Item: Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Rating: 8
Author: Prashant Biswas

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are organization which is believe in adopting new and testify new technology with advance approach, we had deploy this solution in our security operation center for smooth operation and scalability. recently this solution is upgrade with more feature by OEM which has unique selling point of this product like VPN. we use to continue data traffic moving between branch to branch.

Pros and Cons

High speed Bandwidth from 1G to 400 G
VPN Connectivity
ACL based SPAN
All VLAN feature SPAN/ERSPAN

VPN function
MPLS connectivity
Fiber channel over ethernet
Fabric path and OTV

Most Important Features

VPN connectivity
Storage server need high bandwidth.
Support all VLAN

Return on Investment

Bandwidth for Traffic flow
VPN connectivity
ERSPAN/SPAN traffic
XVLAN working

Alternatives Considered

Juniper EX Series Switches

Cisco Nexus Series Switches are reliable and scalable for data and security center operation. Cisco Nexus Series Switches give competition to other sw vendor on feature and continuous functionality like VPN feature, High Data Bandwidth, required less maintenance over year.

Key Insights

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

Not sure

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

Other Software Used

Juniper 7000, HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, Ruckus ICX Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Nexus Series Switches are in much likely to used is data center in Security Operation and Data Center with high capacity traffic movement from branch to branch. we can also use it in Campus but when we need to allow huge in coming traffic. Cisco Nexus Series Switches is not suitable for small business and office were traffic flow is less then 2 G because in this type of environment traffic is always less and not up to mark

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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus Series Switches