Cisco Catalyst Center Experience | TrustRadius

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Center

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Catalyst Center primarily to collect assurance data for our switches, a selection of routers, and the wireless environment. From there, we are able to generate reports to report on the state of the network to management. We are also using Cisco Catalyst Center for onboarding of switches to assist with new build.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Assurance
PnP Onboarding

Cons

Built in tutorials on network templates
"Ideal state" of onboarded switch based on network settings
Better onboarding of brownfield equipment and configurations

Return on Investment

Automate and schedule upgrades via Cisco supported path
Single pane of glass for performance data

Cisco Products Used for Hybrid Work

Cisco Aironet and Catalyst Access Points

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers and Cisco Catalyst Switches

Key Insights

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

Yes

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?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Center again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points

Likelihood to Recommend

Great when standing up a greenfield network, however, there are challenges under brownfield situations.

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