Item: Cisco Catalyst Switches
Rating: 10
Author: Lindsy Marmol

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

Cisco Catalyst Product Series

Catalyst 3850 Series

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Catalyst is used across the organization. We are using them as our end-user access layer switches. We are currently refreshing old switches with these devices.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Connecting end user devices
Multiple vlans assigned to ports
Reliable switches

Cons

Labeling of port numbers vary between switches
Recently with 3850s, seems more than 4-5 in a stack - it has issues and a switch will put
Port-security issues

Return on Investment

Warranty
VoIP

Cisco Catalyst Benefits

My company benefits because we are able to make everything standard across the organization

Alternatives Considered

Our organization usually perfers Cisco over anything else

Likelihood to Recommend

Best suited to use with end user devices but recommend having a pilot testing before deploying.

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