Item: Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Nexus Series Switches

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco Nexus Series Switches for Spine leaf data center switches. Layer 2 spine leaf (no L3)

Pros and Cons

Pros

Familiar CLI
Consistency across models

Cons

PVLAN

Return on Investment

In our organization, Cisco Nexus Series Switches have a Negative impact: PVLAN problems
In our organization, Cisco Nexus Series Switches have a Positive impact: Shell access

Usability

Cisco Nexus Series Switches have been effective in our data center with regard to our DC migration efforts and building a back--to-back VPC between our old DC and the new DC.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

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?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Nexus Series Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Nexus Series Switches again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

I think I am likely to tell a colleague that, in our experience, Cisco Nexus Series Switches are Good or data center spine/leaf. Not good for general enterprise or campus switching.

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