[c-nsp] EOS/EOL for the 7500 platform

[Tim Durack]

Boss: "What do you mean feature x / hardware y isn't supported on our
new $100K Cisco?"

Me: "Well, we bought the switch, not the router"

Nice.

On 12/15/06, John.Herbert at ins.com <John.Herbert at ins.com> wrote:
> I gather from what my Cisco rep was telling me recently that (as Jared
> indicates) the difference is - and will be - in the software. The BU
> that owns the 7600 code is planning to head in a somewhat different
> direction (i.e. SP focus) than the 6500 (more Enterprise focused). I'm
> told that 7600 software will not run on 6500, and vice versa.
>
> And yes, about time the 7500 took a jump. ;-)
>
> John.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jared Mauch
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:41 PM
> To: Tim Durack
> Cc: Cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] EOS/EOL for the 7500 platform
>
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 02:27:30PM -0500, Tim Durack wrote:
> > The replacement options are interesting:
> >
> > "The Cisco 7600 Series Router with Supervisor 720 is a scalable
> > solution offering IPv4, IPv6, and advanced MPLS and VPLS services in
> > hardware."
> >
> > "The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch with Supervisor 720 is a
> > scalable solution offering IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS services in hardware."
> >
> > As far as I was aware, MPLS support is identical on either platorm at
> present.
> > Is this the start of 6500/7600 being targeted for different markets?
> >
> > Cisco really need to make this clear - at the moment it is difficult
> > to determine what hardware/software functionality is going to be
> > available on these two platforms moving forward.
>
>        They're the same platform, just two different BUs that are
> fighting for your dollars selling the same bits.  Currently they're both
> earl7 so you will see the same limits.  The only difference is software.
> We'll see how well the fight goes in the new year.
>
>        At least they're finally killing the 7500.  It's been needed for
> a long time.
>
>        - Jared
>
> --
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> mine.
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