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Database Network Backbone
June 27, 2018

Database Network Backbone

Josh Haberman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Nexus 7000 Series

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus

We are using Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000, and 2000 series "switches" in our data center at our network operations center (NOC). The Nexus series allows us to centrally manage our data center network infrastructure without having to configure and support individual switches.
  • Centrally managed network configuration.
  • Highly redundant network infrastructure.
  • Application optimized network infrastructure.
  • There is a high learning curve for initial installation.
  • Firmware updates require outages.
  • NX-OS has some command differences from Cisco IOS requiring experienced Cisco Network Engineers to educate themselves before being fully effective.
  • Nexus has allowed us to reduce the time needed to create and maintain data network configurations.
  • We're able to optimize application performance much better in the Nexus product line than under comparable IOS-based devices.
  • The cost of implementing and maintaining a Nexus-based environment is significantly higher than IOS-based equivalent devices.
Cisco Nexus products are very effective and efficient to manage in medium to large enterprise data centers. Smaller businesses, companies without their own data centers, or businesses with Cloud native "data centers" will see little to no benefit from Nexus products.