Cisco NX-OS Reviews & Ratings 2022

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Overview

Recent Reviews

Has an Incredible data center.

7 out of 10

June 14, 2022

My experience with Cisco NX-OS dates back to about five years ago, using it to prevent network outages and optimization of networks. My …

A reliable and secure, easy to use data center OS.

9 out of 10

April 26, 2022

This Cisco NX-OS switches were used as main switches by my client. It solved the business points like providing high performance in its …

Highly-Secure Network Performance Management Cisco Product with Unique Features.

9 out of 10

February 28, 2022

Cisco NX-OS starting was very easy and effective through its clean, professional interface full of multiple and very functional …

Network Operation Improvement Cisco Platform and Easy to Use.

9 out of 10

February 06, 2022

Reliable Cisco platform that improves the performance of the network and easy to implement the platform with high-performance …

Cisco Nexus / Cisco NX-OS : a must have

9 out of 10

November 07, 2021

We are using the Nexus family switches as our main core switches within the datacenter. It's used in all our major sites which are hosting …

NS-OS network device for your infrastructure is avery good Deal and Secure

10 out of 10

May 02, 2021

The Cisco NX-OS is a very good IOS software by Cisco. We are controlling all the necessary things using this OS. It is easy to work and …

NX-OS commands are different but necessary with FibreChannel integration

7 out of 10

February 18, 2021

Cisco NX-OS is used on some Nexus switches in our datacenter. These switches connect to both blade enclosures and individual servers, all …

Cisco NX-OS is a solid option for your core

9 out of 10

December 14, 2020

Cisco NX-OS is being used on core Nexus switches to tie together closets as well as tie in VM infrastructure. It is being used across the …

Cisco NX-OS Review

9 out of 10

October 22, 2020

We are using Cisco NX-OS for the operating system of our Nexus switches. We are using it for multiple purposes, one of them as a Data …

Convenient and robust Network OS

9 out of 10

October 12, 2020

Cisco NX-OS is used as the component of Fabric Interconnect in the Cisco UCS solution in our organization. The UCS is a core of …

NX-OS is Good but not Great

8 out of 10

September 10, 2020

We are using the NX-OS in our data center across our organization. We use mostly use it to support layer2 requirements within the data …

My Cisco NX-OS Review

8 out of 10

August 20, 2020

We used Cisco NX-OS on our various Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000, 4000, and 1000V deployments. It is being used globally or across the whole …

Cisco NX-OS review from a System Integrator

9 out of 10

August 20, 2020

Cisco NX-OS is being utilized by our customers as a CORE Switch on their organization. We deploy it via VPC to be able to have redundancy …

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Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Cisco NX-OS has a flexible architecture for all scalable workloads.
Vulnarable to attacks if not used along a SOAR or SIEM software.

Olivia Sarr Mathews

Network Engineer

ActioNet, Inc. (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)

A highly matured Cisco NX-OS operating system.
Few bugs with intel chipsets were noticed.

Verified User

Consultant in Research & Development

Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing

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Cisco NX-OS is a network operating system presented as a solution to help network operations move at the speed of business, with comprehensive automation, extensive visibility, and flexible open architectures for data center networks. NX-OS is the network operating system for all fabric…

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What is Cisco NX-OS?

Cisco NX-OS is a network operating system presented as a solution to help network operations move at the speed of business, with comprehensive automation, extensive visibility, and flexible open architectures for data center networks. NX-OS is the network operating system for all fabric architectures, from traditional L2/L3 to overlay-based fabrics.Cisco NX-OS powers the modern data center.