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What is Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches?
The Cisco Catalyst family of switches includes enterprise LAN access, distribution, and core switches. The vendor says the switches are designed for an entirely new era of intent-based networking, deliver stellar performance and functionality, and prepares a network for the future with breakthrough innovations for security, mobility, IoT, and the cloud.
Cisco Catalyst switches offer advanced security capabilities, scale for IoT, and cloud readiness.
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Excellent Access Layer Switches
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- DHCP Snooping
- ARP Inspection
- Network Access Control
- SNMPv3
- Traffic counters
Great product for user edge
- Catalyst 2960 X/XR Series
- Catalyst 3850 Series
- Catalyst 9300 Series
- Catalyst 9500 Series
- Vlan management
- User connectivity
- Vtp deployment
- Routing
- Connectitiy bandwidth capacity
- Management
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- High availability, the only down time is during maintenance.
- Feature set, they do all the things we need in an access layer device.
- Expandability, you can stack multiple switches together.
- As with a lot of Cisco gear, price is always an area that could improve.
- Initial power on time, a typical stack can take five minutes to power up.
- More flexibility regarding network modules would be welcome.
- Catalyst 2960-L Series
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Catalyst 9300 Series
- Catalyst 9500 Series
- Scanning functions are excellent.
- Server capability management ability.
- Secure and speed network channels.
- Like the components configuration on the first time.
- Modeling networks for large projects.
- Ability to monitor multiple servers performance needs upgrading.
Highly reliable and customizable
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Reliability
- Robust
- Secured
- Extended
- New PoE standards
- Price
- 10G adoptions.
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Additional modules containing 10G SFP+ ports.
- Support QOS, VLANS, MSTP, layer 3 routing protocols.
- Silent.
- Redundant energy power supplies.
- 16,000 MAC addresses.
- Models with POE.
- It could have a lower price and similar like the 2960S and 2960X.
- Official training is expensive.
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Allows the insertion of external modules with options for an additional 25G and 40G network ports, ideal for uplink and connectivity to servers and storage.
- POE+ and FastPOE on all access ports.
- All layer 2 functionality and vlans.
- All Layer 3 networking functionality.
- Plug and Play.
- It has no BGP routing.
- Do not stack more than 8 units.
- Catalyst 9200 Series
We support all kinds of IoT devices with their generous 700+ watts of PoE+ power that ensure support for most power hungry devices.
Also, the DNA essential and advanced licensing modes ensure we have the right software features for our business such as DNA spaces.
- Power IoT devices with PoE+ support on all ports
- Report health status of network continuously
- Provide detailed information of network usage and connected devices
- Help troubleshoot network problems in a easy way
- Selecting a Licensing model should be simpler for users
- Having different SKUs for licensing levels (Essential Vs Advanced SKUS), when it's the same hardware after all
The analytics provided by the Cisco Catalyst 9200 switches are more helpful than ever and compete with those third party tools that requiere complex configuration plus additional software and licenses.
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- 24 and 48 port manageable models with high capacity and performance.
- Layer 3 routing with EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS, RIP, and static routing protocols.
- Internal redundant power supply and fans.
- Integrates with Cisco ISE and DNA.
- It is not suitable for smaller scenarios as it has a higher price.
- Smartnet 24x7 is much more expensive than Smartnet 8x5.
Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches Review
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- End Device Connection
- CLI Management
- Switching capacity and visibility of events in the logs
- vlan management
- I can't find any point where this family of switches needs improvement.
- in case of needing higher performance or specific characteristics, the superior families such as the 9300 or 9400 can be used
Access and distribution switch with layer 2 and 3 functionality
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Switch with Layer 2 capabilities.
- Switch with Layer 3 capabilities and OSPF, EIGRP, and RIPv2 static and dynamic routing.
- Vlans and routing.
- Netflow network monitoring.
- Can be used as a distribution and access switch.
- Cisco Smartnet.
- Uplink module option with two 40G ports.
- I can't see technical problems.
- The configuration manual can be more detailed.
The LAN power with Catalyst [9200 Series] Switches
- Catalyst 2960 X/XR Series
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Power over ethernet
- Stackwise technology
- Redundancy in hardware
- Subscription licensing scheme
- Uplinks ports
- Cost
Just a switch!
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Provide robust connectivity
- Visibility
- PoE
- Automation
- Alarms
- Hardware ASIC
- PoE
- Memory
- Features
- Catalyst 9200 Series
In general, my experience with 9200 series is they are lighter, reliable and same difficult level to configure.
- Smaller size and less weight
- Has new DNA feature
- Layer 3 routing included by default
- Not more expensive than 3650 series.
- DNA license is a subscription license, not perpetual. You have to pay for using it every year.
Extremely well made and reliable
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Switch
- Speed of backbone
- Reliabilty--configure them and never touch them again
- Ease of use--configuring these is a breeze
- Price is a little steep
- Not particularly fond of the inability to resell equipment when upgrading
- Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches do not allow BGP, which is a real bummer
A good evolution of a good access switch
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Latest generation hardware so capable of high speeds (25G and beyond)
- Designed with new technologies like SD-Access in mind
- Programmable to enable automated deployments
- Many different models mean you need to know all your use cases in advance
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Easy to set up
- Rock-solid reliability
- Cost-conscious for Enterprise
- Licensing setup in 16.12.x code is unnecessarily complex
- Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches forces you to purchase Essentials or Advantage licensing for initial order
Cisco 9200--redundancy and scalability
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Being able to provide scalability
- Redundancy to prevent outages
- Standardization to minimize administration costs and time
- Cost and licensing
- Technical support assistance
High performance LAN switch but add-on license can be costly
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Performance
- Support
- Features
- Documentation
- Mandatory DNA requirement
- Smartnet pricing
- DNA license requirement
Solid Access Layer solution with advanced feature support.
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Support high user density.
- Provide multi-protocol support.
- Depending on model, have support for various interface capacities.
- Number of models come with fixed port configuration.
- Support for PoE uses various templates, depending on models used.
- Limited stacking sizing.
Cisco Catalyst 9200 Quick Look
- Catalyst 2960 X/XR Series
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Enhanced STP Experience
- Reliable all year long, no weird port issues or power issues all POE switches always perform
- Advance routing features if you want to use switch as layer 3 devices
- Price and smartnet support cost
- License base works great. Might be a good idea to bundle more services. LANbase and IPbase can be concluded. (IMO)
Flexible Netflow, Programmability (SD-Access & Model-Driven)
Policy-based automation (DNA)
Cisco 9200's FTW
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Reliability
- DNA integration
- Processing capabilities
- Price
Cisco 9200, Edge switches like no other
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Very easy to install and configure
- The form factor was better than the previous models
- I cannot think of anything that I would do better
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Each port is very customizable for any networking service or condition
- Cisco uses the classic command line interface for switch management
- Support for the major routing protocols used today
- I am not sure where they could be improved. The switch has every option and is fully customizable.
- Licensing can be expensive.
Cisco Catalyst 9200 - the next generation access layer
- Catalyst 9200 Series
- Access layer
- Redundant power
- Support with the network essential license level
- Being able to stack different models together