We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and Enterasys Campus LAN Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features include the redundancy one and the spanning tree."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The ability to configure throughput is very flexible and improved the performance of our systems."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches are very stable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are BGP, VPN, and spine-leaf architecture."
"We find the product very easy to use."
"It works well."
"We heavily use the SmartPort features. It has really helped us. The U.S. policies are handled by the auto SmartPort feature"
"Extreme Networks is the only one that has this kind of universal switch. It simplifies things greatly. Customers no longer have to worry about the price differences between traditional and fabric technology switches, which used to have their own pricing. This has made it easier for us as solution providers to tailor options for our customers with fewer but more suitable choices."
"Enterasys Campus LAN Switches is a trustable and powerful solution. The solution has good web management features. You can do whatever you want, like a CLI. The solution is easy to diagnose and manage. I like the Linux-based operating system. If any service crashes, you need to restart the system."
"The performance is good."
"The product could be cheaper."
"For the time being, Cisco Catalyst Switches are working well, but they are not PoE switches, which is why we would consider replacing them."
"t is one of the most expensive solutions."
"First of all, there are some features that take a long time to get implemented, and other vendors have them for a long time before them. For example, it took a long time to have a way to commit change with the timer, so it gets undone if the user doesn't accept the change after it's done. Like, having to say the changes be done, and everything works fine. In the end, everything works fine, but it didn't exist. That's just an example of stuff that came late to Catalyst."
"The solution’s pricing and stability could be improved."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches could improve by having more integration with third-party products."
"Their price should be cheaper. We lose a lot of work because of the price that they have."
"Cisco needs to improve compatibility with other solutions and other vendors like SolarWinds. We've had problems using Catalyst with SolarWinds. Some devices can't be put on SolarWinds due to some ID Values and so on."
"Security features do exist, and they're mostly common with other switches. What makes these switches unique is the ability to see application layers on the switch, but not directly through the switch. There are tools from Extreme Networks that allow visibility of such traffic, which other switches lack. Extreme CloudIQ analytics can analyze all the traffic on Extreme Switches up to layer seven, offering full visibility. However, this tool is necessary for such detailed analytics and might not be compatible with some third-party products."
"While the support is good, it could be better, and the price could be reduced."
"The tool's price is high. We need a cost-effective service. It also needs to add wireless controller features like Huawei."
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Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews while Enterasys Campus LAN Switches is ranked 11th in LAN Switching with 3 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while Enterasys Campus LAN Switches is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Enterasys Campus LAN Switches writes "A powerful solution with good web management features ". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Enterasys Campus LAN Switches is most compared with . See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. Enterasys Campus LAN Switches report.
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