Item: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Nexus 9000 Series Switches are primarily used to transport large flows of data quickly while minimizing errors. This is best used in our environment between data centers, cloud, and other applications that perform backups or transfer databases between applications. Nexus switches also have great built in redundant technologies to have minimal downtown.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Ability to configure two switches as one logical unit
High port throughput
Minimal Hardware Failure

Cons

Nexus 9000 could have smaller model for a lower pricepoint
Nexus 9000 Features could all be turned on
IKE security keys could automatically refresh on their own

Return on Investment

Secure of workflow data
Fast data transfers
Reliable elephant flow transfers

Scalability

Cisco Nexus 9000 are not isolated to individual devices but can integrate well with the existing datacenter to combine multiple hardware devices into one logical unit via a separate control plane that can improve redundancy and minimize downtime when one unit goes down for an upgrade the other unit stays up therefore having zero downtime for the logical unit.

Security

Nexus 9000 Series Switches are able to track and secure application workflows through tagging traffic and integrating with Cisco Secure Workflow. We have high visibility of our traffic to see application errors or misconfiguration. We are able to set system alerts and packet captures on these switches to get to the root cause of application errors.

Usability

Data centers and cloud infrastructure require robust, reliable, and secure transport. Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches does just that plain and simple. With their latest NVIDIA chips Nexus 9000 are able to keep up with the large data transfers of today's applications, secure the workflow, provide redundancy and troubleshoot packet captures.

Alternatives Considered

Netskope CASB

Nexus 9000 works together with Netskope to provide connectivity between data centers, the cloud, and remote branches. Both provide scalability, redundant architecture, and security to the network. In some sense both provide end to end security and the ability to store and troubleshoot packet captures to improve operations and security postures.

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Horizon, Malwarebytes, VMware vSphere

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches adds reliability, high performance, redundancy, and fast data transfer speeds bringing next generation technology to data centers, cloud, and client/server applications. More then ever Nexus 9000 has now ensured reliable and secure data transfers from end to end and when integrated with Cisco Secure Workflow segmentation on a granular level is made possible.

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