[c-nsp] Cisco 7600 Vs Cisco 6500

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Alex Rubenstein wrote:

>> And yes, the business unit cites the 7600 as being able to do what the
>> 7200/7500 does, including taking most PAs (if you have the right
>> linecards, but that's true to for any platform).
>
> Phooey.
>
> FlexWAN stinks, and the 6500/7600 can't do a bunch of stuff that the 7500 can 
> (L2TPv3, L2TPv3/Martini interworking, etc.). The 6500/7600 makes an elite 
> packet pusher (gigs and gigs and gigs -- I know of sup2/msfc2 boxes doing 10 
> gigs and not really complaining), but is seriously lacking in features for 
> the whacky stuff that some SP's do; the 7200/7500 fills this gap, but at 
> speeds of 100 megs or less.

Well, you got me there. We don't do L2TP at all, I see tunnels over IP for 
bulk packet path as inherently flawed way of doing business. Much more 
expensive than just routing them.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se