Item: Cisco Catalyst Switches
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we are Using Cisco Catalyst Switch for both access and distribution/core to provide our customers with stable and fast network connectivity with minimal management effort for the team and dependable systems for us.

Pros and Cons

Pros

First hop security policy enforcement.
Programmability with Radius/802.1X.
Management of multiple devices in a single stack.

Cons

Compare/Commit CLI for complicated Changes.
EVPN capable switches in a fanless desktop form factor.

Return on Investment

Dependable Ethernet switches.

Key Insights

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

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

Other Software Used

NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, Junos Network Operating System (Junos OS)

Likelihood to Recommend

If asked, I think I am likely to recommend Cisco Catalyst Switches to a colleague because, in my experience, Cisco Catalyst Switches are well-suited for medium- to large-enterprise campus deployments. Cisco Catalyst Switches are highly reliable and scalable, either by stacking or by dynamically routing networks.

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Great campus switches.

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