Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches vs. Extreme Networks Wired Access - Switches

The Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches are a good fit for access layer needs. Put them on the edge of your network and you will have what you need to connect a physical device to your network. I would not deploy them in places at the core of a network. They can be used in data centers as an edge connection device.

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If you have a big environment with a lot of edge switch needs and department groups, then Extreme's fabric connect can save a lot of management time. If your environment is small then you may want to stick with the traditional model since fabric connect costs more. Also if you make lots of configuration changes all the time then fabric connect will be helpful. Otherwise, making an occasional change you don't need fabric connect.

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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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• Cloud management
• SFP+ uplinks
• Stacking capability
• Robust CLI

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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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• Improved Extreme Management Console UI.
• More robust CLI auditing/logging.
• Easier log harvesting for adverse events.

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We have now bought 468 switches, and we will most likely continue using this series, because it is the switch that is the cheapest for our needs. Maybe for some specific use cases, we will use the Catalyst 9300 series. Because we are more pressed on manpower, that money, we stick with what works.

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These are very handy switches as they are easy to deploy / use and fulfill all needs related to access layer switches.

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Haven't had an issue with these switches yet.

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Accessing resources is very fast. We were able to deploy computer images in half the time it would take with our old hardware.

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There hasn't been a single problem with the code or hardware that hasn't been resolved in a timely fashion. You get technicians who know the product and who will work with you to get things fixed. That being said, I never ran into a problem with Cisco tech support either. I love that both groups were willing to teach me as they fixed things.

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Very easy to port configurations and deploy.

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The functions on Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches are very responsive and its notification functions are very active and reliable in producing effective new updates on any detected data threats across the entire network flow even the network speed reports are easily presented by its alert functionalities and data analytics are impressive.

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Foundry, HP, Cisco, Brocade. Extreme performance is equivalent or better without the price tag added just for their name

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I was able to deploy the switches to 10 Labs in less than a week by myself.

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• The positive thing is that because it has a redundant power supply, you can have users staying on for all the time. If you have a power interruption or something and you have both power supply A and B, then you're option to, you don't need users to log off or they're being cut off because you have to replace something or do something.

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• Extreme [Ethernet Switches] have a long-life. You can easily get 7 years in main production life depending on when you buy in the product life-cycle.
• Extreme [Ethernet Switches] are expensive, no doubt, but we also don't have "weird" network problems or other issues with the network randomly going down.
• If you use fabric connect switches then the ease of managing many switches is of no concern.

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