Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches

Score7.2 out of 10

32 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches?

Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches network architecture with a new generation of stackable fixed access switches that deliver security, scale, and flexibility purpose-built for an AI enterprise.

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Ethernet Switches

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Quality of Service (QoS)
Enables the prioritization of traffic to ensure network performance.
Category average: 8.2
Switch Scalability
Ability to add new switches to the network (possibly through stacking) to enable more bandwidth.
Category average: 8.5
Link Aggregation (LACP)
Allows users to combine Ethernet links, resulting in more bandwidth, better load balancing, and redundancy.
Category average: 8.4

Switch Redundancy
The switch follows a redundancy protocol, such as the parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) or high-availability seamless redundancy (HSR) to ensure network performance in the event of a device or power failure.
Category average: 8.4
Management Interface
The Interface allows for configuration and monitoring of the devices on your network.
Category average: 8

Pros

Delivers very fast speeds and high throughput, supporting IoT and demanding applications
Provides robust and stable network connectivity with a "bugless" environment
Offers efficient data transfer and management, ensuring information flow

Cons

High initial product cost
Ongoing SmartNet subscription expenses
Can contribute to increased network complexity in some deployments

Zuhaib Saleem

networks engineer in Information Technology at London school of hygiene and tropical medicine (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Use this Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches in our core datacenter under bgp fabric. The business problem in our situation was to separate our edge kit with DC

Pros

deployment was easy
config changes and spinning new VLANs are seemless
access lists are easy to manage

Cons

vc stacking can be improved

Return on Investment

the equipment is reliable and hardly go faulty
also the RMA (in one case) was really fast and transparent

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

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Edgar Hayden

Senior Specialist IT Operations in Information Technology at Nestle (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the 9300 series switches to interconnect production networks utilizing the higher bandwidth features to generate optimum throughput and resiliency in our growing infrastructure.

Pros

Offers 10 Gig connectivity to assist in future growth opportunities
Interconnectivity to Cisco family of products makes utilization seemless
THe newer technologies helps to remediate EOL concerns

Cons

The Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches is expensive compared to other solutions that dont rely on the higher bandwidth capabilies
Requirement bandwidth of the 9350 may lead to degradation in throughput

Return on Investment

Longevity of the hardware
Scalability is a plus
Offers high-end solution to the production infrastructure

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches, Cisco IE3500 Rugged Series switches and Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms

Dane Newman

Network Specalist in Information Technology at ECEI (501-1000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches for Next generation campus switching.

Pros

Faster Switching
Quantum safe

Cons

I think there is room for improvement in Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches with Marketing, it doesn't have DPUs (data processing units)

Return on Investment

The impact Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches have on our organization's overall business objectives is Greater ROI (return on investment) for refresh, future proof

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Advantech Industrial Ethernet Switches

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Center

Matt Ross

IT Manager in Information Technology at Kongsberg (201-500 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches for Switching for our company

Pros

Easy Config
Easy Deployment

Cons

I think there is room for improvement in Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches for Resetting config from start

Return on Investment

The impact Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches have on our organization have None always have been great

Usability

Other Software Used

Cisco Meraki MX, Cisco 350X Series Stackable Managed Switches

Kathy Tso

CIO in Information Technology at IHS (201-500 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches for the enterprise network

Pros

transfer data
manage data flow
gets information where it needs to go

Cons

Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches is good

Return on Investment

The impact Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches have on our organization's overall business objectives is that they have good ROI
Another impact Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches have on our organization's overall business objectives is that they work very well

Usability

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