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 *   Dedicoat Chris 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/26/2015 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, 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 385,544 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 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)	09/20/2008(6)	09/20/2016	Common Stock	180,000	$ 32.21	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dedicoat Chris 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE, CA 95134	Â	Â	  EVP, Worldwide Sales	Â

Signatures

/s/ Chris Dedicoat by Prat Bhatt, Attorney-in-Fact		08/04/2015
**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 10,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 40,000 shares of common stock on September 8, 2011, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2012; (ii) the 25,000 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, 4 and 5)
(2)	(Continued from Footnote 1) (iii) the 37,500 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 75,000 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) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on October 3, 2012 and which vests in two (2) successive equal installments, with the first fifty percent (50%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2015 and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2016; (Continued on Footnotes 3, 4 and 5)
(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 June 13, 2013, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on June 11, 2014; (vi) 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 4 and 5)
(4)	(Continued from Footnotes 1, 2 and 3) (vii) 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; (viii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 25,000 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; and (Continued on Footnote 5)
(5)	(Continued from Footnotes 1, 2, 3 and 4) (ix) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 50,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on May 28, 2015 and which vests in three (3) successive equal annual installments, with the first one-third (1/3) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2017.
(6)	The option is immediately exercisable.

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