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Good performance and capabilities
December 15, 2020

Good performance and capabilities

humberto martinez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

  • Other
We have dedicated [Cisco] Catalyst Switches handling the connection of our ESX hosts and SANs to the network, it manages all the traffic from our VMs to the core switch and to the end users.
  • They are reliable, i have never seen a catalyst switch fail
  • They do what they are suppose to do, they are reliable and easy to setup
  • Lots of resources available: vendors, professional services, training
  • Some of them does not offer power supply redundancy
  • Web interface is not the best, you need to use cli
  • They are not easy / cheap to stack
  • No downtime
  • Great performance so we don't have network issues
It is highly customizable, since we use them only for a very specific task (servers and SAN traffic) we dont use advanced features, we use vlans, routing and port secutiry.
Best of breed, reliable and widely adopted. Lots of resources available.

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Switches again?

Yes

[Cisco] Catalyst Switches are not cheap so they are great option if you have enough budget, also your network administrators will need deep technical knowledge (Cisco offers a wide range of technical resources though) but if you want to have a less specialized team you may want to check other options like Meraki (other high profile Cisco products)