Catalyst 9300
July 09, 2025

Catalyst 9300

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches
  • Cisco Catalyst 9500 Series Switches

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

Catalyst switches are used in our environment as our campus switches as access and distribution layer switches to provide steady connection back to our core routers. We also use 9300 Catalyst switches to provide many access ports for our SD-WAN sites and can add them to switch stacks for redundancy.

Pros

  • Has many access ports
  • has the option to be added to a switch stack
  • has quick upgrade times

Cons

  • Catalyst switches could have separate control planes so that upgrading one switch from a switch stack won't reboot the whole switch stack
  • Catalyst switches could have more ports
  • Catalyst switches could have some added firewall and malware protection software
  • We use over 300 Catalyst switches for all our remote branches
  • Catalyst switch stacks are usefully for providing redundancies
  • Catalyst UPOE switches provide the extra power through power over Ethernet connections
  • Webex App
  • ThousandEyes
  • Cisco Secure Endpoint

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

Catalyst switches are well suited for remote branches where the users connecting to them are clients trying to access server resources. Catalyst switches constantly have software patch releases by the Cisco team to stay ahead of the hackers. Adding additional licenses to switches are straightforward.

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