[c-nsp] 100G Switch

Dino Farinacci dino at cisco.com
Wed Feb 27 14:08:59 EST 2008


> Does this mean Cisco are positioning the Nexus 7010 (and
> other forthcoming models in the series) as a replacement of
> the 6500 for a pure Layer 2 control plane application that
> is looking beyond 40Gbps/slot and/or 80Gbps/slot, e.g.,
> high speed core Ethernet switching within a single site?

Nope, the Cat6K has many more applications. Here are some differences  
between the two platforms:

1) Cat6K is <= 80G, N7000 >= 80G per slot
2) Cat6K does POE, N7000 does not
3) Cat6k does not do Fibre Channel, N7000 can and is designed to from  
day-1
4) Cat6k has the feature-rich IOS, N7000 has NX-OS which has Data  
Center targeted features. NX-OS is fully modular designed in day-1.
5) Cat6k will support more blade options than N7000
6) Cat6k used for 1GE density, N7000 for 10GE density.

There are many more, but this gives you an idea.

Dino



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