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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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Cisco Catalyst Switches Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
November 26, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use these catalyst switches as the layer to connectivity where we connect them to a router and we also connect the endpoints to these switches. Across any supermarket, any ...
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Ashutosh Kahol
Engineer - Information Technology
Network Engineer
Coles
Cisco Catalyst Switches3 years of experience

Cisco Catalyst Switches Master

Rating: 10 out of 10
November 15, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
They are being used as our branch switches. They resolve our connectivity issues.
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Daniel Brown
Engineer - Finance and Accounting
Network
FNPF
Cisco Catalyst Switches5 years of experience

Cisco Catalyst Switches review

Rating: 9 out of 10
November 14, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Network connectivity across the infrastructure
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Christian Mababa
Engineer - Finance and Accounting
senior network engineer
westpac
Cisco Catalyst Switches7 years of experience

Using Automation with Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 1, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We are using Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches as access layer switches in a stand alone Lab for their advanced VLAN and routing capabilities. We use the switch's ability to...
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Robert Rodriguez Jr
Professional - Information Technology
Network Engineer
The Boeing Company
Cisco Catalyst Switches3 years of experience

Cisco Catalyst Switches Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 11, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use switches mainly to bring users onto the network. That's what the switch normally does. It brings users onto the network and that's pretty much it. Authenticate the user...
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Michael Donn
Engineer - Information Technology
Network Engineer
Client First Technology
Cisco Catalyst Switches20 years of experience
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Product Details

What is Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The Cisco Catalyst family of switches including Catalyst 9200 Series, Catalyst 9300 Series, Catalyst 9400 Series, Catalyst 9500 Series and Catalyst 9600 Series are fixed and modular enterprise LAN access, distribution, and core switches. The switches are designed to redefine how organizations connect and protect with AI-Ready Infrastructure that future-proofs workplaces, where people work and connect; and provides the digital resilience and protection of all aspects of the organization with security and observability.

Cisco aims to transform how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. Cisco and its valued partners sell Cisco hardware, software, and services to businesses of all sizes, governments, service providers, and consumers.


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Cisco Catalyst Switches Screenshots

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Cisco Catalyst Switches Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsCisco IOS XE
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

HPE Aruba Ethernet Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches, and Juniper EX Series Switches are common alternatives for Cisco Catalyst Switches.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.9.

The most common users of Cisco Catalyst Switches are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Cisco Catalyst Switches Review

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
November 26, 2024
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Ashutosh Kahol
Network Engineer
Coles (Retail, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst Switches
3 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
I think the most suited ones will be of course, for example, a supermarket where you have more than 50 plus devices because there are like 48 ports in a switch. We can just use a lot of devices and connect them to it. A less use case will be, I think it depends at the end of the day how your topology looks like. If you have a very few devices, you shouldn't be going for these catalyst switches because they are of course much bigger, more processing power and all those things. If you have, again, it comes to topology. If you have the number of users who are using these switches is less than 15, it's less than 15, then you can just go for any other option and not use them.

Cisco Catalyst Switches Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
June 11, 2024
MD
Michael Donn
Network Engineer
Client First Technology (Government Administration, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst Switches
20 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
I work for Navy training, so we use the switches a lot in the classrooms for students and it works great in that type of setting where usually a classroom is only 12 to 20 students in a class. So your 48 port can accommodate that and more, or in some cases even a 24 port switch can accommodate a classroom. So that's one of the great things about it and why it can be used real easy. One of the bad things about it is you have a 48 port switch in a classroom with 12 people. So you have three quarters of your switch not being used are three quarters of the portion not being used. You got 12 classrooms, you got a 48 4 switch, you got a lot of portion not being used. So that's kind of a drawback, but you take the good with the bad, I guess.

Using Automation with Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
August 01, 2024
RR
Robert Rodriguez Jr
Network Engineer
The Boeing Company (Aviation & Aerospace, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst Switches
3 years of experience
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Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches offer advanced security capabilities.Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches scale well for IoT (Internet of Things) deployments. Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches allow you to connect workstations, access points, telephone, printers and other switches. These switches also allow you to seemlessly integrate with other branded network products. The switches are designed to prepare networks for the future, including cloud adoption.

Cisco Catalyst Switches review

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 14, 2024
CM
Christian Mababa
senior network engineer
westpac (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cisco Catalyst Switches
7 years of experience
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Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Catalyst Switches are really good at providing resiliency in your infrastructure. It provides high availability for critical applications when proper design and configurations are in place port vpc or port channel designs.
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