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Cisco Catalyst Switches Overview

What is Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Cisco is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate, and collaborate. As an innovator in the communications and information technology industry, Cisco and our valued partners sell Cisco hardware, software, and services to businesses of all sizes, governments, service providers, and consumers.

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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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Cisco
Year Founded
1984
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San Jose, CA
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@Cisco
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97,323 employees on LinkedIn®
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NASDAQ:CSCO
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847-678-6600
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$49,301
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Cisco delivers intent-based networking across the branch, WAN, and cloud. We provide end-to-end security, automation, and analytics with award-winning services and support.


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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 ...
Kevin A.
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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?

In the Cisco switch line it is very reliable and extensible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The overall cost is high and difficult to justify and get approved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Reliable transport and connectivity to systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

They are extremely reliable, even in certain circumstances (Site/Datacenter remodelation), once finished with the starting configuration everything becomes easy using the GUI, and you can even keep a tag for each and every port. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The end of life and support period is relatively short on the catalyst series, the GUI is extremely basic and feels forced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

Consider your buy as something that will be helpful to your network infrastructure for years to come, with their exceptional performance and reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

In our company the resources we have for infrastructure budget is not too big. The CISCO Catalyst series have helped us by keeping an exceptional performance after years of 24/7 usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Performance, reliability and flexibility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

I can’t find a real dislike but if I have to say one is the limitation of only two switch in Virtual Stacking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I evolved a lot of Campus architecture with this hardware and I’m still surprised by total reliability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The cisco cli is legendary for being easy to use and powerful. The ability to upgrade sups and not switches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

When running SUP 8's losing the 16 10gb ports I physically have, kind of frustrating to have 16 10gb ports between SUP8's and only be able to use 8 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

I'm not sure, follow what your knowledge base is. if someone in your shop is not familiar with Cisco products there are a lot of resources at your disposal online to learn. Also with the upcoming DNA product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Distribution and core collapsed. I've noticed the stability and reliability of this particular line. We've had multiple models in the 4500 line up and all of them have been work horses. Hot swap able blades are a plus as well. in service upgrades Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham G.
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It is pretty easy to use and it can also become a wireless lan controller if needed Otto support wireless networks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The GUI of wireless lan controller is not that user friendly and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Wireless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Incredible stable and robust. Good performance for reasonable price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Sometimes new features do not work as they should. If you dont use latest features it is stable as rock. If you need newest features - think twice before upgrade and test it thoroughly before installing on production Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

Good solution for spread environments where you can install device and forget about it. Dont need constant maintenance. With very few skilled engineers You can achieve reliable and stable network on L2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Less effort on servicing devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The Catalyst 3850 Series switch has given us a flexible, reliable and secure access layer that is able to provide us the ability to be proactive and prepared for what the business units can throw at us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The Catalyst 3850 creates a lot more Sound than the previous series of switches. Luckily we have network closets that aren't close to office areas. You might have to invest in sound reducing rack enclosures if you plan to install them close to users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

I you are thinking about 802.11ac V2 the Catalyst 3850 line has a model that has 10G ethernet ports on the last 12 ports of the switch to connect you AP's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

The Cisco Catalyst 3850 is our current standard Access Layer switch. With it's implementation we are now moving into deploying VOIP across our Enterprise along with an Enterprise managed wireless solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Features available for implementing secure and scalable networks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Running into strange behavior of the switch when doing stuff that is not very common. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Implementing security through the whole nfrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Ease of configuration and understanding

stacking capability

security features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

nothing switches have all the feature i require Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

Great switches can't go wrong with these. tons of features and security and upgrades for new features always available Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

good end-user connectivity

stacking capability allows for easy port upgrades/downgrades Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

High availability; open to developments, upgrades and updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

I do not have any dislike situation for these series of switches. Price could be little bit lower Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Catalyst Switches:

I don't have any hesitation for these series of switches. If you have budget enough, you can purchase the product without pay attention too much for examination. Only be clear about your business needs and check features of these series. Probably it supports all your needs for many years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We solved product capabilities problems by using this product and will continue meet your needs a few years more. Also it helped us about creating internal/operational efficiencies and improving business process agility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.