[c-nsp] DFC-3C vs DFC-3CXL

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Tue Jan 27 02:59:52 EST 2009


Marlon Duksa wrote:
> Ok. Thanks. This is what I wanted to know. I was aware of the difference in
> scaling numbers and the ability to allocate space for mpls labels, IPv4
> routes...What I was confused about was the price difference (List Price) -
> which is up to $US 60K (for ES+40) cards between the two versions (non-XL
> and XL). It's very odd that such a big discrepancy in price is coming from
> the size of the TCAM.Thanks,

It's a marketing thing. If you need a full internet routing table (which 
the non-XL PFC/DFC can no longer hold) you must be a "provider" and 
willing to pay provider prices, right?


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