Tell Cisco what you think of its big Nexus 7000 switch and how it can be improved and you could be sent a Cisco Nexus Fleece from Douglas Gourlay, the public face behind the switch at Cisco. Well, that’s how Colin McNamara, CCIE No. 18233 got his new fleece. McNamara was able to play around with the big switch at last week’s SE Virtual Team meeting, writes Gourlay in his blog, and McNamara wrote up his thoughts in his blog.
Among the useability enhancements that McNamara feels are most beneficial include a separate IP-enabled management interface, a functionally USB Interface to transfer IOS (or NX-OS) images, a ‘clean” integrated cabling system, and front to back cooling. Among McNamara’s suggestions for improvement include the placement of the compact flash cards in the supervisory module, and for Cisco to “continue with the spirit of innovation that has defined Cisco over the years.” He cites Cisco’s acquistion of Selsius and “the introduction of VoIP as an enterprise class product” as “game changers” that made his hair stand up.
Could Cisco pull off something similar in the data center market? What are your suggestions for improvements to the Nexus 7000?
Read McNamara’s blog entry in full here.
Read Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris’ take on the Nexus 7000.
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