Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches review
Updated February 19, 2024

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches review

Amitpal Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches are being used in our Enterprise network as Core and user switches. The catalyst platform is stable and robust. Stackwise technology helps in easy management of the switches. Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches can be onboarded to the Meraki Dashboard and can be managed from there. Thousand Eyes agents can be installed on the Catalyst, that helps businesses in getting in depth analysis of network paths and makes troubleshooting easy. Hardware comes with Dual power supply providing redundancy.
  • Stackwise
  • Ease to automate tasks
  • ThousandEyes agents can be installed on Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches
  • Meraki Dashboard integration
  • Port modules
  • Licensing cost is bit on higher side
  • Performance is great
  • Platform is stable
  • Modular approach is beneficial to the business
Yes, these Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches can be managed by Catalyst Center, and that eased a lot of our manual efforts since all the tasks can be done via Catalyst Center. We can get telemetry data from Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches.
Yes, Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches can be managed via Catalyst Center, formerly known as DNA Center. Catalyst Center can easily manage Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches and help in automating tasks.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches again?

Yes

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches can be used in Enterprise and Datacenter networks. The platform is stable and provides a robust network. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches can be installed with DUAL power supply and that way we have redundancy at power level. Catalyst comes with different uplink modules based on business requirements, we can order them.

Using Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

2 - Routing Switching, Catalyst center
  • All being managed via Meraki Dashboard
  • Have all of them being by Meraki Dashboard

Evaluating Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches and Competitors

Configuring Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches

It's pretty easy to configure and easily manageable from Catalyst center and Meraki Dashboard
No - we have not done any customization to the interface
No - we have not done any custom code