Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches
- Catalyst 3850 Series
The 3850 switches are being used across our ACI corporate office environment, providing user access. They are stacked and patched to patch panels to provide said access and connect back to the 4500X core.
- Stacking.
- Modular.
- High capacity.
- Buggy code.
- ISE integration issues.
- Noise.
- Lower install cost.
- Easily add to stack where needed.
- Modular allows for increasing uplink speeds.
Our organization has not utilized any of the automation pieces with this branch switch.
We have been able to take advantage of single code versions between routers/switches in our branch deployments which have allowed for easier patching via Cisco Prime.
The 3850 is the newer version with similar capabilities, but 9300 has better built-in visibility.