Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Review
June 04, 2019
Cisco Catalyst 2960-X/XR Series Review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Cisco Catalyst 2960 X/XR Series
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches
- Catalyst 2960 X/XR Series
DOT1.X Port Level Security
QOS
DHCP Snooping Database
L2 and L3
DAI (Dynamic Arp Inspection)
DHCP Relay
PoE for Cisco Access Points and VOICE over IP Phones
QOS
DHCP Snooping Database
L2 and L3
DAI (Dynamic Arp Inspection)
DHCP Relay
PoE for Cisco Access Points and VOICE over IP Phones
- DOT1X
- L2 Switching
- DHCP Snooping
- Power over Ethernet
- L3 Routing
- IPSec support / MACSec Support (LImited)
- VXLAN Support (none)
- Product Stability (very limited SW or HW crashes)
- Port Security Features
- Limited to none IPSec or MACSec support
- easy learning curve
- excellent Vendor documentation
We haven't implemented those features yet. Working on a Proof of Concept though.
Customized at Switchport level in terms of L2 Security settings as well as DHCP assignment / reservation Settings. Also heavily and successfully relied on QoS Settings at switchport Level. Additional Features like port-Security turned out to be very useful in the Switch Access layer Level.
We have evaluated Arista Campus Switches as an alternative. Cisco Catalyst are in my opinion a more mature Product - built on several years of expertise in access campus layer - hence with little to none HW and SW Bugs, a Consolidated Product LifeCycle development. We have been using this switches for the last 5 to 6 years and we didn't really face any outages.