Cisco Catalyst 6880s. A lot of punch for the dollar. You won't be disappointed.
Updated June 07, 2023

Cisco Catalyst 6880s. A lot of punch for the dollar. You won't be disappointed.

John DuFour | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

We use the 6880s as our aggregation switches for our 10GB fiber ring for our NY locations. We have 5 locations connected by dark fiber. We have dual 6880s for redundancy.
  • Reliable
  • Cost effective.
  • Durable
  • Great ROI.
  • EOL/EOS length of time.
  • Complex at times to configure.
  • Cisco TAC can we quite challenging at times.
  • We've had our 6880s in place for years without interference.
  • The 6880s in our environment are not in ideal environmental situations, and they just keep on running.
  • We picked these switches to to suit a need. And they've paid us back in dividends.
We implemented VSS on our switches to turn them into one logical switch, which gave us needed redundancy and reliability.
We used the advanced customization features to create a VSS between our dual Catalyst 6880s. This provided streamlined administration and monitoring.
We didn't look at another vendor. I've been using Cisco Switches for over 20 years. They have never disappointed or let me down. One of my first Directors told me, "no one gets fired for buying Cisco products". 20+ years later, that statement still rings true.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Switches again?

Yes

The 6880s were a good fit for our 10GB dark fiber ring. We installed 2 per site and set up a VSS, so they acted as one switch.

Cisco Catalyst Addtional Questions

  • access switches
  • dmz switches
  • rack management switches
  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
We need to be able to stack switches in closets that require more ports, the switches need to support PoE, Power Sharing, link redundancy and stackability. Ease of use is alwasy a plus as well.
We use Cisco DNAC to manage our switches.
Our partner is Presidio and they are a Cisco Gold partner and they provide incredible value.
They provide post sales support as well as professional services if needed.
Yes. We met with our account manager and sales engineer.