[c-nsp] Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module (CGESM) for the HPBladeSystem

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> Any one having experience with use of HPs CGESM module ?

I have a customer with about a dozen of them in production.

> Support isues 

Well, support is from HP, not Cisco, which can potentially be
a pain when it's a Cisco product. But I haven't actually needed
it.

> Product stability 

OK.

> Advantes 

A natural way of integrating blade switches in a Cisco network.

> disadvantes 

Software features and fixes lag behind the parent Cisco product
(~ 2970).

Price.

> recommendations 

Go with it! They're a lot better than the other two switches you
can get for the BladeSystem.

-A