Cisco Catalyst Switches

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What is Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Cisco's Catalyst is one of that company's brand of network switches.

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LAN Switches

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#1 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

20.0%

835 installations of 4,174

“In our organization, we use the Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switch, which is very easy to repair. Instructions for repairing VLANs and titles are very simple. We are covered with Cisco exchanges and other merchant exchanges and [it] does not give us a problem. It also supports multiple network protocols and security features such as DHCP scanning and port security.”
— Executive Assistant, Multitechservers (11-50 employees)

#2 most frequent

Information

11.5%

482 installations of 4,174

“Cisco Catalyst Switches are stable, reliable and feature rich. They allow easy expansion with stacking and enabling of advanced features when required.”
— Solutions Architect, NEC Australia (1001-5000 employees)

#3 most frequent

Manufacturing

11.4%

477 installations of 4,174

“Catalyst Switches are used as core and access switches for our local Networks. They build the fundamental access for all devices which are not wifi-based. The higher switch models are in the core function and the lower count model numbers are meant to be for the access to the network.”
— Communication Management, Egger (10,001+ employees)

Jeremy Shupick View profile

Network Administrator Sr. in Information Technology at Wyoming Machinery Company (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use the catalyst switches everywhere! They keep us connected from the core to the edge. And configuring was fairly easy. We are upgrading pretty much all of our switches to Catalysts. With module connections at 10+ Gig we are set for years to come. Also with multigig we can connect our wireless and know that our endpoints are at the best connection!

Pros

Connection Speed
initial setup is fairly easy
Replacement is easier

Cons

I know they are trying to be compact, but do they have to be so tight? Hard to get your fingers in once all the cables are wired up!
LED lights could be positioned differently to make it easier to see them.
Power cable management could use a little better design.

Return on Investment

I wish things didn't go end of life, but I understand the fast-paced, ever-evolving technology.
Being able to easily deploy quickly is key
Having support right there for issues makes like you made a good investment.

Alternatives Considered

Vidcast by Webex Leap, Webex App, Webex Calling, Webex Contact Center, Webex Meetings, Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points, Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Room Series, Cisco Headsets and Deskpro

Other Software Used

Cisco Desk Camera, Webex App, Vidcast by Webex Leap

Dominic Romandi

Senior Network Engineer in Information Technology at HCA (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use them everywhere. We use them at the access layer, the collapsed distribution layer, and more. We have always used the platform in all of its iterations but currently we are moving towards having the entire 9000 series across the board. They address our design concerns, split vendor setup issues, and capacity management.

Pros

traffic handling and QoS policing
software upgrade ease
easy management

Cons

code bugs REQUIRING code changes
code bugs REQUIRING reloads
a mechanism to provide more redundancy or mitigate impact during a code change for access layer switches

Return on Investment

The redundancy options on the non-access layer devices keeps uptimes higher which translates to service continuity.
The capacity and segmentation options enables a more secure and customizable environment.
The hot scalability enables us to add more endpoints in a live environment and expanding the existing footprint without impacting others.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Routers and Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

Other Software Used

OneDrive, Atlassian Confluence, Cisco AnyConnect

Shankey Goyal View profile

senior network engineer in Information Technology at cepheid (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Cisco Catalyst Switches 9300/Cisco 9500 in our Campus environment, they are helping us keep the production environment up 100% and the hardware failure rate is super low which helps us achieve our SLA.

Pros

c9300
c9200
c9500

Cons

Chassis switches should be introduced
Switches with higher poe should be introduced as now the requirements are changing

Return on Investment

Uptime is super important for us, with Cisco we have been able to achieve that so far
Negative impact, Cisco is introducing golden image with bugs in them which causes issues, they need to work on IOS testing before recommending to the customer

Alternatives Considered

Aruba Cloud Data Center Outsourcing

Other Software Used

IP Fabric, SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM), NetFlow Optimizer

José Leonardo Sivek View profile

Solution Architect in Engineering at 2S (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are partner with Cisco and Cisco Catalyst Switches are the best devices in IT.

Pros

Using in Distribution
Core
Access

Cons

Office
Industry

Return on Investment

Price with SMB clients

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst Center and Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers

Other Software Used

Cisco Firepower 1000 Series, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

Jose Madrid

Senior Network Engineer in Information Technology at Lucid Motors (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Catalyst Switches throughout our enterprise. We use them as core and idf switches and they enable our team to provide the services expected throughout our campus.

Pros

We use them for routing and switching

Cons

The upgrade process has room for improvement

Return on Investment

These switches have a positive ROI as they enable all of the services we provide to each of our offices

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