
• NX-OS has a modular config so easy to configure.
• NX-OS comes up with copp policy where we can define most of our system level ontrols instead of defining separate ACLs

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• Automation
• Orchestration
• Common security fabric
• Easy to use API

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• Being used to Catalyst IOS the change in some commands gets annoying
• It also came with a new license model compared to IOS devices

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• Upgrades are difficult to stage
• Upgrade path is complex
• Too many releases
• Latest release is usually not stable across all platforms

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NX-OS has many similarities with the traditional IOS which is quite beneficial when it comes to configuration and learning. As a native Linux system, there are a lot of tools and features that can be enabled for any use case.

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Our switches running NX-OS have provided solid consistent throughput. We haven't had any issues with it not being able to handle what we threw at it. The latency is extremely low. It also has multiple management options that we hope to pursue in the future.

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Cisco support never fails me. In terms of timely response, no one is on par with them. They really value the impact of having technical issues and potential business stoppage. Also, their support staff are well equipped with knowledge and skills and easily resolve the most common incidents. Most of the time, we can resolve an issue by just calling them once.

When compared to these data center switches, I think Cisco Nx-OS based data center switches fare very well in terms of performance and reliability. When looking and talking about security, Cisco and Juniper Junos are comparable but Huawei switches lag in terms of security due to various reasons like who owns and controls them.

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FortiOS was easy to learn and came with our Firewall purchase, therefore it was the logical choice. It became evident early on that the FortiOS and security fabric would make our migration quicker and easier from our current legacy platforms. Utilizing tools such as FortiConverter allowed for virtually error-free migrations.

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Up to now, we haven't had a major ground-shaking attack on our networks but we take no chances by using NX-OS alongside a SIEM. All endpoints and workloads are secure so I would say we have plenty of trust in their security model.

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• overall a good prodcut
• overa all a good product it will help you in ROI by removing some tools from your environement
• The software have HA and lastest technology features included

• Fast learning curve made adoption quick
• User interface was easy to learn
• Migration from legacy platforms was smooth, with little downtime or mistakes
• Features and capabilities were easily mastered because of its intuitive UI

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