[c-nsp] Nexus 7000

[Colin McNamara]

Yes, you have extreme reliability that is comes from San-os, but even
with the MDS you always go with an A and B fabric. 

This chassis is basically a core replacement, and an answer to the 10Gig
aggregation problems that are starting to pop up with blade centers and
high end vmware installations.  I do not think that the increased
reliability will drive a general design change from dual to single core
on a network of any decent size.

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On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 13:10 -0800, Andrew Gristina wrote:
> Yes, if it is based on the MDS.
> 
> On Jan 31, 2008 12:08 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.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Tom Sands
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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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