Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches vs Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Contributor in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees

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They work great as core switches, data center switches, top of rack switches. They can even serve as routers, their routing capability is great, except for where you need lots of routing processing power. I would not use many of them for branch office switches though, due to noise and slowness of bootup

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Engineer in Information Technology

Publishing Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pros

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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Very stable.
Cost efficient
Easy management
Great Juniper 24*7 TAC support
Different variants available for different requirements.
Easy to replace faulty hardware

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

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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Virtual chassis new switch has overwritten existing config if not performed in a particular way.
Applying a configuration to a range of interfaces could be done in a better way.
Applying firewall rules to multiple security zones could be done a little more efficiently.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

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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Engineer in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches 8.0

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Many times when contacting Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support, it seems that it is easiest for support to recommend a straight replacement (RMA) instead of taking time to walk through a solution on the faulty system. We find we get better help from a third-party consulting firm that has Juniper certified technicians or professionals on staff. They take the time to explain processes and workflow, which Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support seems to shy away from.

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Craig Brady

Senior Systems Analyst

City of Santa MariaGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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The rollback, commit and confirm are the biggest players in the game. Juniper is the only one who has those features, so I believe they have a leg up in the game. The CLI is one of the easiest to work with.

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Michael Haberkern

Network Engineer Supervisor

City of Santa MariaGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

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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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees

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From a user's point of view, the ease of configuration and management has been incredible. Much less time is spent maintaining Juniper than previous solutions.
From a reseller's point of a view, Juniper is excellent. They treat small partners like us very well even if our volume is not huge. Juniper switches are part of our standard solution that has been great for our customers.

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Randy Carpenter

Vice President

First Network Group, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

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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

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