[c-nsp] 6500 vs 7600

[rwcrowe at comcast.net]

Thanks for the explanation, that clears it up.


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Rob Crowe 
rwcrowe at comcast.net


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> Here is the scoop: 
> 
> - *all* 6500 & 7600 chassis are NEBS Level-3 compliant 
> - most of the chassis have side-side airflow and horizontal card orientation 
> - a couple of the chassis have front-back airflow & vertical card orientation 
> - the 7600 chassis are more geared for SP environments with respect to 
> chassis form factor etc 
> - the backplane and fabric architecture, supervisor engines, and IOS images 
> are the same on both 
> - the linecards are interchangeable between platforms, given correct IOS 
> software support (see the RNs) 
> - Only the 6500 will get continuing CatOS software support (a few old 7600 
> OSMs are supported with CatOS, but none added recently & none being added 
> going forward; new 7600 chassis may or may not be added in CatOS) 
> 
> In terms of marketing, what is the point? 
> 
> - 6500 is designed for the enterprise market (an L3 switch), and would be 
> positioned with either IOS or CatOS, any of the sups, and primarily with 
> ethernet line cards along with service modules and enterprise-focused features 
> 
> - 7600 is designed for the SP market (a router ;), and would be positioned 
> only with IOS, only with sup2/sup720, with heavy emphasis on the 
> FlexWAN/OSMs (WAN connectivity) and related SP-focused features. Also, the 
> name implies a "follow on"/"successor" to the 7500 product line. 
> 
> The marketing teams for each product generally deal with totally different 
> customers with totally different product/feature requirements, so it does 
> make sense to have these marketed as separate products since the different 
> marketing teams drive the product for their specific market segment. And, 
> it does make some sense to leverage the core architecture, which has been 
> proven to be of some quality, for both platforms. 
> 
> My 2 cents. 
> Tim 
> 
> At 07:11 AM 8/11/2004, cisco-nsp-request at puck.nether.net announced: 
> >Message: 11 
> >Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:06:26 +0200 
> >From: "Tantsura, Jeff" 
> >Subject: RE: [c-nsp] 6500 vs 7600 
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> > 
> >There is no difference. Just marketing. 
> > 
> > 
> >With kind regards/ met vriendelijke groeten, 
> >----------------------------------------------- 
> >Jeff Tantsura 
> >CCIE #11416 
> >Senior Consultant 
> >Capgemini Nederland BV 
> >Tel: +31(0)30 689 2866 
> >Mob:+31(0)6 4588 6858 
> >Fax: +31(0)30 689 6565 
> >----------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com 
> Routing & Switching CCIE #5561 
> Technical Marketing Engineer, Catalyst 6500 
> Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com 
> IP Phone: 408-526-6759 
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