# Cisco Catalyst: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 2 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cisco-catalyst

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Data center networking](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/index.md) | 0% | 126 | 50% | 6 |
| [DDI and IP address management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/ddi-and-ipam/index.md) | 0% | 53 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Cisco Catalyst switches are the best deal for organizations with relatively small sizes and in-house data centers" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Data center networking)

## And against it

- "End-of-life; no security patches for years." (MiniMax M2.5, Data center networking)
- "In many enterprise platforms (especially Cisco Catalyst 9000 or Dell PowerSwitch), a line card has a limit on how many routes or MAC addresses it can learn" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Data center networking)
- "A limited number of C9300/C9300L switches experience hardware memory failures" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Data center networking)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cisco Catalyst, from 12 of the 16 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- peerspot.com: 6
- reddit.com: 6
- cisco.com: 5 (its own site)
- hpe.com: 5
- gane.ai/index: 3
- github.com: 3
- hummingbirdnetworks.com: 3
- juniper.net: 3
- networkdevicesinc.com: 3
- saasworthy.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/data-center-networking/smb: 3
- https://juniper.net/assets/us/en/local/pdf/additional-resources/1600074-en.pdf: 3
- https://networkdevicesinc.com/community/blog/best-switches-for-data-centers: 3
- https://peerspot.com/categories/data-center-networking: 3
- https://saasworthy.com/list/data-center-networking: 3
- https://cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/partners/downloads/lean-ai-ready-data-center-blueprint.pdf: 2
- https://github.com/ipspace/blog/blob/publish/content/posts/2021/05/worth-reading-azure-switch-failure-analysis.md: 2
- https://guideflow.com/blog/data-center-networking: 2

## What it publishes

Every page cisco.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 551 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 25 pages, 22 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-01
- conference or event: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-08
- Recent: 2026-09-01 blog: You say no five questions can help you spot overlooked talent https://talentbridge.cisco.com/blog/recruiters/you-say-no-five-questions-can-help-you-spot-overlooked-talent
- Recent: 2026-08-30 blog: Why quality hire starts day one https://talentbridge.cisco.com/blog/recruiters/why-quality-hire-starts-day-one
- Recent: 2026-07-23 blog: Cisco talent bridge candidate user guide https://talentbridge.cisco.com/blog/candidates/cisco-talent-bridge-candidate-user-guide
- Recent: 2026-07-23 blog: Cisco talent bridge recruiter user guide https://talentbridge.cisco.com/blog/recruiters/cisco-talent-bridge-recruiter-user-guide
- Recent: 2026-07-15 blog: Cisco talent bridge candidate demo https://talentbridge.cisco.com/blog/candidates/cisco-talent-bridge-candidate-demo
- Recent: 2026-07-15 blog: Cisco talent bridge recruiter demo https://talentbridge.cisco.com/blog/recruiters/cisco-talent-bridge-recruiter-demo

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.