Best of Breed
Rating: 10 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
My company sells embedded Cisco routers and switches. We build solutions for customers (primarily the DOD) to use at the edge. Building some of these solutions requires Cisco optics to operate on. The Cisco SFPs and SFP+s perform well in the temperature extremes our kits typically end up in.
Pros
- They integrate into the Cisco line with no issues.
- It is reliable.
- provides assured information delivery.
Cons
- Cost: Sometimes becomes an issue with Customers. They ask if they can use anything else that is compatible with the Cisco gear.
Likelihood to Recommend
For our solutions, the Cisco optical gear is most useful with remote Data Center builds that need high bandwidth and low latency. We recommend Cisco when the above is a requirement.
Most solutions we build that aren't using Cisco optics are primarily concerned with cost. Higher bandwidth doesn't typically become a requirement so they roll with copper cabling.