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My Cisco Nexus 9000 Review
Updated April 21, 2021

My Cisco Nexus 9000 Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Nexus 9000 Series

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus

We have leaf-spine architecture deployed with MP-BGP EVPN in our DCs.
  • It's reliable.
  • Loss-less Networking.
  • Unified Fabric VXLAN.
  • VXLAN are mapped to VLAN... it's a very big limitation.
  • In the last 2 years, we have been hit by multiple OS bugs.
  • MP-BGP VXLAN
  • API
  • line rate switching
  • Best ROI.
  • Reliability.
  • High availability.
  • Unified Fabric Support across DCs
Cisco has the best after-sales support network.

Do you think Cisco Nexus Series Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Nexus Series Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Nexus Series Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Nexus Series Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Nexus Series Switches again?

Yes

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000), Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V Series (CSR 1000V), Cisco Meraki SM
It is best suited for DC Networking.

Using Cisco Nexus

50 - Private Cloud team
5 - 4x CCIE individuals
  • Data center network
  • Unified fabric
  • Any workload any where
  • Any workload any where
  • Multicast fabric
Its perfect

Evaluating Cisco Nexus and Competitors

  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
  • Analyst Reports
Our evaluation process is comprehensive enough. No change needed

Cisco Nexus Implementation

MPBGP VXLAN fabirc was implemented with multi vrf bgp over external links to our IP core
  • Implemented in-house
  • Third-party professional services
LLD and initial implementation
Yes - Two part implementation.
First phase was to build vxlan fabric and test it.
Second phase adding external connectivity to IP core and end to end testing
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled - Every change must be tested in lab before proceeding in production
  • Hardware module failure in one of nexus 9504

Cisco Nexus Training

  • in-person training
Trainer didn't has good handon experience.. he was bookish trainer.
Never had it
I like to read Cisco live session and configuration guides

Configuring Cisco Nexus

It's extensive covers everything
Cisco has best practices guide which we follow
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
No customization done ever.

Cisco Nexus Support

Cisco's technical support coverage for the software application products and suites that keep your systems and your business running smoothly.
Our Nexus is supported with premium Smartnet. We had opened multiple TAC cases with Cisco got very well supported. it enables us to protect our IaaS Services and overall business.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
No
We already have premium support
Yes - It was solved in next update
During tax case. Ciscco always provide best support

Using Cisco Nexus

Cisco has provided comprehensive configuration guide to cover all aspects for device usability
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Requires technical support
Lots to learn
  • Support multiple workloads
  • Management ease

Cisco Nexus Reliability

Cisco offer scalable design using there best practices design guides.
Our network is very well design. Any components or device failure. Doesn't affect network availability
Loading time doesn't matter. Loss less switching matters.

Integrating Cisco Nexus

Cisco support all management protocols and API to supply all type of integration
  • Network monitoring system
  • Network analytics
  • Protected access management
These are standard integration. It was very easy.
  • No other integration needed
Not applicable
  • API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
No
Use standard protocols and API for seamless integration

Relationship with Cisco

Cisco sales team is always available for support
Cisco sales team is always available for support
Usually it's the price which our procurement tackle with Cisco.
Keep your RFP open for all vendors... If you want best price from cisco

Upgrading Cisco Nexus

Yes - We recently received security advisor from cisco that our is version has major security flow... We immediately planned for upgrade with Cisco TAC support on our side. Upgrade went smoothly.
  • Security patch
  • Multicast fabric support
  • Pvlan support on vxlan
  • We are fine with current release