Cisco Ethernet Switches Benefits

JW
Network Manager at Telio Management GmbH

The main issue is that the company did grow way too fast. We have issues with merging companies and installing a network device, and it's hard to manage them. Everything is still manual around here. Nothing is centralized. 

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John Bayangos - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Infrastructure Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

Cisco Ethernet switches help build an office-based LAN. We seldom use Cisco Ethernet switches in data centers. We typically use Nexus switches for data centers. Compared to other vendors, Cisco switches are more like rugged switches. We seldom need to reboot those switches unless there's a bug or it was deployed on a different environment—like the racks aren't adequately ventilated.

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RI
Technical Project Manager at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

There are several situations where these switches are used. Most times if they want to move off the main site, or they want to move locations, or they want to have temporary spaces, they can use a switch. Temporary means they may want to expand connectivity from their network to a small branch office that is temporary. Temporary means they're going to run something there for six months and then after that the business won't be there.

With switches, you can expand your network with a connection aside but you can extend your network to a particular area. You can also develop a campus network, campus meaning you may have one building in there and then the company acquires another building, and then it's easy to connect the two buildings together with Fiber and a switch if you have that available. 

There is also multi-tenancy, if you're in a building when you have multiple floors, it's easy to extend the premises from one floor to another floor using a switch as well.

In terms of projects, technical projects, they are several, I mean even down to connectivity to third parties inside the data center. For example, you may find out that you need to connect to BT or you need to connect to your telco provider. Switches will facilitate your ability to connect to a third party to allow communications between two separate environments that are managed differently.

I've done projects where the switches are also used for translation. For example, one part is using Fibre, the other part is using Ethernet, and the switch can be used to communicate between the two technologies. The switch will transform the physical characteristics of the link from Fiber to Ethernet.

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Cisco Ethernet Switches
March 2024
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RS
Network Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

They just work. Their reliability has been great for our organization.

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LM
Enterprise and Security Manager at University of Fort Hare

Cisco switches have helped our organization through good connectivity speeds and stability. In particular, it has improved our wireless capabilities.

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JM
IT Manager at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

Cisco switches has helped provide efficient and stable switching in the organization. Once configured and setup right they work fine without any worries and has helped free up resources to concentrate on other tasks. 

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PP
Supervisor of IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Cisco switches provide layer 3 functionality on the network taking that load off the security appliance and not requiring a router on the network. This prevents single points of failure for internal data routing and keeps internal routes off the security appliance workload. The CLI is the industry standard and most network professionals learn it and can use it.

The reliability of Cisco Ethernet Switches is amazingly impressive. Maybe I’m lucky but I have not experienced a Cisco Ethernet Switch fail unless caused by a power event such as lightning. I highly recommend connecting switches via fiber-optic connections due to the lack of electrical conductivity. I learned this the hard way when a building with the electrical systems not properly grounded caused a cascade of switch failures during a lightning storm.

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NA
Network & System Security Consultant at Zakat House

Cisco is our backbone. This includes switches, main office, links - all Cisco. For the one between branches, we have Riverbed to speed it up. For internet analytics, we have Palo Alto, Fortinet Security. For application delivery, Citrix. Database, Microsoft SQL, and Oracle. We also have business tools and developer bots with Oracle. That is a lot of products!

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WK
CIO with 501-1,000 employees
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DR
Network Engineer at Transportation

Streamlined IOS helped to develop templates for Ethernet Switches without worrying of compatibility of commands in regards to hardware platforms.

Modularity of Industrial switches (IE3000) provides flexibility in solutions yet based on one platform.

Vast array of Industrial models (IE2000, IE3000, IE4000, IE5000).

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it_user1180785 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Engineer at Infosysta

This product provides us with stable security and configurable VLAN management.

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it_user98859 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consulting Engineer EMEA at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Ease of deployment of internal networks, separation of departments traffic, replacement of hubs (and the respective absence of collision related network unavailability), implementation of VoIP, improved configuration and access management. View full review »
it_user146331 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Operations Specialist at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
A Cisco Network Structure consisted of 3 Layers (Core, Distribution & Access). We used the FWSM (Firewall Services Module) to route the traffic and as a gateway to get to the WAN. As a result, we were able to collapse the Core Layer into the Distribution Layer with a few blade modules (FWSM, SUP & Ethernet). View full review »
SC
Head Of Information & Communication Technology at a transportation company with 51-200 employees

These switches help to build the best network, the way we want it. There is a guarantee that makes us feel better about having a secure network.

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IM
Network Delivery Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Cisco Ethernet Switches are great devices. I remember when we decided to replace all the HP switches from the American company when they acquired us. We replaced all the core switches with 3850, except in the bigger and biggest sites where we used the 4745 switches. That was great. They are very useful and very easy to configure. It was not much trouble at all and we got a more stable network.

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DP
IT Support Executive at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

Yes, it has improved.

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SC
ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm

Modules are hot swappable, as you have dual power supplies, as well as support for various dynamic IP routing protocols.

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MK
ADM at a mining and metals company with 5,001-10,000 employees

These switches are very reliable in the long term, so we don't have to worry about failures.

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CR
IT Manager at a renewables & environment company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This solution helps us simplify operations through minimal maintenance and ease of patching.

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it_user1162803 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The solution itself is great for our organization's infrastructure. You can connect a WiFi product and an ethernet product at the same time.

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it_user818550 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
  • Good and stable operational experience with nearly no loss of hardware and very few software bugs.
  • Plug and play works now.
  • DNA is a very good way to do the configuration of all the equipment.
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it_user133842 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Connectivity Engineer at Reputable Service Company
It has improved the network reliability, It has improved the network availability which results to improved productivity of the users ( Increased ROI). View full review »
it_user116220 - PeerSpot reviewer
Works at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Integration of Voice and Data over a single wire without any loss in voice quality. Security throughout LAN and WAN devices. Redundancy and extremely high availability of devices. View full review »
it_user92235 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security System Engineer at a wholesaler/distributor
Eliminates weak points, it simply does its job. View full review »
TW
Member of Technical Staff at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

with stable switches, we can focus on our own products.

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Buyer's Guide
Cisco Ethernet Switches
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Cisco Ethernet Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.