Very dependable switches for your company
June 14, 2022

Very dependable switches for your company

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

  • Catalyst 2960 X/XR Series
  • Catalyst 3650 Series
  • Catalyst 3850 Series
  • Catalyst 9200 Series
  • Catalyst 9300 Series
  • Catalyst 9500 Series
Cisco Catalyst Switches are very reliable, easy to manage and leave us worry-free since we know the switch is very durable. In the manufacturing site, the switches are easy to be deployed with zero-touch provisioning, and DNA center and can be easily integrated with other applications like docker, netbeez, ansible, etc.
  • they are very durable, the old 2960x and 3650 switches are no complaint so far, but we will replace them with 9000 series soon
  • easy to be deployed, I have a lot of switch refresh projects across the region that were delivered even without my physical presence at the site
  • IOS software is very good, it has a lot of features that will help you troubleshoot, integrated with Cisco DNA, and other 3rd party services as well
  • I don't really like the idea of smart contract maintenance when we already have a limited lifetime warranty, but I never RMA Cisco Catalyst Switch so far
  • the ability to stack across models, they are strict with the model to be stackable, 9200 cant be stacked with 9300 or even 9200L. Would be better if they have this in the future
  • Some user will not need DNA but they must purchase that with minimum 3 yrs license
  • During the pandemic situation, our switch refreshment project is delivered on time (excluding the device delivery lead time can take up to 8 months), it was because the switch is easily deployed remotely
  • Compared to another switch brand in our company, I never RMA cisco switch ever yet. I have several times RMA card module or management module or PSU module for other brands but not Cisco Catalyst
  • Less travel opportunity since it does not require you to be on-site to deploy or maintain the devices
We are some company that benefited from these capabilities, we use Ansible to configure the switch or do the mass deployment, but our global management hasn't decided if we go with DNA center yet. We are using a network monitoring application (it's like Cisco thousand eyes) in iox environment that helps us to analyze our network condition.

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

If you need durable switches that work in some harsh environment, I have several Catalyst Switches located in not ideal conditions: hot, very dusty, or even humid environment and I have never RMA those devices so far. It helps you reduce the operational cost since it's easily manageable, can be deployed remotely, and is easy to troubleshoot.