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<P align="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</p>

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<P align="center"><B>FORM 8-K</B>

<P align="center">CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934<BR>


<P align="left">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): <B>July&nbsp;11, 2001</B>

<P align="center"><B>CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.</B><BR>
<FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified
  in Charter)</FONT>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>California</B></FONT></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>0-18225</B></FONT></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>77-0059951</B></FONT></TD>
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          <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California<BR></B>
        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B>95134-1706</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <B>(408)&nbsp;526-4000</B>

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<P align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Other Events.</B>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On July&nbsp;11, 2001, Cisco Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) agreed to acquire
AuroraNetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for up to approximately
$150,000,000 in Registrant stock (valued for this purpose at $18.243 per share,
which reflects the average of the closing prices for a share of Registrant&#146;s
stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the ten (10)&nbsp;consecutive trading
days immediately preceding and ending on the trading day that is three (3)
trading days prior to July&nbsp;10, 2001). A copy of the press release issued by
the Registrant on July&nbsp;11, 2001 concerning the foregoing transaction is filed
herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;20.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

<P align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Financial Statements, <I>Pro Forma </I>Financial Information and Exhibits.</B>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Exhibits.

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        <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;20.1</TD>
    <TD>Press Release of Registrant, dated July&nbsp;11, 2001, announcing
Registrant&#146;s
agreement<BR>
to acquire AuroraNetics, Inc.</TD>
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<P align="center"><B>SIGNATURES</B>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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        <TD colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="3"><B>CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="3">Dated:&nbsp;July&nbsp;11, 2001
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT size="3">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT size="3">/s/ DANIEL SCHEINMAN</FONT><BR>
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        <TD valign="top">Daniel Scheinman<BR>
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs</TD>
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<P align="center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>

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Press Release of Registrant, dated July&nbsp;11, 2001, announcing
Registrant&#146;s agreement to acquire<BR>
AuroraNetics, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 20.1
                                                                   PRESS RELEASE

PRESS CONTACTS:                              INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACTS:
Robyn Jenkins                                Blair Christie
Cisco Systems, Inc.                          Cisco Systems, Inc.
(408) 853-9848                               (408) 525-4856
rojenkin@cisco.com                           blchrist@cisco.com

INDUSTRY ANALYST RELATIONS:
Dora Ferrell
Cisco Systems, Inc.
(408) 527-4202
dferrell@cisco.com

CISCO SYSTEMS TO ACQUIRE AURORANETICS

ADVANCED SILICON TECHNOLOGY OPTIMIZES DATA TRAFFIC IN METROPOLITAN NETWORKS

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 11, 2000 - Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced a
definitive agreement to acquire privately held AuroraNetics, Inc. of San Jose,
California. AuroraNetics is a developer of 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) silicon
technology for metropolitan fiber networks. The acquisition of AuroraNetics
enhances Cisco's development of innovative high-end routing technologies
designed to address the rapid growth of data traffic in the metropolitan network
environment

Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco common stock worth an aggregate value of
up to $150 million will be exchanged for all outstanding shares of AuroraNetics.
This acquisition will be accounted for as a purchase and is expected to close in
the first quarter of Cisco's fiscal year 2002. In connection with the
acquisition, Cisco expects a one-time charge for purchased in-process research
and development expenses not to exceed $0.01 per share. The acquisition has been
approved by the board of directors of each company and is subject to various
closing conditions.

AuroraNetics' silicon technology is used in data-optimized fiber rings known as
Resilient Packet Rings (RPR). RPR offers service providers the ability to create
high-speed metropolitan networks that efficiently transport significant amounts
of IP and other data, including Ethernet. Additionally, RPR provides Cisco
customers with the intelligence of an IP network combined with the redundancy
benefits of traditional SONET networks. RPR ensures that IP traffic travelling
on fiber rings can be quickly restored in the event of a fiber cut, greatly
reducing potential loss of service.

Advancing Cisco's integrated IP and optical networking solutions, Cisco
developed an innovative new product technology called Dynamic Packet Transport
(DPT). Cisco DPT is the first and most broadly deployed pre-standard
implementation of RPR in the industry. Cisco DPT


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is based on the open Spatial Reuse Protocol (SRP) and combines the intelligence
of IP routing with fiber ring architecture to enable an efficient and reliable
way to send data between locations. AuroraNetics' silicon technology for RPR
uses SRP and complements Cisco's DPT products by enabling the technology to
scale from the current 2.5Gbps up to 10Gbps.

Cisco plans to license AuroraNetics' silicon design to companies interested in
producing and participating in the development of 10Gbps SRP RPR-based
solutions. Licensing AuroraNetics' design augments Cisco's existing licensing of
2.5Gbps SRP silicon and will help accelerate industry availability of 10Gbps RPR
products.

AuroraNetics was founded in 2000 in San Jose, California. AuroraNetics' 52
employees led by AuroraNetics CEO, Nader Vasseghi, bring additional silicon
expertise and will join Cisco's Public Carrier IP Services Group, Service
Provider Line of Business, led by Roland Acra, vice president and general
manager.

ABOUT CISCO SYSTEMS

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the
Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com/news.

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their respective owners.


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