Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches vs Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches

• In general Cisco Catalyst Switches are a nice piece of kit both in hardware and software.
• You can keep these guys running for years without nary a reboot necessary.
• Even if you have to reboot you have multiple fail overs and redundancies.

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

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• There are some known bugs that cause interface errors and are listed as "cosmetic" and they do not plan to address them. This makes troubleshooting very difficult to determine what are real errors and what are cosmetic.
• We have had a few batches that get stuck in random reboots.
• Cisco foolishly has discontinued R&D for this line of Catalyst when they were finally showing some innovation that set them apart from other vendors.

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

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• It's all about making the right choice in the right time. Let's face it - CISCO Catalyst switches are not cheap. But if you take the time to research and design your network the ROI rate will be faster than you imagine. Having a stable and scalable network is the most important aspect of Catayst - upgrading the core and backbone infrastructure allows you to push the older devices to the outer edges of the network or to new, under/undeveloped regions.

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• 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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