Cisco Catalyst Switches

Cisco Catalyst Switches

Cisco Catalyst Switches

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Cisco Catalyst Switches	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	Cisco's Catalyst is one of that company's brand of network switches.	N/A

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	Cisco Catalyst Switches
Considered Both Products	Cisco Catalyst Switches JW Jack Wagner Junior Network Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches I haven't evaluated many, but I have used also the older versions of the Cisco Catalyst Switches, like the eight thousand, and the seven thousand before. I believe that it has more features and more scalability. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Vice-President Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches If I were to compare the Catalyst to the Meraki, I do feel more secure about the Catalyst, as Meraki was not originally a cisco product and was acquired. So, from the point of security and dependability, the Catalyst is a winner. Incentivized Helpful? CD Cedric Durand network admin Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches We have selected Cisco Catalyst Switches for their performance. Cisco Catalyst Switches are recommended by a lot of institutions. Many institutions like the government, and many big companies. All who works in IT recognize the quality of this equipment. It's important for us … Incentivized Helpful? EH Ehteshamul Haque Network Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Cisco switches are preferred as they provide a prem-based solution to most of the required infra compared to others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches The 9300 is a lot more handy then the 9200. Biggest plus is XFSU that gives almost no downtime when upgrading. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Consultant Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches We used catalyst switches because they fit optimal in the customers needs. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Account Manager Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Our selection for Cisco Catalyst Switches is better performing on campus network and datacenter network also. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Juniper/Fortinet - prefer the look and feel of Cisco and it is a well-established standard that my team are familiar with. Incentivized Helpful? PM Paulo Mendoza Network Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches N/A Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Cisco tends to be solid and reliable and great for longer term projects where ROI can spread over longer periods. They tend to be less competitive when extended featuresets are needed, much more difficult and painful to manage service and feature licensing (especially in … Incentivized Helpful? PT Per Toft Senior Network Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches I would choose Junipers switches over Cisco as they provide a much more uniform experience. We choose Cisco to keep all asses the same and because we are used to buy Cisco. The skill set of the network team is primary Cisco and for that reason we stick with the well known … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Cisco Catalyst Switches integrate with our dot1x solution better and in general is the preferred permanent office solution. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Our engineers are more familiar with Cisco IOS. Cisco Catalyst switches are number one in the Campus network environment and they just work out of the box. We known that we won't go wrong with Cisco Catalyst switches if we use then in our network. Another thing we consider is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Comparing with Meraki switches, Cisco Catalyst Switches are more reliable and have more advanced features and configurations that make them usable in more scenarios. Troubleshooting (especially advanced) is better. Meraki of course is more friendly thanks to the GUI. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Account Manager Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches We are predominantly a Cisco house for networking, so the risk raised by introducing the split switching was too high. We also found there are more Cisco engineers available than Aruba/HPE switching engineers. The lifetime warranty from HPE was a major factor in considering the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Netgear switches are great when using in a flat network configuration. They do not scale nor have the flexible functionality of the Cisco Catalyst. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Depending on the situation, the Cisco portfolio are more flexible because of a higher variety of features Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Bulman Global Infrastructure Manager Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches They weren't the cheapest, but they had the greatest skills available in the market, they were reliable and they fitted well into our environment. The sales team were thorough and comprehensive, although not much spin needed - they are rock solid, everyone knows how to use … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Like I said, the Cisco Catalyst 1300 we evaluated and Cisco Catalyst 9200 & 9300 we evaluate and we choose for the mainly excess part Cisco Catalyst 1300 because they are much cheaper than the Cisco Catalyst 9300. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches I use some Aruba switches as well and some Huawei products as well. That's the reference, honestly, that's really all the products that are quite good are mostly copying what Cisco does. And when it does not copy, it's not as good. The only other competitor that does the same … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Cisco Catalyst Switches Juniper Network. I am used to the Cisco syntax, so for me it's like a no brainer. I will implement Cisco if it's possible. Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Cisco Catalyst Switches
