[c-nsp] Small PE L3 Switches ?

[Mark Zipp]

On 14/09/06, sthaug at nethelp.no <sthaug at nethelp.no> wrote:
> > > 3750 and 3750-metro are very much different hardware.
> >
> > That's not the news I was hoping to hear.  Thanks for the info though
> > Gert.
>
> Part of the Cisco strategy of confusing the customer as much as
> possible. That's why you have
>
> - 3750 and 3750 Metro being two completely different hw platforms,
>   even if the names are similar
> - 3560 and 3750 being mostly the same hw platform, modulo stacking,
>   even if the names are differrnt
> - 3560 and 3550 again being different hw platforms
> and for an earlier example,
> - 2948 and 2948G-L3 having basically nothing in common
>

And of course, the 6500/7600 switch/router, being the same hardware
(I'm not absolutely sure though yet), which, when it has a 6500 badge
on it, but you're using it as a router, you're never quite sure if you
should call it a 6500 or 7600 in conversation with the TAC (and it
seems, neither are they) !

Oh for the days of models such as AGS, IGS, MGS ...

Regards,
Mark.