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What is Cisco Catalyst Switches?

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Product Description

Cisco delivers a comprehensive portfolio of switching solutions for Enterprise Networks, data centers, and smaller businesses. These solutions are optimized for a wide range of industries, including service providers, financial services, and the public sector.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

When designing switches for your network, we wanted to protect your investment with the most advanced digital-ready switching platform. Our Catalyst switches offer true differentiation through advanced security capabilities, scale for IoT, and cloud readiness.


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Recent Cisco Catalyst Switches Reviews

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Venkatesh R.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"CISCO CATLYST C1000"
we are using C1000 Switch in our environment and to create VLAN,ACL,AAA configuration to implement VTP in all Access switch.i can easly to access ...
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Kevin A.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Still One of the Best"
Cisco Catalyst switches represent a sound investment and a technologically advanced product that will support businesses of all sizes. The feature ...
Syed H.
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Syed H.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great Performance and Easy to troubleshoot issues."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is very reliable. Theses switches is designed for high availability and consistent performance. Ideal for handling large v...

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

theyre the most reliable, long lasting, well performing switches you can get. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

licensing on cat 9k devices are a huge shift from the norm and may require changing operations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

enterprise and data center networking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The handling of these devices is very practical, the catalys series in one of the most complete series of switches that are on the market, since it has many security features and very useful protocols developed by Cisco. Personally, it is the most complete team since at the configuration level, having the basic knowledge of Cisco networks, you can implement it in your internal network without any problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

One of the failures that I find to the catalyst series is the capacity of momoria that manages, the problems that occur are a little serious since it does not allow the access to manage the equipment and slowness in the process of the packages in the network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

Thanks to the cisco catalyst switch I manage the packages in layer two. The spanningtree protocol is one of the ones I like the most at the distribution layer level, to avoid endless packet loops. the creation of VLANS, to segment the network are some of the functions that I use with the switches of the Catalyst series. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Las empresas que eligen Cisco saben que la inversión inicial de costes puede parecer

engañosa. Es fácil de olvidar que el coste de la compra inicial de su red asciende

tipicamente al 20 por ciento de los costes totales de propiedad. A menudo, el 80 por

ciento restante procede de los gastos de costes operacionales, mantenimiento y soporte.

Sin embargo, con Cisco el coste total de propiedad desciende, debido a la reducción de

costes operacionales durante la vida del producto.

Las empresas que compran únicamente un switch por precio (por ejemplo, escogiendo un

producto de consumo, en vez de uno diseñado específicamente para empresas), no

suelen tener en cuenta el impacto de su decisión. Generalmente, no tienen en cuenta la

importancia de considerar factores tales como la escalabilidad, si la empresa creciera, y la

fiabilidad. Esto resulta a menudo en costes ocultos tales como caídas de red y pérdida de

productividad.

El soporte técnico y las opciones de financiación de Cisco ofrecen a las empresas soporte

continuo, ayudando a superar muchos de estos problemas y añadir valor al dinero a largo

plazo.

Incluso porque la tecnología de Cisco es de la más alta calidad, y está diseñada para ser

fácil de gestionar, el coste total de propiedad es generalmente más bajo que los

productos de la competencia. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

No me disgusta ningún aspecto, lo único que todos sabemos es que el precio de los equipos Cisco es un poco alto, con lo cual se hace difícil en ciertas situaciones la compra del mismo equipo.

Ventajas en contra del precio

Fiabilidad (simplemente no pueden afrontar los costes debidos a la inactividad del

sistema).

Seguridad avanzada (protegiendo los activos de sus datos y por consiguiente la

integridad y continuidad de su negocio).

Tecnología que pueda crecer con su negocio (para que puedan capitalizar el potencial

de la tecnología y aplicaciones, tales como VoIP y tecnología inalámbrica).

