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Business Combinations (Summary Of Allocation Of Total Purchase Consideration) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Purchase Consideration | $ 242 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
Net Liabilities Assumed | (17)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet
Purchased Intangible Assets | 75 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
Goodwill | 184 us-gaap_GoodwillGross
Metacloud, Inc. |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Purchase Consideration | 149 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_MetacloudInc.Member
Net Liabilities Assumed | (7)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_MetacloudInc.Member
Purchased Intangible Assets | 29 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_MetacloudInc.Member
Goodwill | 127 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_MetacloudInc.Member
All others (three in total) |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Purchase Consideration | 93 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_OtherAcquisitionsMember
Net Liabilities Assumed | (10)us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedNet / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_OtherAcquisitionsMember
Purchased Intangible Assets | 46 us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_OtherAcquisitionsMember
Goodwill | $ 57 us-gaap_GoodwillGross / us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis = csco_OtherAcquisitionsMember

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- Definition Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6578-128477 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 30 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6911251&loc=d3e6613-128477 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35744584&loc=d3e6927-128479 + Details
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- Definition Amount before accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a,h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 + Details
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