Verified User
G
Verified User
"The best!"
5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

A stable solution, easy to configure and implement, the workhorses of Cisco, 100% reliable and stable equipment, I have very rarely seen this series of equipment fail. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The price is a bit high compared to the competition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User
G
Verified User
"Quality "
5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Excellent switch in small racks. Useful with 10G uplink ports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Actually I don’t dislike anything about this switch :-) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Mats O.
"Used for FTTH, to serve residential customers with fiber, internet, voip, IPTV with multicast"
4/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

With the new sup and the "organa" 80ports dualfiber linecard, it´s a super plattform for FTTH. not to big, and quite good scale on the customers it can support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

the plattform is old. It should come out with a new chassis that can serve much more traffic. A new sup that can have several 10/40 and 100G interfaces. New 80 ports linecards that support 1/10Gbit on each port. It could also support 2.5 or 5Gbit if that gets standardized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User
G
Verified User
"Cat 9k"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Virtual stacking is a great feature , price is very attractive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Licensing is hard to understand but that is a minor issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User
G
Verified User
"The go-to enterprise switch"
5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Everyone knows how to run them and they’re stable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

I don’t think I’ve had any problems with them in recent years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Simon C.
"A lot of features "
4.5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

I like the different options with/without PoE+, 1G or 10G uplinks, 8, 24 or 48 ports models and the stacking options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Very slow boot time. And slow firmware upgrades. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

George V.
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George V.
Director, Global Network Operations, MSS Services
Telecommunications
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Catalyzing Business Cisco Catalyst"
5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Uniformity in IOS commands along with wirespeed performance incorporating latest features create a robust and reliable infrastructure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Web config lack of features not helpful to newcomers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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German T.
"Best switches for the internal network."
5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

They are easy to configure, and have a lot of features that help to improve the network performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The GUI interface is not so good, I rather use the CLI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Telecommunications
GT
Verified User in Telecommunications
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great switches!"
5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

The amount of features available on these switches is great. We are able to provide all the functionality that our end users need to keep the business going. These switches are also very reliable, and have yet to show any major issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

I would have a hard time finding things about these switches that we dislike. Maybe that they don't brew coffee for us? In all honesty, we have not run into any situation that has shown any negative light on this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Networking
GC
Verified User in Computer Networking
"Does what it says on the tin"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

So easy to configure it’s Restconf and netconf Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Catalyst Switches?

Still a little pricey for smaller installs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.