[c-nsp] Discussion with 6500/7600 Sup Modules

[Volodymyr Yakovenko]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 09:41:14AM -0700, Dan Lockwood wrote:
>I'm surfing through Software Advisor on CCO and do not see the Sup32
>listed as an option.  Is it still too new?  Since it has a built in
>MSFC2 can I assume that I has similar routing support, OSPF, etc to the
>720?

IOS (and routing) support is not yet released for SUP32.

>Thanks,
>Dan 
>
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>[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of David Sinn
>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:28 AM
>To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
>Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Discussion with 6500/7600 Sup Modules
>
>The Sup2 with DFC's will only support the quoted (marketing math) 256Gb
>if you have the fabric module installed.
>
>Effectively the Sup2 and Sup32 are equivalent baring three things:
>
>1)  The Sup2 does support the addition of the Switch Fabric Module
>2)  The Sup2 has a PFC2 while the Sup32 has the PFC3B/BXL.
>3)  The Sup2 has the option of the MSFC2 while the Sup32 includes a
>MSFC2
>
>Since the Sup2 without a fabric operates in the same mode as a Sup32, so
>they both have the same throughput capability of (marketing math) 32Gb.
>The primary functional difference is the features on the PFC, so I would
>suggest looking into the PFC3B's feature set to see if that more aligns
>with what you want to accomplish.
>
>David
>
>On Apr 21, 2005, at 8:41 AM, Dan Lockwood wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We are in the process of purchasing several new 6500/7600 devices for 
>> a network overhaul and I have a few questions about the practical 
>> application of the different supervisors.  For core devices we want to
>
>> run the new SUP720, my confusion is for the access layer.  We have a 
>> large campus and data center that will be upgraded.  The Sup1 is old 
>> and I wont buy that.  That leaves me with the Sup2, Sup32 and 720.
>> According to Cisco the New Sup32 only supports 32Gb while the Sup2 /w 
>> DFC supports 256Gb.  Is this correct or am I misunderstanding 
>> something?
>> So the two questions I'm struggling with are 1) should I push L3 
>> capabilities to the access switches and 2) What supervisor/series of 
>> line cards (2A, 32, 720) should I consider?
>>
>> Any other important issues I have failed to consider?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
>>
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Regards,
Volodymyr.