[c-nsp] Nexus 7000

[Tim Durack]

I'll wait and see (we already placed our order for 6509s and VS-S720s.)

Interesting to see Cisco going back to separate fabrics and dual
supervisors with ISSU. No mention of "VSS" after they've been talking
it up recently. Nice if they can make it all work reliably.

Tim:>

On Jan 31, 2008 3:08 PM, Tom Sands <tsands at rackspace.com> wrote:
> Would you really trust dual sups in the Nexus any more than you can
> trust dual sups in a 6500?  You're not required to buy 2 chassis with
> the 6500, that would be a personal or design choice.
>
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> Tim Durack wrote:
> > I'm sure you could subtract 30-40% for the usual discount. Plus you
> > may only need one chassis instead of the usual two 6500s for a
> > redundant setup. That brings it back within reach perhaps.
> >
> > Tim:>
> >
> > On Jan 31, 2008 11:45 AM, Alex Howells <alex at bytemark.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Tom Sands wrote:
> >>> N7K-C7010  10 Slot Chassis, No Power Supplies, Fans Included  $20,000
> >> ... plus all the other bits you want....  [snipped]
> >>
> >> So basically a "entry level" one of these is around $200,000 then?
> >> Subtract a wedge if you only want a single supervisor, add on another
> >> chunk for extra line cards and multiple SFP+'s to do 10Gig?
> >>
> >> Seems rather bloody expensive. Maybe that's just me. *shrug*
> >>
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