Likelihood to Recommend 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.
Read full review I love this switch for access and aggregate, especially due to the lack of needing reboots. [Other systems require this] reliable and stable platform.
Read full review 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 Read full review They are relatively easy to configure and to maintain. They have all of the high-end configuration capabilities as Cisco switches. The switches have excellent performance and reliability. Read full review 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 Read full review Licensing for the 10GB ports is a bit pricey, but that was 5 years ago, so things may have changed The CLI commands are slightly different than typical Cisco commands Their rack mounting was not the prettiest in the world Read full review Likelihood to Renew 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.
Read full review Usability These are very handy switches as they are easy to deploy / use and fulfill all needs related to access layer switches.
Read full review Reliability and Availability Haven't had an issue with these switches yet.
Read full review Performance Accessing resources is very fast. We were able to deploy computer images in half the time it would take with our old hardware.
Read full review Support Rating Not Applicable
Read full review Implementation Rating Very easy to port configurations and deploy.
Read full review Alternatives Considered 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.
Read full review The switching holds up well against HP, Extreme, Juniper, et. al at the edge. Cost is also a huge factor, and played a part in the purchase. Not just for the switches themselves, but also optics can be purchased at a discount. Service delivery has been fantastic, and in 3 years I've not had to replace any of the brocade switches I've purchased.
Read full review Scalability I was able to deploy the switches to 10 Labs in less than a week by myself.
Read full review Return on Investment 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. Read full review Equipment just runs Sometimes past EOL/EOS Firmwares just work Read full review ScreenShots