10 years of Nexus experience
Updated March 29, 2024

10 years of Nexus experience

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

Software Version

Nexus 9000 Series

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus Series Switches

I manage Data Center infrastructure for many customers and I can say that Cisco Nexus devices are able to grant resiliency, high throughput, low latency reducing TCO. Also software care is a good point: less probability to find critical bugs compared to IOS. In my work career I had the opportunity to work on N3K, N5K, N9K series products.
  • Managing a lot of traffic
  • Virtual port-channels
  • VDC
  • ACI software
  • API integration
  • Nexus Dashboard
  • Virtual port-channel
  • Resilency
  • Support for advanced routing protocols
  • Low percent of faults
  • Good support time / longevity
  • Good scalability
Improved software designed for high availability, performance in Data Center

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 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000), Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller
Ideal for: Data center Core, integration with UCS but they are a little expensive if used only as data center access / top of rack