Cisco Nexus Switches Glimpse
December 09, 2022
Cisco Nexus Switches Glimpse
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Nexus 9500 Series
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus Series Switches
This indeed is a great product and addresses the business problems quite effectively in terms of high throughput traffic switching capabilities and providing Unified Connectivity. Our customers especially banks and media are using in Data Center Core Layer to address East West bandwidth Issues
Features like OTV gives the customers great flexibility to expand their Data Centers
VDC(s) are very cost effective solution to address the challenges for Multi-tenancy
Features like OTV gives the customers great flexibility to expand their Data Centers
VDC(s) are very cost effective solution to address the challenges for Multi-tenancy
- Continuous system operation:
- Maintenance, upgrades, and software certification can be performed without service interruptions because of the modular nature of NX-OS and features such as In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) and the capability for processes to restart dynamically
- FabricPath:
- Enables each device to build an overall view of the topology; this is similar to other link state routing protocols. Each device in the FabricPath topology is identified by a switch-id. The Layer 2 forwarding tables are built based on reachability to each switch-id, not by the MAC address. Eliminates spanning-tree to maximize network bandwidth and flexibility in topological configurations, as well as simplify operational support and configuration. This enables a tremendous amount of flexibility on the topology because you can now build FabricPath topologies for Layer 2-based networks the same as for Layer 3-based networks
- Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV): Enables the Layer 2 extension between distributed data centers over any transport Layer 3 network
- Boot Time for Switch is very slow and it depends on number and type of modules
- This needs to be improved
- Should be a rollback command incase of any misconfiguration performed by Administrator
- Show Tech Support Command increases CPU Utilization which needs to be resolved
- Virtual Port Channel
- Virtual Device Context
- Overlay Transport Virtualization
- Initially implementing and configuring hardware took two weeks. This time is significantly less . The risk-adjusted cost during the
- initial period was $34,444
- Hardware purchase costs were reduced by 30%. Less cabling and fewer switches are required when a data center is deployed using Nexus Switches compared with a traditional approach. Total risk-adjusted savings for hardware purchase and maintenance were $69,345
- ROI calculated was 150%
- Payback period calculated of seven months
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?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Cisco Nexus Series Switches go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Nexus Series Switches again?
Yes