Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs Cisco Nexus comparison

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus

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Categories and Ranking

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch L...

Ranking in LAN Switching

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Cisco Nexus

Ranking in LAN Switching

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

105

Ranking in other categories

Data Center Networking (3rd)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the LAN Switching category, the mindshare of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches is 3.7%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cisco Nexus is 8.7%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

LAN Switching

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Kannan Venkatraman

Sales manager at Dyarco Technology W.L.L

Elements that are suited for the hospitality industry, easy to configure and has good technical support

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches have elements that are suited for the hospitality industry. For example, they want a phone, switches, routers, and WiFi, all from one vendor. As a result, they can provide all solutions. They don't want to approach different vendors, for support, maintenance, or any other activities. From a single vendor, or they can view the entire IT solution from any office, at any infrastructure setup. If you go with any other third-party, you would have to rely on different vendors and setups for each manufacturer. With Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches everything comes from one vendor. It operates very smoothly.

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Joe Benítez

Systems Engineer at GAD Municipal de Guayaquil

Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing

Before Nexus, I used to have Catalyst 6500 switches. Those 6500 series chassis gave us a lot of problems. Too many problems, actually. And we had a Cisco ASA firewall blade within those chassis. And they were running outdated software. So, in fact, it was the firewall blade that caused us too many problems instead of the chassis. The chassis itself was working well and performing fine, but the firewall card was not suitable for our needs. That was one aspect. Additionally, those chassis had been in operation for more than five years. As we are a local government, we have a policy to renew hardware every five years. That's because we need to maintain all the hardware and software in the latest versions and keep up with the technology lifecycle of the technology we use.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I rate the technical support an eight or a nine out of ten. So far, they've been very professional and helpful, especially when we need to raise a case for any issue."

"OmniSwitch LAN Switches' performance is very good."

"The most valuable feature is the ease of configuration."

"With Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches everything comes from one vendor. It operates very smoothly."

"These OmniSwitches are very manageable and easy to configure."

"One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer service and support. The solution is good and people should know about it."

"Cisco Nexus provides a reliable switching platform for our data centers."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is stability. We have a pretty large campus."

"It has improved our organization because we have aggregated ports, we're able to put multiple agencies on the multiple different interfaces that we have going there. We're able to separate them out with the use of VLANs and whatnot."

"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus is modularity. It's like the Swiss Army knife of switches."

"The most valuable features are extensions and recorded scalability."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is to segregate the network."

"The product has a stable and strong server panel switch."

"The most valuable features are that it is easy to use, provides stability, easy to configure, low latency, and it provides communication to the data center."

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Cons

"A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preference was for all products to be extendable in one large stack since some equipment limits stacking to four elements instead of eight."

"I would like to see better third-party integration with third-party systems."

"n general, the way the product is put together is not well done."

"There are some issues with the network firmware being deleted from the switches."

"There is no OEM support in India so RMAs need to be sent to France, which takes a long time if the hardware is faulty."

"The pricing must be improved."

"I would love to see Active/Active FEX connectivity, which is enhanced vPC, where we could also do a vPC from a server in that type of configuration."

"Areas in which the solution have room for improvement are the interface, management, and reporting."

"The price could be better."

"I would like to see some development into the SAE world where you can virtualize. That would be the only thing I would like to see because I need to start virtualizing my infrastructure gear at some of the other data centers that I have."

"As a device meant to lead the processes related to networking and troubleshooting, I feel both aspects can be described as areas with certain concerns where improvements are required."

"The initial setup was somewhat complex."

"I would like to see a central management solution in order to have all of the equipment in one place."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license is purchased one time only, it is a perpetual license with no renewal."

"The solution’s price is at a moderate level."

"The price is okay. It's comparable to similar switches."

"OmniSwitch LAN Switches are cheaper than Cisco's switches."

"Our licensing costs for this solution are approximately $100K a year for the switching part."

"If you compare Cisco hardware to any other vendors, such as HPE, they are more expensive. There is a license to use the solution. If my customer's licenses are about to expire I receive notification from Cisco, this is very helpful."

"Our licensing fees are approximately $2,000 USD per year."

"It's around $160K a year for our license."

"We only have a yearly support contract, as we do not use any of the subscription-based functions at this time."

"It is very expensive. Its licensing is on a yearly basis."

"The subscription model and price could be better."

"The price of the product is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Government

17%

Retailer

12%

Real Estate/Law Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

24%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

One of the main advantages of the solution is that the configuration is straightforward, offering various configuration options through CLI or web interfaces. I'm satisfied with the customer serv...

What needs improvement with Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

A customer expressed dissatisfaction with the color of the switches, preferring black over the current color, which is close to white. While the color is not a personal concern, my earlier preferen...

What is your primary use case for Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches?

We work with LAN switches.

What do you like most about Cisco Nexus?

The product's initial setup phase is very easy.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco Nexus?

The price of Cisco Nexus is on the higher side due to the premium services Cisco offers. Despite the cost, it offers valuable features and services.

What needs improvement with Cisco Nexus?

When I talk about data centers, which are critical infrastructure and centralized application hubs, the Nexus platforms should be highly stable. Initially, the codes I received through ACI were qui...

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Also Known As

Alcatel Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches, OmniSwitch, OmniSwitch LAN Switches

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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

The Cisco Nexus family of switches is designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center. Not simply bigger or faster, these switches offer the following characteristics: infrastructure that can be scaled cost-effectively and that helps you increase energy, budget, and resource efficiency, transport that can navigate the transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet and unified fabric and can also handle architectural changes such as virtualization, Web 2.0 applications, and cloud computing and operational continuity to meet your need for an environment where system availability is assumed and maintenance windows are rare if not totally extinct.

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Sample Customers

Advocate Health Care, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lodi, Centre Hospitalier Carcassonne, Certis Cisco Security, China Tianchen Engineering Corporation Co. LTD, City of Frankfurt, Dongseo University

Advanced Medical Transport, Banco de Guayaquil, Baylor Scott & White Health, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Calligaris, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Del Papa Distributing, Department of Justice, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Grupo Industrial Saltillo (GIS), Hertz, K&L Gates , LightEdge, Lone Star College System, Management Science Associates, Mindtree, NBC Olympics, Quest, Sony Corporation, The Department of Education in Western Australia, Valley Proteins

Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch LAN Switches vs. Cisco Nexus