We do have other vendors. For example, Juniper, Fortinet, and there are quite a few others. And Cisco is pretty good because we know the workflow, we know how the operating system works. We are much more familiar with Cisco products and we know the support system behind it. So …
Well, we've used the previous model of Cisco switches, which were 3850s, 2960s, and they performed in a similar manner, really reliable. But they needed to be updated and we've done that. Obviously we're now running the next generation 9300 series switches.
Interestingly, for the one that I'm working on, we always prefer to go with Cisco, and the reason for that is the sensitivity of the environment and reliability need.
Unfortunately, I haven't had an opportunity to look at other vendors of late, but predominantly Cisco has been a very good product and yet to see anyone else in the market is probably as close as possible to what they're able to offer in their ecosystem.
While using the fabric solution within the LAN and the next generation protocols, Cisco Catalyst Switches are a recommended choice for organisations that prioritise network security due to its robust security capabilities. TrustSec, MACsec, and other security procedures all …
I use like 9500 series also different callus switches. I wish kind of like, I do kind of want like iOS xr, the version set of xe, what they have. That'd be nice to have it on their switches, but I know that's more of a routing platform.
Catalyst is radically different than the competitors in Extreme and HP. While Extreme and HP do have better prices they do lack the features necessary to consolidate on a singular platform and encompass many routing features exclusive to Catalyst.
The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches are the newer version of the 3850. They are quite similar, but the 9300 has some advantages. First is simply the increase in hardware - mGig ports, uplinks, UPoE, etc. The application hosting is another nice addition.
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HP does not provide enhanced NetFlow, unable to really get insight into the encrypted traffic. Software-Defined Access seems to be more cumbersome in the Aruba framework.
Ultimately we needed a small form factor and the capability to perform advanced layer-3 functionality in case we needed to perform routing on the devices. If we didn't need this, we would have gone with the 9200-series switches. The 9400-series chassis are overkill and the …
Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series [Switches] features top-of-the-line hardware and operating systems (OS). Compared to the other competitors, its features are far superior. There have been no problems with our older Catalyst Switches in years. Cisco was the vendor of choice for our …
We have always been primarily a Cisco switch and wireless shop and were familiar with the product line, have the relationship with Cisco, familiarity with TAC, etc., and it made sense to maintain that, in addition, to continue taking advantage of the in-house Cisco expertise we …
Our environment is Cisco, so the only products I have compared the Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches to would be other Cisco products. We find the same reliability and performance from the newer generation switches as we did with past generations. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 …
We used HP ProCurves at our old office. They offered cheap switching, lots of ports, and lifetime warranties, but you realistically got what you paid for. They were often times confounding, and much more difficult to integrate together and with our firewalls. QoS was pretty …
The Cisco Meraki are ridiculous. They are okay for the closet switches but we once had them as core switches. This makes for nightmarish weekends of outages as we had problems with them reaching the internet as they also held all of our core routing. The Cisco Nexus is a fine …
We have looked at competing products from Dell, HP, and Arista and compared the pricing, features, and total cost of ownership. When taking everything into account including the world-class TAC support, Cisco is our preferred vendor for networking and switches. Other solutions …