Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Christie Katherine Blair
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/24/2011		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CISCO SYSTEMS INC [CSCO]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Chief Marketing Officer
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SAN JOSE, CA 95134		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 289,395 (1) (2) (3)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 08/08/2012 Common Stock 3,333 $ 17.58 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 09/02/2012 Common Stock 14,000 $ 19.59 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 03/12/2013 Common Stock 35,000 $ 23.13 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 08/23/2013 Common Stock 49,500 $ 19.18 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 09/29/2014 Common Stock 69,000 $ 17.86 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (5) 07/05/2015 Common Stock 75,000 $ 19.6 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (6) 09/21/2015 Common Stock 200,000 $ 23.01 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (7) 09/20/2016 Common Stock 120,000 $ 32.21 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)   (8) 06/11/2016 Common Stock 70,000 $ 20.1 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Christie Katherine Blair
170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE
SAN JOSE, CA 95134		       SVP, Chief Marketing Officer  

Signatures

Katherine Blair Christie by Evan B. Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact 02/03/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes: (i) the 10,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 50,000 shares of common stock on September 21, 2006, which will vest on November 3, 2011; (ii) the 5,055 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 8,425 shares of common stock on March 20, 2008, which will vest in three (3) successive equal annual installments starting on May 2, 2011; (iii) the 12,500 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 25,000 shares of common stock on September 11, 2008, which will vest in two (2) successive equal annual installments starting on October 24, 2011; (Continued on Footnotes 2 and 3)
(2) (Continued from Footnote 1) (iv) the 6,187 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award, originally resulting from the satisfaction of a fiscal 2008 performance condition and granted with respect to 15,466 shares of common stock on September 11, 2008, which will vest in two (2) successive equal annual installments starting on October 24, 2011; (v) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 35,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on March 12, 2009 and which will vest on April 24, 2013; (vi) the 26,250 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 35,000 shares of common stock on March 12, 2009, which will vest in three (3) successive equal annual installments starting on April 24, 2011; (Continued on Footnote 3)
(3) (Continued from Footnotes 1 and 2) (vii) the 75,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock on November 12, 2009, which will vest in three (3) successive equal annual installments starting on October 24, 2011; and (viii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 75,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on September 16, 2010, of which the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vest on September 11, 2011 and the remaining shares vest in three (3) successive annual installments thereafter.
(4) The remaining portion of this option is immediately exercisable.
(5) 66,250 shares of this option are immediately exercisable and the remaining 8,750 shares will vest in seven (7) successive equal monthly installments starting on February 17, 2011.
(6) 166,667 shares of this option are immediately exercisable and the remaining 33,333 shares will vest in ten (10) successive equal monthly installments starting on February 2, 2011.
(7) 76,000 shares of this option are immediately exercisable and the remaining 44,000 shares will vest in twenty-two (22) successive equal monthly installments starting on February 1, 2011.
(8) 26,249 shares of this option are immediately exercisable and the remaining 43,751 shares will vest in thirty (30) successive equal monthly installments starting on February 23, 2011.

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