#1 most frequent
United States of America
55.7%2,220 installations of 3,989
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Who Buys & Uses Cisco Nexus Series Switches
#1 most frequent
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
22.2%886 installations of 3,996
#2 most frequent
Finance and Insurance
13.5%539 installations of 3,996
“My company used a cluster of Cisco Nexus Series Switches 3k in 2 data centers for a central communication.”
#3 most frequent
Information
13.4%534 installations of 3,996
“Critical impact on our business because they remain up”
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.3%210 installations of 3,989
#3 most frequent
India
4.3%170 installations of 3,989
Pros
- Reliability and stability for consistent uptime
- High performance and speed for large data volumes
- Ease of management and configuration via familiar CLI
Cons
- Limited automation capabilities and third-party integration
- Occasional performance and stability issues (bugs, slow reboots)
- Steep learning curve due to CLI differences from Cisco IOS
Cisco Nexus 9504 review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Cisco Nexus for all of our campus core and a good portion of our distribution layer in a traditional campus network. We heavily utilize vPC to for redundancy and ease of firmware upgrades in our core and distribution layers in a 24/7 healthcare network
Pros
- vPC
- Routing
- BGP
Cons
- Firmware upgrades, different code for different line cards
- Every version has weird quirks and you really need to get granular in the release notes to see if something is going to affect your network
Return on Investment
- vPC design has allowed us to do seamless upgrades in our cores and distribution without any downtime having everything dual homed to two Nexus in a vPC pair
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches
Cisco Nexus Series Switches the only real Datacenter Switches
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Datacenter switches, around 200 of them
Pros
- Configuration
- Upgrades
- Switching
Cons
- Security
- Upgrade process
- Observability
Return on Investment
- Permits us to spread our data centers between 2 sites
Usability
Other Software Used
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services, Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Cisco Nexus Series Switches Good Prodct
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Cisco Nexus Series Switches in our DC environment as TORs, BGW, VXLAN, OOB, DMZ switches.
The wide range of varieties and options in the Cisco Nexus Series Switches lineup makes it easy to choose for multiple use cases.
With VXLAN, we are able to build Cisco centric VXLAN EVPN Fabric both in single and multisite use cases.
Nexus platforms are also used for Oout of Band use cases.
The wide range of varieties and options in the Cisco Nexus Series Switches lineup makes it easy to choose for multiple use cases.
With VXLAN, we are able to build Cisco centric VXLAN EVPN Fabric both in single and multisite use cases.
Nexus platforms are also used for Oout of Band use cases.
Pros
- Ease of Configuration
- Features are well suited for Datacenter
- Availability of Multiple varieties based on use cases
Cons
- Support for BfD
- support for interopibility with Other vendors for VXLAN
- visibility in Vxlan NGOAM
Return on Investment
- Feature set availability
- High support
Usability
Review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use it within a spine leaf architecture as spine/edge and leaf switches. We were using 40/100G port capacity until this year, then upgraded to 100/400G throughput. Yet to test its true potential, but in the past, the 40/100G did the job for us, and we successfully tested and pushed 1 million subscribers in the field.
Pros
- Multiple flavors in terms of port capacity and speed to support cross-vendor servers.
- Never seen a hardware failure of a switch/router since the past 5 years.
- Security patches were always on time, and addressing the CVEs was impressive.
Cons
- It may be inventory management under the Nexus dashboard. like giving a detailed view of power usage, rack location(using SNMP location).
- port expansion, there is no room to add additional ports for 64-port or 32-port switches. The only option is to buy a new switch.
- I think I am done with negatives because I have very few.
Return on Investment
- Nexus switches like 9332C, 9364C and 93108 were all impressive in terms of stability.
- CVE's were addresses on time.
- No threats or vulnerabilities impacted negatively over the course of 5 years.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches and Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)
Other Software Used
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects and Fabric Extenders, Cisco UCS X-Series, Cisco UCS Series
Cisco Nexus Review.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Nexus switches in a spine-and-leaf architecture in NDCs, and a pair in the regional datacenter. We also use them for OOB management and an older FEX architecture in the lab environment. Business use cases support Charter's 5G core and Wireless services, providing a network for 5G applications and redundancy.
Pros
- Switching and Routing.
- High Throughput and support for 100G.
- VPC and LACP.
Cons
- PoE support on few ports to connect external network monitoring tools.
- Newer Nexus models support only Quad port speeds, and need flexible port speeds on at least a few ports.
- Better EthAnalyser , so that we can take data traffic packet capture.
Return on Investment
- Investment is good , using a single Nexus switch for 10 years without issue.
- The downside is the license cost and initial hardware purchase.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)
Other Software Used
Zabbix, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, Cisco UCS Series
