[c-nsp] Lightstream Alternative

[Mateusz Błaszczyk]

> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 05:35:11PM +0100, Sebastian Ganschow wrote:
>> we're currently using a Cisco Lightstream ATM-Switch in one of our PoPs.
>>
>> We would like to replace the Lightstream. Our goal would be to get a
>> combination of router and ATM-Switch.
>>
>> Is there any Cisco product which could do this?
>
> No (and maybe "maybe").  There was the 8510.  Which you don't want (because
> it's end-of-everything, and even before that, it was a really bad box).
>
> Or the cat5500 with the ATM card - which effectively is a LS1010 on a
> line card for the catalyst.  But the cat5500 is end-of-everything.

Yea... That was loooong time ago...

> So - as far as I know, there is no such box from Cisco today.

I am not sure but it seems to me that some fancy SPA card in c7600
would do the local switching, wouldn't it?


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-mat