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 *
  Kramer Kelly A.
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2015
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)
EVP and CFO
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 412,500 (1) (2) (3) (4)
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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Kramer Kelly A.
170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE
SAN JOSE, CA 95134
      EVP and CFO  

Signatures

/s/ Kelly Kramer by Evan Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact 01/09/2015
**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 125,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 250,000 shares of common stock on February 16, 2012, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on February 11, 2013; (ii) the 50,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock on June 14, 2012, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on June 11, 2013; (Continued on Footnotes 2, 3 and 4)
(2) (Continued from Footnote 1) (iii) the 15,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 30,000 shares of common stock on September 12, 2012, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2013; (iv) the 37,500 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 50,000 shares of common stock on September 18, 2013, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2014; (Continued on Footnotes 3 and 4)
(3) (Continued from Footnotes 1 and 2) (v) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on May 29, 2014 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on June 11, 2015; (vi) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 50,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on September 10, 2014 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2015; and (Continued on Footnote 4)
(4) (Continued from Footnotes 1, 2 and 3) (vii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 35,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on November 21, 2014 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on November 20, 2015.

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