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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Robbins Charles 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/03/2012 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, Worldwide Sales 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 418,112 (1) (2) (3) (4) D Â

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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)	06/11/2005(5)	06/11/2013	Common Stock	21,600	$ 23.82	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	08/12/2006(5)	08/12/2014	Common Stock	4,500	$ 17.8	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	09/29/2006(5)	09/29/2014	Common Stock	10,000	$ 17.86	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	07/05/2007(5)	07/05/2015	Common Stock	11,333	$ 19.6	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	09/21/2007(5)	09/21/2015	Common Stock	76,667	$ 23.01	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	09/20/2008(5)	09/20/2016	Common Stock	42,000	$ 32.21	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	02/19/2009(5)	02/19/2017	Common Stock	100,000	$ 22.88	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	06/11/2010(6)	06/11/2016	Common Stock	70,000	$ 20.1	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Robbins Charles 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE, CA 95134	Â	Â	  SVP, Worldwide Sales	Â

Signatures

/s/ Charles Robbins by Evan Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact		10/04/2012
**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 2,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 10,000 shares of common stock on February 19, 2008, which award vests in five (5) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty percent (20%) of the shares vesting on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date; (ii) the 8,750 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 award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date; (Continued on Footnotes 2, 3 and 4)
(2)	(Continued from Footnote 1) (iii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 35,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on March 12, 2009 and which vests in its entirety on the four (4) year anniversary of the grant date; (iv) the 40,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 160,000 shares of common stock on November 12, 2009, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2010; (Continued on Footnotes 3 and 4)
(3)	(Continued from Footnotes 1 and 2) (v) the 50,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock on September 16, 2010, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2011; (vi) the 150,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 200,000 shares of common stock on June 16, 2011, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on June 11, 2012; (Continued on Footnote 4)
(4)	(Continued from Footnotes 1, 2 and 3) (vii) the 56,250 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 75,000 shares of common stock on September 8, 2011, which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2012; and (viii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 75,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on September 12, 2012 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2013.
(5)	The option vests as to twenty percent (20%) of the shares originally granted on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining eighty percent (80%) of the shares thereafter in forty-eight (48) successive equal monthly installments.
(6)	The option vests as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares originally granted on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares thereafter in thirty-six (36) successive equal monthly installments.

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