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 *
  LLOYD ROBERT WAYNE
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
04/26/2009
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, Worldwide Operations
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 514,760 (1) (2)
D
 
Common Stock 1,649
I
by Child
Common Stock 1,649
I
by Child

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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) 09/01/2001(3) 09/01/2009 Common Stock 15,000 $ 68.5625 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 11/13/2001(3) 11/13/2009 Common Stock 90,000 $ 50.375 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 09/02/2004(3) 09/02/2012 Common Stock 60,000 $ 19.59 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 08/23/2005(3) 08/23/2013 Common Stock 120,000 $ 19.18 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 06/10/2006(3) 06/10/2014 Common Stock 700,000 $ 19.24 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 09/29/2006(3) 09/29/2014 Common Stock 250,000 $ 17.86 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 09/21/2007(3) 09/21/2015 Common Stock 200,000 $ 23.01 D  
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 09/20/2008(3) 09/20/2016 Common Stock 240,000 $ 32.21 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
LLOYD ROBERT WAYNE
170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE
SAN JOSE, CA 95134
      EVP, Worldwide Operations  

Signatures

/s/ Robert Wayne Lloyd by Evan Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact 05/01/2009
**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 120,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 200,000 shares of common stock on September 21, 2006, which award vests in five (5) successive equal annual installments on the first through the fifth anniversaries of the grant date; (ii) the 24,747 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 30,933 shares of common stock on September 11, 2008, resulting from the satisfaction of a fiscal 2008 performance condition, of which award twenty percent (20%) of the original number of shares vested immediately upon grant, and the remaining shares vest in four (4) successive equal annual installments commencing 9/11/09; (Continued on Footnote 2)
(2) (Continued from Footnote 1): (iii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 75,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on September 11, 2008 and which 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; (iv) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 175,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on March 12, 2009 and which 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; and (v) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 100,000 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.
(3) 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.

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