Cisco Catalyst Switches

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What is Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Cisco's Catalyst is one of that company's brand of network switches.

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LAN Switches

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

20.0%

835 installations of 4,174

“In our organization, we use the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switch, which is very easy to repair. Instructions for repairing VLANs and titles are very simple. We are covered with Cisco exchanges and other merchant exchanges and [it] does not give us a problem. It also supports multiple network protocols and security features such as DHCP scanning and port security.”
— Executive Assistant, Multitechservers (11-50 employees)

#2 most frequent

Information

11.5%

482 installations of 4,174

“Cisco Catalyst Switches are stable, reliable and feature rich. They allow easy expansion with stacking and enabling of advanced features when required.”
— Solutions Architect, NEC Australia (1001-5000 employees)

#3 most frequent

Manufacturing

11.4%

477 installations of 4,174

“Catalyst Switches are used as core and access switches for our local Networks. They build the fundamental access for all devices which are not wifi-based. The higher switch models are in the core function and the lower count model numbers are meant to be for the access to the network.”
— Communication Management, Egger (10,001+ employees)

Justin Gamble

Senior IT Support Specialist in Information Technology at Lufthansa Technik (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to connect all of our networks together and to make sure our users get access to what they need. It’s used to give access to our users to the network and to the broader connections to all of our different companies.

Pros

Connectivity

Cons

I can’t think of any at this moment.

Return on Investment

As long as we save the configuration of the switch, it’s fairly easy to get back up once power is restored to it.

Josh Calhoun

IT Systems Engineer 2 in Information Technology at Pierce County (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Install, configure, manage, provision. I set them up for new deployments and replacing older Cisco 2960s. This provides great connectivity to our users in our wired network.

Pros

The switch IOS upgrade process is a lot faster.
It reboots a lot faster than the 2960s, which saves us a bunch of time and headaches.

Cons

One feature that I would want in the 9200Ls is an in-switch packet capture.

Dave Earl

Network Engineer in Information Technology at Intermountain Health (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's a distribution switch. Case connectivity throughout the campus.

Pros

Easy-to-use management interfaces. The CLI commands go across the whole Cisco Catalyst Switches 9000 series, so it makes it easy, the code being the same on the 9000 series. Just being able to do port channels, trunks, and connecting up edge switches to it with the Cisco Catalyst Switches 9000 Series.

Cons

Fan trays. I’ve lost three different fan trays at three different locations. And then buggy code.

Return on Investment

It’s really helped with uptime.

Other Software Used

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco Catalyst Center

Sergio Vargas

pre sales engineer in Information Technology at vinet (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

All the switches we have are used for either core networking or distribution and access.With this equipment, we achieve stability and capacity, ensuring network consistency and smooth internal and external user navigation.Additionally, one of the biggest problems we've addressed is documentation. Cisco, in general, provides comprehensive documentation for each piece of equipment, making it extremely easy to find, unlike with other vendors.The TAC support is also very helpful, as they have well-trained technicians who respond quickly.

Pros

BGP handles it perfectly
the switch's capacity never reaches saturation
Extensive documentation of information and equipment configuration guides

Return on Investment

On the positive side, they are long-lasting switches, which makes my investment less repetitive.
It helps avoid having IT staff involved all day running problems, as it is extremely stable.
It has helped to have the ability to search for information for new configurations more quickly, thanks to its comprehensive guides.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Meraki Dashboard and Cisco Meraki MS

Other Software Used

Cisco Duo, Webex Meetings, Cisco Meraki Dashboard

Daniel Serafigos

IT Sales Consultant at Deutsche Telekom AG (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco Catalyst Switches for Complex Network Solutions

Pros

I think Cisco Catalyst Switches does Organisation with DNA (digital network architecture) well

Cons

no improvements

Return on Investment

Long Available

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