[c-nsp] Cisco out of stock?

[Chris Griffin]

We did see very long lead times on a 4900M order made last October (took 4 months), but a recent order is showing 4 weeks.  We will see if it starts getting bumped as the time to ship grows near :-)

Tnx
Chris

On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Jeff Bacon wrote:

> Word I keep running across is that Cisco is basically out of everything
> that matters:
> - there are no 6503 or 6504 chassis to be had without significant
> waiting - it took a month and change for my guy to find 2 6504s, and I'm
> very tempted to swap out a pair of 6503s (which would be foolish on my
> part really)
> - there are 7 6524s in stock in the entire world
> - if you need an AC power supply for said 6524, God help you (mine came
> in from Germany)
> - 4900s are still going like hotcakes when you can find them
> - my VAR is literally custom-machining rack-mount brackets for a 6504-E
> chassis for me because there are none to be purchased anywhere in the
> world and Cisco says June minimum 
> 
> OK so they've been caught unawares by the downturn/upturn, they cut back
> on inventory and expected demand forecasts and now they're screwed, but
> ye criminy! 
> 
> Is this the normal experience out there nowadays?
> 
> 
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