Garantía de Producto (de modo que sepan que la inversión de tecnología está

protegida). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

Excelente producto Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ninguno, se esta usando la configuración básica y funcionan perfectamente. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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We purchased the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X model for four branches to be used as an access switch. I'm really enjoying it, until then I've used basic features like VLANs, dhcp snopping, and bandwidth management. It was very easy to set up and they are working very well. We need to use technical support two times and everything went well, very quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

This brand brings greater reliability and security to us network administrators, the switch is slightly more expensive than some competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

Buy this with at least 3 years of support and warranty. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

No serious problems. I've used basic features like VLANs, dhcp snopping, LAG, voice, and bandwidth management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

catalyst switches are excellent switches that help a small or medium company in the solution of scalability, they are switches that adapt to the environment that each company has. It has very solid solutions, such as portsecurity, segmentation of networks (VLANS). This is one of the functions that I like most about switches because it is very easy to do and configure it, compared to other competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

what disgusts me about this product are its high cost, because being one of the most recognized brands and used in the world of networks is put as first place and with a high price but for a good solution offering good features and services . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

I recommend this product completely if you require a small or medium business solution, it is adaptable and scalable, you must study the configurations very well since it is handled by terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have used this product to be able to segment the network also scalability since we had a switch that had been left with few available ports and the growth of the network was considerable, it was decided to acquire a 48-port switch catalyst to be able to give supply the necessary requirements, apart from having a better administration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The reliability of Cisco Catalyst switches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Software bugs that arise and cause issues on the network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

Keep the software updated, typically the issues that we have seen have been related to bugs and not so much an issue with the hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cisco Catalyst switches provide us with the port density that we need to support a large number of end devices at a relatively cheap price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The Cisco Catalyst switches are great because of all of the 10 gig capability and Wireless controller management built in to one system. On top of that they are stackable and can be configured together as one management plane. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Soon after we received the 3850s it was time to move on to the 9300 series. Both products are great it was just the quick life cycle that created turn around for more work since we purchased the 3850s later and closer to its projected EOL date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

In particular we tested and used a 3850 to migrate core routing via VRRP from one building to another because of the current fiber design. It was very helpful and kept up with the load surprisingly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Cisco Catalyst 4500-X series switch is a fixed aggregation switch that gives excellent scalability and low latency.we are working in network industry and our company used this switches to improve our network performance.configuration of this switches is very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

cost of this switches is high as compare to other switches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

This kind of switches increases your network performance and security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using this switches it increase our network performance and this swithes gives low latency/delay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Catalyst switches have many features built in, many of which go unused by most users. Those features are both layer 2 and 3. Have a Catalyst switch in place and have a new requirement? Chances are the switch may already support your new requirements.

TAC provides great support to resolve existing issues or provide config guidance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Bugs and syntax changes. Software updates sometimes change command syntax and finding the updated documentation can sometimes put your search skills to the test. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

Do NOT use the software loaded on the chassis out of the box. Check cisco.com for the latest stable software for the platform. It is not unheard-of for a switch to come out of the box with software that has been deferred due to issues. Invest in SmartNet - this will pay for itself in the event a device has a hardware issue or there is a production issue to be investigated and resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

Provide required connectivity and support of new technologies, often with no more than a software update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The consistency across the Cisco IOS platform makes configuration, troubleshooting, and learning much more efficient and beneficial when moving between different models/series. Additionally, the Cisco support structure sets a golden standard for the industry (and really any support model). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Inconsistency between some of the nomenclature for commands (e.g. port channel vs ether channel). Additionally, some of the configuration guides can be cryptic at times, and really takes a bit of trial and error (or consulting with the community). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

In short, Cisco equipment is generally more expensive than other gear out on the market, but ultimately you get what you pay for. Absolutely do your due diligence and thoroughly compare products and vendors, but be sure to include Cisco as one of those vendors in your vetting process.

Aside from generally great products (note: not always perfect), their support structure is fantastic, both on the break/fix support side as well as the hardware replacement side. Cases are easy to open, engineers are (typically) very knowledgeable, and not once do you feel left in the dark; if something is urgent and severe enough, they'll stay on the phone with you until completion.

It's not always the right decision if the budget isn't there, but it's definitely worth it if you're looking for effective products, and truly exemplary support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Catalyst Switches solving and how is that benefiting you?

Converged building networks. By leveraging various Cisco platforms, we've been able to bring together systems which have traditionally been isolated and run on their own networks and infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.