[c-nsp] Cat6500 Sup1440

[Buhrmaster, Gary]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Arnold Nipper
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:47 PM
> To: Justin M. Streiner
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Cat6500 Sup1440

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> The backplane is passive. Upgrading the SFM will do the trick.
...

I would expect there are limits to the existing "passive"(*)
design which would require some signficant rework/rethink for
the generation after the Sup1440 (or whatever they will be
called) if that next-next generation takes the leap in
performance we will all then expect (something like line
rate 10Gb/sec on some mythical 48 port card - A Sup7800?).

Gary

(*) Nothing entirely passive.