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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of Cisco Systems, Inc. of our report dated August 10, 1999
relating to the consolidated financial statements, which appears in Cisco
Systems, Inc.'s 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated by
reference in its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended July 31, 1999.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated August 10,
1999 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our
report dated August 10, 1999, except as to the pooling of interest transactions
as described in Note 3b which is as of November 24, 1999, relating to the
supplementary consolidated financial statements of Cisco Systems, Inc. which
appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated February 3, 2000. We also
consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Registration
Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California
June 7, 2000