Cisco Systems on Monday plans to unveil several upgrades for one of its more popular products, the Catalyst 6500 line of switches. Most of the new gear is geared toward making the switches faster.

I know how to make a trunk between a Linux machine and a single Cisco switch so that if one of the network cards or cables fails the link is still available. However, I have a bladesystem that has ...

Is Cisco gear high-priced but worth the investment because of quality support and advanced features -- or just plain high-priced? Cisco Systems Inc. is the dominant LAN switch vendor, both in the ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Cisco ...

Cisco this week is unveiling two new configurations of its recently-launched Nexus 9000 switches, a new 40G Nexus switch. In addition, Cisco is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its UCS server.

Cisco Systems is forging ahead with LAN switches designed to support faster Wi-Fi access points even while an ethernet standard for the technology they use is still taking shape. The switches have ...

Guys I would like to get 2 Cisco switches for my home lab. First off I want them to be gigabit now on to the major problem. I remember them being very loud switches and the house I own does not have a ...

Cisco is patching holes in software for Nexus 3000, 3500, 7000, 9000 switches and for Firepower 4100 Series next-generation firewall and Firepower 9300 security appliance. Cisco has bundled 25 ...