That's not quite correct Patrick. You probably meant to say non-fabric
enabled cards as opposed to non OSMs. There are several fabric
enabled cards other than OSMs available. Additionally, the backplane
b/w is reduced only for the duration of packet transfer to the non-fabric
enabled cards. So, for example, if you've got a 10/100 card in it for
convenience connections, you likely won't have enough traffic for those
cards to have made a dent in switch performance.
Barry
At 09:57 AM 12/18/2001 -0500, Greene, Patrick wrote:
>The 7600 is an 6500 in all respects. Here are the some of the gotchas.
>The key to the 7600/6500 is the capability to insert a couple switch
>fabric cards and use OSM's for the full 256GB backplane capability for
>full wirespeed cruising. Here's the gotcha, if you put any non OSM
>cards into the chasis all cards, EVEN OSM's, will step down to the
>slowest cards backplane speed.
>
>Sincerely,
>Patrick J. Greene
>President and CEO
>pjgreene@infotechent.net
>Mobile:704-953-6949
>Office:800-535-6544
>
>Information Technologies Enterprises
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Goodwin, Dustin T [IT] [mailto:dustin.t.goodwin@ssmb.com]
>Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:52 AM
>To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
>Subject: Service Provider and the 7600?
>
>For service providers that want a box for below OC-192 applications is
>the
>7600 make inroads on the GSR? It seems to exceed the GSR in some
>respects.
>
>- Dustin -
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