Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches
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Score 9.2 out of 100

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Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

The scenario basically consists of more than 30 [Cisco] Catalyst 2960[-X/XR Series] Switches with PoE and are spread over several racks. There is segmentation by vlan by specific departments to avoid broadcast. The switches have a lot of performance, speed and very interesting security features that prevent, for example: arp spoofing, dhscp snopping, acls and others.

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Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

They are great for any data center or wiring closet but not so week suited for dusty environments as the cooling ports are large enough to let lots of dust inside.

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Pros

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

  • I haven't worked on many other brands of routers/switches, but I can say with certainty that Cisco's IOS network operating system is very well written. Using the question mark helps you find a command or complete its options very easily.
  • Cisco's Catalyst documentation is superb and if you can't find what you're looking for there, you can find a ton of great blogs by certified Cisco engineers.
  • Cisco may be notorious for creating their own proprietary protocols, but for every proprietary protocol they also support the industry standard protocols.
  • Cisco Catalyst switches are genuine workhorses; we still have some switches on our network that are older than 10 years and still performing great!
  • I like the way Catalyst implements vlans; very easy and straightforward
  • I like the stacking capability of Catalyst. it's very easy to configure and you are now managing a single switch, composed of multiple switches

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Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

  • They are reliable.
  • They have monitoring features built in.
  • They stack.

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Cons

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

  • Cost. Always the downside with Cisco. The competition is cheaper.
  • Tech support used to be incredible. It is above average now but not like it was 10+ years ago.
  • Better support for third-party cables and SFP/SFP+ would be nice. I hate being warned in the logs that I'm not using a Cisco OEM accessory.
  • I wish they could upgrade the stack without taking the whole stack offline. This is a real issue.

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Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

  • The ports are somewhat set back in the chassis making it hard to access the disconnect on the cables.

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Likelihood to Renew

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches 9.1
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Cisco has great products, easy to deploy, configure, and manage

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Usability

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches 9.1
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very easy to navigate the CLI

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Reliability and Availability

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches 9.1
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Always in stock

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Performance

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches 9.1
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uptime meets expectations

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Support Rating

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches 7.7
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Product support is one area that Cisco leads the field in. Other vendors try providing technical support for their products. When I purchase catalyst switches I know that "IF" I where to have a problem with one of my Cisco Catalyst switches that I can either open a TAC case online or over the phone and a knowledgeable person will be able to help me with what ever the issue is.

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Implementation Rating

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches 8.2
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usually pretty seamless into existing deployments

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Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

They are a lot better than the meraki MS switches because they still function and have a console port to configure them off-line and Meraki's fail without the internet access. That being said I personally prefer the nexus switch and the NXOS over IOS. However the Meraki switches are better for a branch location you cannot be at all the time.

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Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

HP switches were used in our organization but many of those did not have as many of the features at the lower price point.

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Scalability

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches 9.1
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Switch stacking feature is flawless

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Return on Investment

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

  • It is very reliable, it has never failed so have never had downtime
  • We got a service contract with our partner so we in the case of an incident we are covered
  • Great performance, it does a great job managing our network traffic

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Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

  • They have all lasted well beyond the 5 year depreciation cycle.
  • They get reused in other projects because they are still a viable solution.

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Mike O'Rourke | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Pricing Details

Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Switches

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

Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

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

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