Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms

Score9.3 out of 10

76 Reviews and Ratings

What is Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms?

Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms deliver secure, high-performance SD-WAN built for hybrid work, multicloud access, and 5G-ready networks. Powered by Cisco IOS XE, these devices combine flexible routing, SASE integration, and cloud-native agility to support AI-driven networking and edge computing needs.

Categories & Use Cases

#1 most frequent

Information

21.4%

6 installations of 28

#2 most frequent

Manufacturing

17.9%

5 installations of 28

#3 most frequent

Finance and Insurance

17.9%

5 installations of 28

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Catalyst 8300 Routers for our edge environments. Most of these products are implemented for WAN communication. We have Off-sites, and these off-sites are configured with C8300 Routers. We felt it was pretty easy and secure, although the software version is the one that gives us some problems. When we try to upgrade the routers with the latest IOSXE software, it usually completes the upgrade, but later, after digging deeper, we find that the ROMMON Version also needs to be upgraded. May this need be addressed.

Pros

Speed
Secure
Compatible with SDN.

Cons

ROMMON Version indication.

Return on Investment

WAN Connectivity
Negatives - ROMMON Version Indication

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controllers, Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points, Cisco Catalyst IE9300 Rugged Series Switches

Shane Walradt

Solutions Architect in Sales at Curtis’s Wright Defense Solutions (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my organization, I continuously demo how the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms' virtual router can deploy easily on our PS451 Server line with multiple Type 1 Hypervisors.

Pros

Dmvpn
VRF
IPSec
Dynamic Routing.

Cons

CPU overhead.

Return on Investment

Decreased our equipment BOM
Alleviated stress on power budgets
Improved performance

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco ESR6300 Embedded Series Router, Cisco Secure Firewall and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention

Tim Yosmali

senior network engineer in Information Technology at Worldpay (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

we use them as customer premise router that we manage / terminating MPLS circuits. We use these to connect to transaction processing systems for our customers

Pros

NAT
ACL
Speed of interfaces

Cons

we are using them to replace isr 4331's. as such, the ethernet (speed/duplex) interoperabiliyt with customer equipment seems to have issues at times.

Return on Investment

ROI - 1U form factor is good
we aren't doing alot of bells and whisltles on our edge/Extranet

Usability

Fernando Guedes

IT Supervisor in Information Technology at Yamaha Motor Do Brasil (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In our organization, we use Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms because We have many challenges to connect our branch offices and manufacture plants over the country.

Pros

Connect branch offices to Central Office
Reliable connection
Stable network

Cons

Empower production line
Environment stability
Security operations

Return on Investment

Finishing network outage production increase 20% your performance
Network stability enhance our productivity line
Security make operation more stable

Usability

Verified User

Engineer in Engineering (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms routers are used in our organization at the Internet Edge and for branch connectivity. At the Internet edge we leverage redundant pair of routers which utilize BGP to establish peering with two internet service providers. Midsize routers with redundant power supplies are used for this role.
For small branch connectivity, smaller router models are used, combining routing and basic security functions within a single device.

Pros

Robustness
Stability
Support (TAC)
Feature richness

Cons

Simplified licensing
better documentation around pluggable modules
more detailed public performance numbers

Return on Investment

Improved reachability of Internet facing services by using redundant BGP internet edge design
Better branch robustness by utilizing mobile backhaul as a hot standby

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000)

Other Software Used

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, Cisco Catalyst Center

HPE Aruba Networking EdgeConnect, duplic

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN

Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms

What is Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms?

Categories & Use Cases

Most Frequent Users

Information

Manufacturing

Finance and Insurance