[c-nsp] new 8-port 10 G bade

[Jared Mauch]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:04:38PM -0400, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 
> > 	Btw, these cards are overscribed, only the 2x20G to the
> > fabric.  So you can really only expect 40G out of them, not 80G.
> >
> > 	It's not a solution to the lack of 100G, sorry :(
> 
> Yeah, I thought there was a catch to it.  That's also why our Cisco rep 
> is chomping at the bit to sell us more 6500-Es, I guess :)

	I think it's critically important for folks to continue to ask
Cisco (and your other vendors) for a 100GE solution.  IEEE process is a
bit odd, so could possibly stall.  If that's the case, us "nsp-types"
may need to band together and have a SP nonstandard 100GE bakeoff.

	- Jared

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