Cisco Catalyst Center a good tool to manage LAN fabrics
February 09, 2026
Cisco Catalyst Center a good tool to manage LAN fabrics
Score 7 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Center
Cisco Catalyst Center is used as the administration tool of a firm of Cisco catalyst switchs
it is also used to manage SDA fabrics. Cisco Catalyst Center solve problems like massive configuration through templates and scheduled upgrades . on the SDA fabric solved problem are easy configuration of the underlay and overlay of the fabric and easy deployement of L3 and L2 vlans
it is also used to manage SDA fabrics. Cisco Catalyst Center solve problems like massive configuration through templates and scheduled upgrades . on the SDA fabric solved problem are easy configuration of the underlay and overlay of the fabric and easy deployement of L3 and L2 vlans
Pros
- template configuration
- SDA fabric configuration
- onboarding of new switches in SDA fabric
Cons
- REST API of SGACL configuration
- REST API of SG creation, SG deletion
- negative impact is that we cannot migrate a VLAN from a VN to another one seamlessly so we need to unconfigure all the devices where the VLAN is configured and reconfigure the VLAN once the migration is done
- the positive impact is that SGACL is easy to configure and to push afterwards to the devices
- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)
Do you think Cisco Catalyst Center delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst Center's feature set?
Yes
Did Cisco Catalyst Center live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Center go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Center again?
Yes
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