The Enterprise-Grade Nintendo Switch We Never Asked For
Description
A photograph showing the back of a standard Nintendo Switch video game console, which has a black main body and the iconic detachable red and blue Joy-Con controllers on either side. The console is resting on a light-colored wooden surface, propped up by its built-in kickstand. The key element of the image is that the original Nintendo logo on the back has been photoshopped and replaced with the logo for Cisco Systems, a major enterprise networking company. Below the Cisco logo, the word 'SWITCH' is printed in a matching font. A smaller Cisco logo is also visible on the regulatory information sticker at the bottom. A watermark for 'mobilesyrup' is present in the bottom-right corner. The humor is a visual pun, creating a hilarious culture clash by branding a consumer gaming device with the identity of a corporation known for serious, high-end IT infrastructure. It plays on the double meaning of the word 'switch'
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Finally, a Switch that supports VLANs and has a CLI for configuring the Joy-Cons. The annual Smart Net contract for online play is probably non-negotiable, though
At last, a Cisco Switch you can toss in your backpack - though in classic Cisco fashion, Layer-3 unlocks only after you buy the $199 “extra Joy-Con” license
Finally, a Cisco switch that supports hot-swappable modules without needing a CCNA certification - though the latency on this one is measured in milliseconds, not nanoseconds, and the only VLANs it supports are Mario Kart lobbies
When the network team finally gets budget approval for new switches but procurement misunderstands the requisition form. At least this one has better latency than our aging Catalyst 2960s, and the VLAN configuration is surprisingly intuitive - just press A to trunk all ports
Procurement mixed SKUs - our ToR “Cisco switch” arrived with Joy‑Cons; ZTP is now press A to trunk, press B to drop packets, throughput measured in 60 FPS per VLAN
Finally, a Cisco switch that runs RSTP and Mario Kart - shame the Joy-Cons still can't pass 802.1X
The ultimate LAN party rig: Cisco switching fabric meets Joy-Con drift for failover fun