[c-nsp] 100G Switch

[Tim Stevenson]

At 02:20 AM 2/28/2008 +0800, Mark Tinka observed:
>On Thursday 28 February 2008, Tim Stevenson wrote:
>
> > To clarify, this chassis is 80G per slot *ready* (as are
> > all the E chassis versions) - but there is no 80G/slot
> > fabric shipping today.
>
>Okay, this clarifies my earlier-posted doubts.
>
>My guess is folk would be more inclined to assume
>80Gbps/slot is supported by the switch fabric today, if
>that information is posted on www.cisco.com.
>
>I see the vagueness in "... provides capabilities to support
>system bandwidth capacity (80 Gbps per slot) up to...", but
>then again... :-).

>It would be nice to know why Cisco don't simply put out a
>100Gbps/slot switch fabric, regardless of the current
>802.3ba status.

We have (or will shortly - launched, but not shipping) - the Nexus 
7000 has 230G per slot capacity. The initially shipping 10G card can 
leverage 80G of that, but the initially shipping fabric will scale to 
support much higher capacity LCs in the future, including 100G.

HTH,
Tim


>Mark.
>



Tim Stevenson, tstevens at cisco.com
Routing & Switching CCIE #5561
Technical Marketing Engineer, Data Center BU
Cisco Systems, http://www.cisco.com
IP Phone: 408-526-6759
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