[c-nsp] XENPAK 10GB-LW (WAN PHY)

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Tue, 30 May 2006, Emanuel Popa wrote:

> Richard,
>
> In order to use XFPs you need to aquire the following:
> - 7600-SIP-600 ($90,000)
> - SPA-OC192POS-XFP ($125,000)
> - XFP-10GLR-OC192SR ($4,000)
> - Total: $219,000
>
> If you want the XENPAK solution:
> - WS-X6704-10GE ($20,000)
> - XENPAK-10GB-LW ($15,000)
> - Total: $35,000
>
> Using XFPs seems pretty expensive. Why would anybody pay 6 times the
> price of the XENPAK solution as long as this solution would work?

What he's talking about is that there are other vendors that offer XFP 
based solutions with onboard configurable WANPHY/LANPHY (not POS) for 
$3-5k per 2*10GE linecard and $2-3k or so per XFP (LR). (I don't remember 
the exact listprice prices, it's much less than 6704+WANPHY Xenpak anyway)

So what cisco needs to do is to offer a 6704 but with XFP slots and 
LAN/WANPHY framer onboard, where the card is priced at the same price (or 
preferrably less) than the 6704.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se