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

[John.Herbert at ins.com]

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.
 

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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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