[c-nsp] Cisco 7600 Vs Cisco 6500

[Jared Mauch]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:44:56AM +0200, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> > And the 6500, as someone stated, will run CatOS which will not as far 
> > as I know, support the 7600 WAN cards.
> 
> Wrong. At my previous employer we bought a number of 6509 boxes with 
> the NEBS chassis. Several of these were later converted to 7600 by 
> the addition of a 4 port GE-WAN card (ie. one OSM). So our conclusion
> *at the time* was that a 7600 was a 6500 with Sup2/MSFC2/PFC2 and at
> least one OSM.
> 
> Sup720 changes the picture, obviously. But as far as I can see the
> difference between 6500 and 7600 is still mostly marketing.

	Slots go horizontal with one platform and vertical
with another, aside from that, it's the same cards, same software, etc..

	I have renamed the dual platforms "76k"

	I encourage the usage of this terminology by all involved
to insure you not confuse each other.

	:)

	- jared

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