Compared to standalone network switches, a stack can have a few drawbacks. The most obvious one is the cost comparison to a modular chassis, which can be adjusted to fit the needs of the network.

The second one is leaf-spine stack or LSS management, a feature in Arista’s CloudVision platform that organizes and collectively manages switches, regardless of their physical arrangement.

Regardless of how powerful and feature-rich the DGS-3627 is, at heart, it's a just a switch. Connect the network cable, power it up and boom!—it's up and running.

In the 1990s the network industry used the phrase “Switch where you can, route where you must.” However, over time the performance gap between routing and switching closed.