Cisco Catalyst 1000 Series Switches vs Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for small to medium office spaces. This is not a switch you'd put in your data center, as it misses a redundant power supply or complex failover mechanisms. It does come with port-trunking, VLAN, etc. which makes it still very versatile. If you're comfortable on the console or use configuration management tools you'll get your network set up in no time.

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Cisco [Catalyst 9200 Series] Switches work great. Most enterprises use cisco office equipment (Phones, Cameras etc. ), and switches work seamlessly with these products. Always full throughput on all ports, rarely any STP issues. Not well suited for small businesses (Costly) or in scenarios where network devices are not uniform/ multi vendor

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Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Excellent throughput/performance.
High resilience/reliability.
Best-in-class enterprise support.

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Maritime Company, 1001-5000 employees

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high forwarding // high forwarding
posee la capacidad de convertirse tambien en un WLC // Has the ability to become a WLC as well
posee puertos UPOE que pueden ser usados para varios dispositivos finales. // It has UPOE ports that can be used for multiple end user devices
capacidad de expansion con modulos adicionales // The ability to scale up/expand using additional modules

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Miguel Maldonado

Presales

CiberCInformation Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

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Cons

If you're not used to how Cisco names stuff you might search a while to find the right option.
Sometimes active- and backup configuration can be a bit confusing.
The price tag is rather high. You might be able to save with cheaper brands if you don't need all the features it offers.

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Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employees

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Que los precios sean mejorados para ser mas competitivos // More competitive prices/cost
Generar mas marketing y promocion de los nuevos equipos // Create more marketing and promotional features about new equipment
Liberar de licencias obligatorias en los equipos // Release obligatory licenses for businesses

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Mercedes Albuja

ventas

segurosLogistics and Supply Chain, 51-200 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches 4.5

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I don't think very soon we'll renew our use of Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches because most of them are now used for access switch purposes for end-users.Even if we have a stack with a distribution switch (to use Uplink and to connect access points), the global LAN design can't be changed for now.

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Usability

Cisco Catalyst 1000 Series Switches 8.5

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We have found that Cisco Catalyst 1000 Series switches are highly optimized pieces of hardware that are perfect for their target environments. Smaller, simpler designs allow for more relaxed network room/cabinet requirements and PoE functionality have even allowed for micro-segmentation of CCTV and VoIP devices in certain areas without the need for additional hardware.

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Support Rating

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Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches 7.3

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As usual, the Cisco documentation can be exhaustive, and it's not so easy to find the appropriate information on the website. However, when you are a bit used to it, the search can be possible and not so difficult.The first white paper that was comparing the 2960X with the 9200 equivalent was nice and saved us a lot of time and energy.

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Alternatives Considered

The decision for Cisco was mostly because the remainder of our infrastructure is already from Cisco. This allowed an easy integration and didn't require any training. Also, Cisco offers premium support--also in cases of a hardware fault for example.

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Telecommunications Company, 501-1000 employees

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The 9200 switches are a great switch for reliability and processing. We use our 9200's for Layer 2 only switching, as well as use some 9200's in routing cases as well. The 9200's is a model number we use as our primary model number for upgrading our other switches like the 2960's and 3850's.

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Thomas Osborne

Network System Administrator

CentralSquare TechnologiesInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

Improved uptime
Improved scheduled/unscheduled maintenance times.
Improved assurance for critical business functions.

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Maritime Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Considering their scalability and future-proof nature, ROI is there (no replacement is required)
Due to cost, the ROI will be longer
Security and reliability of the switches are very important for efficient working, which Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches are providing

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Pricing Details

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Entry-level set up fee?

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No