Industry Standard for Enterprise Switching
August 29, 2018
Industry Standard for Enterprise Switching
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Ethernet Switches
Cisco Ethernet Switches are the industry standard for enterprise level networks. I have installed and helped configure the 6500 series all the way through to the 3850's which seem to be the most widely used now. I was totally against changing from the "blade" type switches to the stackable switches like the 3750 and 3850, but now I wouldn't change back even if it were possible.
Pros
- Layer 3 routing and switching
- Trunking
- Scalability
Cons
- Cisco Switches are extremely expensive (however the service that you get it outstanding)
- Installing a third party license is a nightmare
- At times, support ends with no warning.
- Failure on Cisco Switches, from my experience, is rare in the first 5 years the device is up.
- I have see the Cisco 6500 switches go 5 years without a reboot, which is nothing short of amazing.
- The service that you get is top notch and available 24/7, and you really cannot put a price on that.
The only choices that was D-link and Netgear Ethernet swithes, and there is no comparison between them and Cisco. The only other enterprise switches that I have experience with are HP Procurve, and again there is simply no comparison. Cisco blows them out of the water on quality and service.
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