#1 most frequent
United States of America
70.0%126 installations of 180
What is Cisco Nexus Dashboard?
Cisco Nexus Dashboard simplifies data-center networks with automation and analytics. The data-center network helps organizations to meet business demands, and provision reliable data-center networking services as fast as possible, when and where organizations need it.
As network infrastructure management is becoming more complex, diverse, and distributed, with multiple configuration points, monitoring tools, and vast amounts of data being generated every second. Cisco Nexus Dashboard is offered as a comprehensive management platform that simplifies data center network operations and automation.
As network infrastructure management is becoming more complex, diverse, and distributed, with multiple configuration points, monitoring tools, and vast amounts of data being generated every second. Cisco Nexus Dashboard is offered as a comprehensive management platform that simplifies data center network operations and automation.
Categories & Use Cases
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Who Buys & Uses Cisco Nexus Dashboard
#2 most frequent
Canada
4.4%8 installations of 180
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4.4%8 installations of 180
Pros
- Enhanced network monitoring and management capabilities
- Improved visibility and faster issue resolution
- Effective ACI management, including multi-site services
Cons
- Small sample size limits the generalizability of findings
- Limited specific details on the types of issues proactively addressed
Cisco Nexus Dashboard and NDFC
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used Cisco Nexus Dashboard during the deployment of our new data centers to help deploy VXLAN DCI and monitor the Nexus switches. Attempting to deploy a VXLAN DCI manually was exceedingly complex and Cisco Nexus Dashboard with NDFC (Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller) vastly simplified the process. It also provides configuration monitoring for the switches involved in the deployment allowing our engineers to keep the configuration correct.
Pros
- Code updates for Nexus switches
- Configuration deployment
- Switch monitoring
Cons
- VM deployment is resource intensive
- Initial deployment could be simplified
Return on Investment
- Reduced deployment times for VXLAN DCI
- Reduced code upgrade time
Other Software Used
CrowdStrike Falcon, Ivanti Security Controls
Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Monitor and manage our media fabric
Pros
- Quickly and seamlessly manages the environment
- Ease of use
- Depth of visibility
Cons
- Installation is a little finicky and required we reset to factory
- Servers to manage 6 switches
Return on Investment
- This is still pretty new to our environment but we are finding more ways to utilize the environment
Great product
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In our organization we use it to provide services to local goverment for the 911. It helps monitor our network and be able to have a quicker responds when we have any issues.
Pros
- flexability
- unified
- centralized control
- cloud base
Alternatives Considered
Cisco UCS Manager
Other Software Used
Azure NetApp Files, Omnissa Horizon
GOOD
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Before we had no visibility. Now with Nexus Dashbord we can find errors and potential problems.
Pros
- before we had no visibility
- troubleshooting
- flows
Cons
- centralized troubleshooting console
- tickets
- security issues
Return on Investment
- we had a size problem, we have many more flows than the tool supports
- centralized console
Cisco Nexus Dashboard review
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It's definitely getting better, we have been using it since MSO, and it continues to improve.
Pros
- Backup/restore
- Config drift
- Orchestration
Cons
- If it could validate that changes aren't going to break its own connectivity, that would be a major improvement
