Item: Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Rating: 9
Author: Abdul Rahim Shaik

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use them at our data centres (Leaf, Spine and Super Spines). Deployed and Managed using NSO. We deploy new switches depending on customer requirements. Add new customers to existing network across multiple data centres in multiple states. We also do customer BAU maintenance troubleshooting by packet capturing. We also do the maintenance on switches by upgrading software.

Pros and Cons

Centralised control using NSO
Packet capture for troubleshooting
High speed interfaces and chassis

GUI based NSO
End to end GUI view for provisioning and troubleshooting
AI to detect future failures and threats

Most Important Features

High speed
Stability
Cost

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

Catalist, Cisco 9000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 9000)

Likelihood to Recommend

Perfect for Data centre environment across multiple sites. Customers can move their port in the same site or across the sites without any issue. With VxLan Multiple networks can use these Cisco Nexus Series Switches fabrics to pass traffic and stay separated. They have high speed ports and fabric, supported by protocols the data transfer is seamless.

Happy customer

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus Series Switches