Likelihood to Recommend	9.1 (637 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.2 (37 ratings)
Usability	8.3 (39 ratings)
Availability	9.4 (14 ratings)
Performance	9.2 (14 ratings)
Support Rating	8.3 (37 ratings)
In-Person Training	8.7 (5 ratings)
Online Training	9.0 (2 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.7 (11 ratings)
Configurability	9.1 (10 ratings)
Ease of integration	8.2 (9 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.8 (14 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	7.6 (35 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	8.2 (36 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Cisco Catalyst Switches
Likelihood to Recommend	Cisco Our access infrastructure. If you want to bring many devices into your infrastructure and you don't want to bring the devices direct on the core routers, something like that. Or to the routers, the catalyst switches are perfectly suited for that or for top of direct switches. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Cisco I think particularly for the 2960-Xs, these are quite sturdy. I believe they don't get, even if there's a power outage out at Cole's, we usually do some electricity work just to do the electricity redundancy. We just power off the, let's say, the transformers and then see if the mains can handle the power supply. So these 2960, these switches are quite sturdy, I believe, and they don't die on us, but I've seen with the 9200s and the other switches, they don't come back usually when there's a power outage or something like that. So we have to replace the power supply units and all those things to get them working again. Incentivized AK Ashutosh Kahol Network Engineer Read full review
Cons	Cisco I wouldn't fault the product per se. I think it's just more its integration with the SSD access network that there could be room for improvement. I think the 9300 has been a solid device by itself, and I can't think of anything that I could fault on the device itself. It's probably been doing a very good job and we are happy with it. Incentivized TM Tinei Maiswa Network Specialist Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Cisco They are consistently reliable and this switch in particular is a very affordable solution. We can place the Cisco Catalyst 1000 Series Switches gear in areas that we normally would not place a switch because it is affordable enough to make it justifiable. And because it is a reliable solution, we are confident it will continue to provide service over the long haul. Incentivized GB Garry Bowers Network System Administrator Read full review
Usability	Cisco Cisco by and far does a great job with the Catalyst line. From a layer 2 dumb switch all the way up to ISP carrier grade switching within the Catalyst portfolio. The best part about it is command parity among the various tiers of product. The only differences are going to lie in what features are available per switch. Incentivized Matthew Cable Network Engineer II Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Cisco As per our experience, the turn around time for switches after PO is raised varies from 1 - 3 months. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	Cisco No, the packets flow. Sometimes you will see collisions and broadcast storms can happen which will slow performance but that can be fixed and the packets will flow. Incentivized HJ Hawkinson, John Senior Network Engineer Read full review
Support Rating	Cisco We rarely have issues with the product. I have only had to contact support one time since we put it in and that was to see if another vendor was giving me accurate information on an issue I was having. Incentivized Ryhlen Schoeberl Systems Administrator II Read full review
In-Person Training	Cisco Cisco Networking Academy partners with many local Colleges and High Schools to provide great hands-on training. You do need to drive to learn the topic. The in-class session only go so far. You really need to apply this to the real world. Cisco makes it easy for business to connect via CLC or Cisco Learning Credits. Incentivized Justin McDermott Information Security Architect Read full review
Online Training	Cisco My own personal research to get the information I want is very handy and helped me many times Incentivized PM Paulo Mendoza Network Engineer Read full review
Implementation Rating	Cisco The implementation of the Cisco Catalyst 1000 Series Switches is fairly seamless, especially if you are familiar with Cisco products. We have had Brocade switch gear in place too, and the differences between the manufacturers [are] not a major issue. Incentivized GB Garry Bowers Network System Administrator Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Cisco 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 in terms of comparing with others, I think it stands out. It's one of our top products to go to Incentivized AS Ali Syed Network Engineer Read full review
Scalability	Cisco We are exclusive Cisco at our organization. In truth part of the reason is, with one type of switch and one manufacturer, it is easier to support. It is also easier to give consistent training to our staff in our tech department Incentivized GB Garry Bowers Network System Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	Cisco energy costs dropped by around 11 per cent on the access layer management has become easier with DNA Center ISSU software upgrades and fabric deployments have significantly reduced "planned" down times network speed has increased, latency is at an all-time best within our own LAN Incentivized Dr. Christian Attinger Senior Technical Specialist Read full review
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