[c-nsp] Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module (CGESM) fortheHPBladeSystem

[nick.nauwelaerts at thomson.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Olav Langeland
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 03:58 PM
> To: lists at hojmark.org; Danielsen.Peter Christian PED; 
> cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module 
> (CGESM) fortheHPBladeSystem
> 
> I agree 100% regarding the comments about CGESM. If price is 
> acceptable
> they are overall a better choice than GBE/GBE2, and especially good if
> you are using them in a Cisco environment. They are basically Cisco
> Catalyst switches, just funny looking and inside a HP Blade 
> enclosure :)

I've got one of them here at the moment for a test setup. Quite nice for
what I've seen of them, based on some ios 12.2.25S image. I am bugged by
the fact that I have to download the images from HP instead of cisco,
but whatever.

Still waiting on the other 3 for our final setup, I'd like to know what
the connection between the 2 CGESMs can be used for. As for now the 4
gigabit uplinks bundled also provide us with plenty of bandwidth. And
most important, no cable mess.

// nick