Cisco Catalyst Center Reviews

Name: Cisco Catalyst Center
Brand: Cisco
Rating: 4.3 (3 reviews)

Vendor: Cisco

4.3 out of 5

3 reviews
100% willing to recommend

What is Cisco Catalyst Center?

Optimize resources, reduce spending, and enhance your organization's digital agility with a powerful management system that uses AI to connect, secure, and automate network operations. Deploy networks faster with provisioning and configuration automation. Proactively scale your network using deep insights into capacity and performance. Improve time to resolution with AI diagnostics and remediation. Optimize Wi-Fi coverage and deliver services where they're needed with 3D visualization. Gain visibility into the user experience and improve hybrid work experience with application insights.

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Cisco Catalyst Center is the #16 ranked solution in top Network Management Applications. PeerSpot users give Cisco Catalyst Center an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. Cisco Catalyst Center is most commonly compared to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN: Cisco Catalyst Center vs Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN.

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Bharath _Kumar

Solution Architect at Velocis Systems

Most customers have heterogeneous environments. The main drawback of Cisco Catalyst Center is that it can only manage and monitor Cisco devices with a DNA license, specifically the Catalyst 9000 series. Customers often have mixed vendor environments, and platforms like Xtream offer vendor-agnostic solutions. While Cisco's DNA Center does have third-party SDKs that allow monitoring of non-Cisco devices, this approach isn't always practical. Additionally, Kumar mentioned the importance of segmentation, transitioning to SDA, and moving away from traditional VLANs and ACLs towards identity-based segmentation integrated with ISE. Therefore, it's more suitable for customers who primarily use Cisco solutions rather than those with diverse vendor environments.

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reviewer2592675

Consultant at Tata Consultancy

I work primarily for Catalyst, mainly in data center networks Catalyst provides a reliable and mature network solution, which has stabilized all features and improved productivity. The architecture and the way Cisco designs it, VXLAN and Cisco Express Forwarding are some of the features I like.…

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NasirManzoor

Network Design at BT - British Telecom

The integration of Cisco Catalyst Center is fine, but the deployment process can be pretty complex, involving some irrelevant or uncertain information during setup. We have a cluster of three, and while adding devices to the cluster, we encountered a few hiccups and uncertainties about what might happen next. With its Maglev OS used for initial configuration, Maglev is powerful, but there's room for improvement to make the process easier. On the positive side, the amount of detail it provides is impressive. It gives extensive insights into clients, users, traffic, applications, and more. While the information it offers is valuable, there's room to make the overall experience more seamless.

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Valuable Features

"The architecture and the way Cisco designs it, VXLAN and Cisco Express Forwarding are some of the features I like."
"The integration of Cisco Catalyst Center is fine"
"Cisco performs well in the network space, especially in areas like switching, DNA Center, and wireless, where it is known for its stability."

Room for Improvement

"The only limitation is when integrating with other products due to Cisco's proprietary protocols."
"The deployment process is pretty complex"
"The main drawback of Cisco Catalyst Center is that it can only manage and monitor Cisco devices with a DNA license, specifically the Catalyst 9000 series."

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