Industrial Network with Cisco Catalyst IE3400
April 28, 2022

Industrial Network with Cisco Catalyst IE3400

Hector Ochoa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches

This series of switches is used by one of our customers in their production lines. All in an industrial environment where the good performance of these devices is very important. There is no room for failures since if so, production is interrupted. These switches have been operating correctly. In addition, the Cisco Industrial Network Director software is used in conjunction to monitor this network effectively. These switches are compact in size. They have no moving mechanical parts, such as fans, so the body of the device itself works as a heat sink. All of this helps with tight spaces in industrial cabinets
  • Excellent performance in industrial environments
  • There is the possibility to save the configuration on an SD card. If the need to change the switch arises, simply insert the SD card with the saved settings into the new switch
  • monitoring of processing, temperature, cpu, etc. through its web interface is very simple
  • Express Setup feature makes the job of initial switch configuration much easier
  • The switch gets very hot, but this is normal because the body of the device acts as a heat sink. You just have to be careful if you are going to touch the switch when it is running
  • I haven't really found anything to improve, having the Catalyst ios everything works fine
  • reliability
  • monitoring
  • manufacturer support
  • Before implementing these switches, production lines were constantly stopped due to network failures. This had a huge financial impact on the company.
  • In addition to mitigating those flaws, you now have complete network monitoring with the joint implementation of the Cisco Industrial Network Director.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches again?

Yes

Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches is perfect for industrial environments where OT devices are connected. In the scenario where we are using them, a ring-type topology was used with the REP protocol. A scenario where it may not be the best option is in office or IT environments, because a special rail is needed to be mounted in cabinets, and due to its physical characteristics it is not appropriate to coexist with non-industrial switches.