Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches vs Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

• They meet the need in office on a desk to out on a warehouse or factory floor
• Have the PoE power to support everything a company will need
• have a matching product for your need from a few ports to 48 PoE port with uplinks that connect back a MDF or DC Distribution

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• Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches are capable of 10g/40g with a great selection of ports for these speeds.
• The Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switch is a very capable piece of kit, supporting a lot of Cisco's new feature sets.
• Cisco IOS is the gold standard for switch operating systems.

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• Price point has always been higher and a concern as compared to other products.
• Ongoing support costs are also pricey, but if you have a large enough quantity installed, you can purchase a couple of spares and self-insure at a lower cost.

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• The 9500C does not have dedicated stackwise, in order to stack these switches you must consume some of the available ports on the switch itself.
• Virtual Stackwise is a little cumbersome to configure and get running properly
• The newest iteration of Catalyst switches REQUIRE the DNA licensing platform, even though it will not be used.

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• Cisco switches have enabled us to deploy the switches and manage them remotely using Cisco management applications. This makes management much easier, without having to telnet into each one to make config changes, thereby lowering support costs.
• Cisco Catalyst switches enabled us to expand without replacing all of the existing network equipment because of their multi-vendor interoperability.
• Stable code and quick bug fixes. Bugs that cause major operational or security problems have been extremely rare in my experience which leads to 99.99999 uptime.

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• These switches did require a purchase of the DNA license on top of standard switch licensing, even if the functions are no needed in the environment.
• The increased SFP & QSFP connectivity enabled for faster processing within our compute environment. While the system is too new to quantify the value added in this, it undeniably will help with its ROI.

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