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 *   BOSTROM SUSAN L 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/19/2006 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) SR VP, 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 1 D   Common Stock 4 I by Trust (1)

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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)	  (2)	10/10/2011	Common Stock	73,333	$ 9.749	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (3)	04/10/2012	Common Stock	93,333	$ 13.04	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (3)	08/21/2010	Common Stock	35,000	$ 16.01	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (2)	04/05/2011	Common Stock	63,333	$ 16.15	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (2)	11/02/2010	Common Stock	15,000	$ 17.26	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (2)	09/29/2014	Common Stock	300,000	$ 17.86	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (3)	05/14/2010	Common Stock	35,000	$ 18.57	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (2)	08/23/2013	Common Stock	450,000	$ 19.18	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (2)	09/02/2012	Common Stock	400,000	$ 19.59	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (2)	01/07/2011	Common Stock	103,333	$ 20.53	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (4)	04/05/2008	Common Stock	263,749	$ 28.6094	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (4)	11/05/2008	Common Stock	200,000	$ 36.7188	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (4)	11/13/2009	Common Stock	375,000	$ 50.375	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (4)	01/12/2009	Common Stock	300,000	$ 51.9063	D	Â
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	  (4)	03/03/2009	Common Stock	100,000	$ 68.7188	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BOSTROM SUSAN L 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE, CA 95134	Â	Â	  SR VP, Chief Marketing Officer	Â

Signatures

By: Evan Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact For: Susan L. Bostrom		01/27/2006
**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)	Bostrom Family Trust
(2)	The option shall vest as to twenty percent (20%) of the shares on the one (1) year anniversary of the date of grant, and as to the remaining eighty percent (80%) of the shares thereafter in forty eight (48) successive equal monthly installments.
(3)	The Option will become exercisable for one-sixtieth (1/60th) of the option shares each month over a sixty (60) month period, commencing on the date shown in the table (i.e., one (1) month following the date of grant) upon the reporting person's continuation in service with the issuer through the end of each such month.
(4)	The option vested as to twenty percent (20%) of the shares on the one (1) year anniversary of the date of grant, and as to the remaining eighty percent (80%) of the shares thereafter in forty-eight (48) successive equal monthly installments.

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