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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated August 10, 1999 relating to the
consolidated financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to
Shareholders of Cisco Systems, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in Cisco
Systems, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 1999. We
also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated August 10,
1999 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our
report dated August 10, 1999, except as to the pooling of interests transactions
as described in Note 3b which is as of November 24, 1999, relating to the
supplementary consolidated financial statements of Cisco Systems, Inc. which
appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 15, 1999.


                                            /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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                                            PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP



San Jose, California
December 17, 1999
