Cisco Ethernet Switches Reviews

Reliability and availability

Eliminates weak points, it simply does its job.

More friendly interface, less Cisco centric approach

8 years

No

No

No

Customer Service: Rather good, I've only needed to contact them on really rare occasions.Technical Support: There was no need for technical support. T only thing I did was a memory upgrade which was quick and not problematic.

Yes, linux based routers such as pfsense, zentyal. Those solutions were much more unstable. I also used some less known switches. First power supply issues eliminates them fast.

If you have the proper knowledge level there is no problems with initial setup. You simply need to know what are you doing.

In-house

Initial costs were reasonable and the day-to-day cost is the cost of keeping a Cisco engineer on staff

Yes- 3com, Mikrotik

Hire/educate a Cisco engineer or a fast learning IT manager.

Reliability. We can rely/trust 100% on cisco ethernet switches to run the networks smoothly.

Need to provision for DC Power Input

Really great experience with cisco devices

We are a solution provider and the Cisco Ethernet Switch is a network infrastructure product that we implement for our clients. The use case depends on their requirements but it is used for network access. We also use them for our network.

This product is widely available and the warranty is very good.

There should not be any challenges with configuration or maintenance.

They have an internal monitoring system.

The pricing should be reduced so that they are more competitive.

I have been using Cisco Ethernet Switches for 15 years.

This product is very stable and I don't think that we've had any failures.

We had trouble with the hardware one time but Cisco replaced it.

Scalability varies from model to model. We have a particular model that was sized according to our use case and requirements. In general, they are very scalable.

We have good support from Cisco. They have a nice team and when it comes to service, they have a defined timeline. We haven't face any issues in terms of service.

Cisco now has more products that are priced for small businesses, so they do have some cheaper models.

Overall, I am happy with this product and I don't have any suggestions for improvements to features at this time. I think that they have the best product available.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

On-premises

It has 24 x gigabit sfp + 8 x sfp ports, mac address table size96k entries, routing protocolrip-2, eigrp.operates on dc -48/-60 v power. It has the following remote management protocol :snmp 1, snmp 2, rmon, telnet, snmp 3.complies to the following standards: ieee 802.3, ieee 802.3u, ieee 802.3z, ieee 802.1d, ieee 802.1q, ieee 802.3ab, ieee 802.3x, ieee 802.3ad (lacp), ieee 802.1w, ieee 802.1x, ieee 802.1s, ieee 802.1t, has a ram of 768 mb (installed) / 2 gb (max) and a flash memory of 192 mb flash. It has the cisco ios ip base software included.

It is expensive in terms of pricing. A reboot is also required if it jams. It has a minimum operational temperature of 32F.

This solution is used as a networking switch for my customers.

This solution is overall a high-grade solution compared to others.

I have been using this solution for approximately 16 years.

My customers are satisfied with the stability of the solution when they are using DNA architecture, otherwise, they are not.

I am an engineer and I think that the initial setup was not difficult. However, if you are going to build DNA architecture in this case, it is difficult because to build an operational DMI network architecture, the customer must have a CCI engineer.

The price of this solution is high. 

There could be an improvement in the licensing by reducing the price of the different types, such as essential, advantage, and premium.

I have evaluated HP and other solutions.

My advice is there are other options than Cisco solutions.

I rate Cisco Ethernet Switches an eight out of ten.

On-premises

We use Cisco Ethernet Switches for local area networks in banks.

Cisco Ethernet Switches are stable. 

Cisco is not user-friendly. It would be best if you had a technical expert. The graphical user interface is more like a command line, and most functionalities are on the command line.

I have been using Cisco Ethernet Switches for two and a half years.

It's a stable solution.

I am satisfied with it.

The initial setup is straightforward, but it takes a long time to implement and deploy these switches. 

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Cisco Ethernet Switches a nine.

On-premises

Cisco is now competing with companies that are putting out cheaper switches so the price could be something that could be improved upon. However, if you want the best in the industry then you need to pay for it. Cisco could also open the API up to work closely with other systems.

We have been using Cisco Ethernet Switches for eighteen years. We only deal with Cisco switches.

It is much easier and faster to get to the Cisco support, which is good. Secondly, Cisco is the world leader in these systems. The expertise they have is very good compared to others. We can trust Cisco from a technical perspective. For example, if you are buying a car you would not buy from a company that will not give you support. Also, you wouldn't buy a car from a company that is not proven in the industry. These are two things that should be taken into consideration while you are looking at any product. Then you should get into technical features.

Cisco has very good material available on their website to read and to do yourself. This makes the initial setup of these switches very easy.

We handle all of the setup ourselves.

I highly recommend Cisco Ethernet Switches if you have the budget for it. I would rate Cisco switches at a ten on a scale of ten.

On-premises