[c-nsp] 6513s and 6700 series blades

[Eric Cables]

Thanks for the link.

Just to clarify, I didn't think he was "lying" to me, which is pretty
harsh.  I simply wanted a document stating what you've quoted, which
he did not provide.  Do you always believe everything your SE tells
you? :-)

Thanks,

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:04 AM,  <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I have been told by our Cisco SE that the 6748 blade will not function
>> in blades 1-8, but I wanted to confirm whether that was true.  The
>
> why would they lie to you?   you can read from the horses mouth
> if you really want to eg
>
> http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/solution/dcidg21.pdf
>
>
> page 44  (section 3 - part 4)
>
> with a nice diagram too
>
> quote (from cisco document)
>
> "When a Cisco Catalyst 6513 is used, the dual channel cards, such as the 6704-4 port 10GigE, the 6708-
> 8 port 10GigE, and the 6748-48 port SFP/copper line cards can be placed only in slots 9 to 13. The single
> channel line cards such as the 6724-24 port SFP/copper line cards can be used in slots 1 to 8. The Sup720
> uses slots 7 and 8, which are single channel 20G fabric attached. In contrast to the 6513, the 6509 has
> fewer available slots but can support dual channel modules in all slots because each slot has dual
> channels to the switch fabric."
>
> alan
>



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Eric Cables