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Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches vs. NVIDIA Spectrum Switches

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Cisco's Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series switches combine full Gigabit Ethernet switch solutions with advanced features in a modular design. Expandable up to 26 ports in a compact form factor, these rugged switches are optimized for size and power, and bring Cisco intent-based networking to Industrial Ethernet applications.N/A
NVIDIA Spectrum Switches
Score 8.0 out of 10
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NVIDIA® Spectrum®-3 based SN4000 is an open ethernet switch that combines cloud features with performance to support modern scale-out distributed data center applications. With support for all speeds 1GbE through 400GbE, SN4000 is ideal for building large layer-2, layer-3, and virtualized network fabrics for both green field and brown field environments.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—NVIDIA Spectrum switches range in price depending on the specific model and features.
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Enterprises
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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Usability
7.3
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Support Rating
8.2
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User Testimonials
Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series SwitchesNVIDIA Spectrum Switches
Likelihood to Recommend
Suits for smaller cabinets where enterprise switches don't fit, or harsh environment where rugged devices are needed. Only support as policy extended node in SD-Access solution.
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Well suited: HCI Infrastructure as a high-performance platform for storage traffic TOR or Network Backbone Less appropriate: Client Access switches
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Pros
  • It runs no matter how hot it gets. It's actually operated at times when it was exceeding its operational limits and continued to work.
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  • open platform for use with e.g. Cumulus OS
  • cost effective
  • excellent support
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Cons
  • The portdensity is poor (when compared to competition) which means that the IE-switches takes more space then competition.
  • The price is not competitive, only possible to ship/sell to customers that are set on the Brand. To say that Cisco has more features (to motivate that these units cost more then the double) is not correct, the competition solves the same stuff differently.
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  • Interoperability with other vendors
  • Bugs
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Usability
The features are excellent. We have been able to utilize and customize the features
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Hahi Tex Mine
Senior Product Manager
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Support Rating
The support team cares about fast workflow. They have been helpful
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Hahi Tex Mine
Senior Product Manager
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Alternatives Considered
The functions are easy to manipulate and deployment process is not complicated to the new users. Data modeling and data processing through this Cisco Catalyst platform is profitable and risk assessment is effective. Creating reports and new networks distribution is quite easy through this platform, as well as data access control.
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Carlos Zhang
Construction Manager
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Broadcom is quicker is rolling out newer chipset and hardware. But NVIDIA Mellanox has better system integration due to its purchase of Cumulus OS.
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Return on Investment
  • Before implementing these switches, production lines were constantly stopped due to network failures. This had a huge financial impact on the company.
  • In addition to mitigating those flaws, you now have complete network monitoring with the joint implementation of the Cisco Industrial Network Director.
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Hector Ochoa
Network Engineer
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  • Overall seamless integration into the datacenter
  • Better cost per port so higher ROI
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