Cisco Catalyst Switches Reviews

We primarily use the solution for networking and the UCS.

The solution is extremely reliable as a product. The clients very much appreciate that.

The configuration is easy.

The solution is customizable.

We've found the solution to be stable.

A company can scale a solution easily.

Technical support has been very helpful.

The solution is quite expensive for our clients. It's a pain point for some companies. They should work to reduce the price.

I've been using the solution for a long while. I've used the solution basically since its inception.

We haven't had any issues with the stability of the solution. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

We typically deploy the solution to medium to large-scale enterprises.

The solution scales well. It's not hard for a company to expand it as they need to.

We've been in touch with technical support in the past. We've found them to be helpful and responsive. They are quite helpful and very polite. We're very satisfied with the level of support we receive.

I'm not a technical person. I didn't actually handle the initial installation for our organization.

There is little to no ongoing maintenance required once it is implemented. I'd say you have 1% to 2% of effort going into maintenance. 

We've found the solution to be quite expensive. 

We are a premium partner with Cisco.

We use various versions of the solution. It depends on the client. We have multiple clients and each instance is unique.

It's deployed both on-premises and on the cloud.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations. We've mostly been quite happy with the product.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

We use this solution for a full range of layer two and only limited set of layer three services.

We are a backbone company and we provide a public service. The traffic of millions of users traverse Cisco switches, but they are not within our company. It's a public service.

We plan to increase our usage of this solution.

The operating system is great.

They need to implement sFlow, other than that, I can't think of anything else that needs to be improved — I am happy.

We have been using Cisco Catalyst Switches for roughly 10 years. 

Cisco Catalyst Switches are very stable. We've been using them for 10 years without any issues. 

We use an old model, they're not designed to be scalable. But in general, the Catalyst networking suite is scalable.

For our application which is rather simple, we are using only 5% of the features that Cisco Catalyst switches offer. We haven't encountered any problems and therefore, we have not had to call technical support.

We used to use other products, but our CTO loves Cisco. 

The initial setup is straightforward and very fast. In total, the whole installation process took two days.

We deployed this solution by ourselves. 

3-years

The price could always be lower.

Arista, Fiber Store, Dell, Extreme Networks

I would absolutely recommend this solution to others. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give Cisco Catalyst Switches a rating of ten.

I'm the group head of IT and we are customers of Cisco. 

In general, this is a good product with a long lifespan and easily managed. There is good local support available as well as principal support.

I'd like to see better reporting and also integration possibilities with other platforms. It's quite an expensive product and it would be helpful if they reduced the cost. 

We've been using this product for five years. 

This product is stable.

It's a scalable product. 

Support can be improved, it's usually a matter of your location. That aside, if you can reach them, the support is fine. 

The initial setup is quite straightforward although deployment takes some time because you need to carry out the configuration and attach some additional equipment. It can take a few hours. Our implementation partner helps with the base configuration, and then they draw on our internet team to work with them. Once completed, it's handed over to our team management. We've deployed the product on five sites and we usually have one or two people dealing with any issues that arise. 

There is an annual license fee. 

I find their system throughput and Cisco support very useful.

The price can definitely be lower. I also think that a Combi Port should be added to the next release.

I have been using Cisco Catalyst Switches for about two years. 

They're quite stable. Our Cisco Catalyst Switches have been working for many years. 

Cisco Catalyst Switches are very scalable.

Technical support is great. 

The initial setup is easy.

The price can definitely be lower. I think the quality is much higher than the other LANs, but the price must be lower on this.

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Cisco Catalyst Switches an eight.

We use this solution for LAN and WAN networking.

We are system integrators, and we provide maintenance services for our clients.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the Virtual LAN.

This technology is completely mature and I don't think anything needs to be changed.

Scaling can be quite costly.

I have been working with Cisco Catalyst Switches for ten years.

We are using the latest version.

It's an extremely stable product.

It's a scalable solution, but at a high cost.

Our clients have large-sized companies.

We have contacted technical support. The support is excellent and they are efficient.

We are using other brands but the volume is very small compared to the Cisco Catalyst Switches.

Cisco has advantages in terms of stability, reliability, and scalability as well.

The initial setup was complex but has since been simplified.

To deploy with one node can take 10 to 15 minutes.

This solution requires long-term maintenance.

The price is in an affordable range and everything is included.

I would advise going with Cisco because they have an outstanding support team.

They can support up to the extent of installation. They have other services as well, such as RMN. 

Your network downtime is minimal, and your business will not suffer in case of any trouble in the network. I would definitely recommend going with Cisco only.

I would rate Cisco Catalyst Switches a nine out of ten.

We use Cisco Catalyst Switches for the LAN connection.

The most valuable feature of this solution is communication.

When you compare it with HPE and Aruba, it should be fancier.

We have been using Cisco Catalyst Switches for three years.

We are using version 2950.

The stability is great! We have not had any issues with stability.

It's a scalable product. It's very good.

We have approximately 200 users in our company.

Technical support is very good. I would rate them a nine to ten out of ten.

We did not have any issues with technical support.

The initial setup is straightforward. It's easy.

It can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to deploy.

Plan well before implementing this solution.

I would rate Cisco Catalyst Switches a ten out of ten.

We use these switches outdoors.

It's got one feature, and that's handling extreme temperatures. Everything else is alright, and we buy them because they're suitable for extreme temperatures.

They should be cheaper.

I have been using Cisco Catalyst Rugged Series Switches for 15 years.

Technical support is good. 

It's easy to install these switches. It takes about half an hour to implement one switch.

We do it ourselves, and we use consultants and integrators.

It's overpriced and should be cheaper.

I wouldn't recommend this product because it's overpriced. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Cisco Catalyst Switches a four.

We primarily use the solution specifically for our internal network - for our users and some servers. We also have servers on the cloud as well, although largely we are on-premise.

The VLANs portion of the solution is very good. 

The product offers very good routing and ranking capabilities.  It allows for better channels.

The initial setup is very simple. An organization shouldn't have too much trouble setting everything up.

We've found the solution to be rather stable. It offers good performance.

There aren't any features that are lacking from my perspective. It's pretty complete.

The solution itself is quite expensive. It would be ideal if they could lower the pricing a bit.

The product could offer more integrations with other solutions. 

I have had experience with the solution since around 2000. In 2010 I began on the sales-side of the product. Therefore, I have many, many years of experience with the product at this point.

The solution offers very good stability. We've found it to be reliable. It doesn't crash or freeze. It also doesn't seem to have bugs or glitches that affect its performance.

The scalability depends on the layer you are talking about. Layer 2 is not scalable, however, Layer 3 switches offer very good scalability.

We have about 50 people currently using the solution.

We found the implementation to be very simple, and straightforward. It was easy. There weren't any complexities, therefore, we didn't face any difficulty when setting everything up.

Deployment takes a few hours.

The pricing of the product is quite high. It's not the cheapest option on the market.

We're Cisco partners. We have a business relationship with the company.

I'd recommend this solution to other organizations. Over the years, I've found that it works very well.

In general, on a scale from one to ten, I would rate it at a nine.