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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000858877-25-000034
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250514
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250520

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Patel Jeetendra I
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001779016
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39940
		FILM NUMBER:		25969507

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 E. RANDOLPH DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60601

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000858877
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3576]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		EIN:				770059951
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0726

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 WEST TASMAN DR
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134-1706
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4085264000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 WEST TASMAN DR
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134-1706

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CISCO SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes: (i) the 1,785 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 28,545 shares of common stock on June 1, 2021, which award vests in installments, with twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on June 10, 2022 and six-and-one-quarter percent (6.25%) of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter; (ii) the 5,975 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 47,798 shares of common stock on September 20, 2021, which award vests in installments, with twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on November 10, 2022 and six-and-one-quarter percent (6.25%) of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter; (Continued on Footnotes 2 and 3)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">(Continued from Footnote 1) (iii) the 16,821 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 101,943 shares of common stock on October 11, 2022, which award vests in installments, with thirty four percent (34%) of the shares vesting on November 10, 2023, and eight-and-one-quarter percent (8.25%) of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter;  (iv) the 39,460 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 79,717 shares of common stock on September 21, 2023, which award vests in installments, with thirty four percent (34%) of the shares vesting on November 10, 2024, and eight-and-one-quarter percent (8.25%) of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter; (Continued on Footnote 3)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">(Continued from Footnotes 1 and 2) (v) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 150,091 shares of common stock, which award was granted on September 19, 2024 and which vests in installments, with thirty four percent (34%) of the shares vesting on November 10, 2025 and eight-and-one-quarter percent (8.25%) of the shares vesting quarterly thereafter; and (vi) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 43,030 shares of common stock, which award was granted on December 3, 2024 and which one hundred percent (100%) of the shares vest on December 10, 2026.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ie80356037b7846bab3d10136a603cb91_37"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints R. Scott Herren, Maria Victoria Wong, Deborah L. Stahlkopf, Evan Sloves, Jay Higdon and Jeremy Erickson, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as a director or officer of Cisco Systems, Inc. (&#8220;Cisco&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;), any and all Form ID, or Form 3, 4 or 5 reports required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) and the rules thereunder with respect to transactions in Cisco securities&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;act as an account administrator for the undersigned&#8217;s EDGAR account, including&#58; (i) appointing, removing and replacing account administrators, technical administrators, account users, and delegated entities&#59; (ii) maintaining the security of the undersigned&#8217;s EDGAR account, including modification of access codes&#59; (iii) maintaining, modifying and certifying the accuracy of information on the undersigned&#8217;s EDGAR account dashboard&#59; and (iv) taking any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T&#59; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;cause the Company to accept a delegation of authority from any of the undersigned's EDGAR account administrators and, pursuant to that delegation, authorize the Company's EDGAR account administrators to appoint, remove or replace users for the undersigned's EDGAR account&#59;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(4)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, or Form 3, 4 or 5 report and timely file such report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and any stock exchange or similar authority&#59; and</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(5)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney&#8209;in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney&#8209;in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney&#8209;in-fact may approve in his discretion.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney&#8209;in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 or 5 reports with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys&#8209;in-fact.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">IN WITNESS WHEREOF</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of May 12, 2025.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:180pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Signature&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Jeetendra I. 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