[c-nsp] 6500 vs 7600

Robert Blayzor rblayzor at inoc.net
Tue Aug 8 21:50:35 EDT 2006


chris-lists at pipelinewireless.us wrote:
> I'm trying to help a customer of ours choose which way to go - integrated,
> unified device for L2/L3 (i.e. 6500) or separate L2 and L3 devices (i.e.
> 3750 or the likes and 7600).  They are planning on being a mostly Ethernet
> shop, with most of their connections at the 100/1000Mb level.


They're physically the same box.  The only difference is the actual
badging on the chassis and the fact that the 7600's come shipped with
native IOS installed, and the 6500 SP still ship with hybrid installed
(I believe).

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