Cisco Catalyst Center - What works?
Modules Used
- Analytics Assurance
- Automation
- SWIM
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Center
We have Cisco Catalyst Center deployed for several customers. We mostly use it for network inventory and SWIM.
- SWIM - It's made easy and now when it's possible to choose which devices to upgrade in which order on a site, the upgrade does not fail as often.
- Network inventory - It's easy to get a good overview of all network devices, and especially the EoS feature is nice.
- ZTP - This takes a lot of time and effort to implement. Sometimes the templates are too long to run and you have to do several iterations.
- WLC integration - It's a little flaky when you add the WLC to Cisco Catalyst Center. Sometimes after WLC failover or upgrade you have to remove and add it again.
- Much better control of the software upgrade
- Very good overview of EoS on devices and the components on those devices
First of all VPN, but we already had Microsoft Teams implemented at the time, so this was not an issue.
The customers network were already all Cisco so it made sense. However the others are much more light weight and easier to use and implement.
Do you think Cisco Catalyst Center delivers good value for the price?
No
Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst Center's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Catalyst Center live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Center go as expected?
No
Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Center again?
No