Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches vs. FortiSwitch Secure Access Switches

Amazing network management and extremely perfect network security production and its notification options are very responsive. Creating real time analytics and the visualization capability is fantastic. This Cisco Catalyst platform has effective insights gathering tools and its data quality control functions are good and quick on process reports preparation and workflow easy management product.

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If you've got a large network and are already using FortiGate firewalls or FortiAP access points, integrating FortiSwitch Secure Access Switches makes for one integrated solution. Previously we had Cisco switches that had to be configured and managed separately, which was always prone to error. Now that we have our entire network backbone on FortiNet devices, managing and configuring them is smoother. We are now able to see much clearer if there are any configuration issues between networking devices.

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• It runs no matter how hot it gets. It's actually operated at times when it was exceeding its operational limits and continued to work.

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• Makes them easy to manage within one spot
• Allows for advanced network configuration
• Has plenty of power for all our PoE devices

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• The portdensity is poor (when compared to competition) which means that the IE-switches takes more space then competition.
• The price is not competitive, only possible to ship/sell to customers that are set on the Brand. To say that Cisco has more features (to motivate that these units cost more then the double) is not correct, the competition solves the same stuff differently.

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• Would be nice to have a bit different layout on the configuration page. Sometimes can be hard to find what you're looking for.
• When disabling ports, it would be nice to have batch setting features rather than having to make changes individually.

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The features are excellent. We have been able to utilize and customize the features

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The support team cares about fast workflow. They have been helpful

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Originally, used rack mount routers with ACLs. However, cost in terms of energy and rack space made doing NAT that way was very expensive.

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We have previously used both Cisco 220 Series and Dell PowerConnect 8000 Series switches that were managed separately from our firewalls and access points. The Cisco and Dell switch worked fine and we never had a problem with them, but it was always a hassle to have to make configuration changes since that would have to be done via separate GUIs. Having the ability to configure and manage firewalls, switches, and wireless access points all within one central GUI saves time and headache.

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• Before implementing these switches, production lines were constantly stopped due to network failures. This had a huge financial impact on the company.
• In addition to mitigating those flaws, you now have complete network monitoring with the joint implementation of the Cisco Industrial Network Director.

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• It has made management of the network much easier and less time consuming
• We are more confident that our network traffic is being secured
• Ability to monitor network traffic and detect potential anomalies

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