[c-nsp] x6148 vs. x6548

[M Callahan]

We have several 3560G switches deployed as access switches in a small data
center environment.  With the increased use of Gig at the access layer, the
notion of using EtherChannel to get increased uplink bandwidth back to a
WS-X6548-GE is something we've been discussing recently too.  As has been
discussed, this won't work the way we'd like it to due to the over
subscription design of the X6548. That said, would an EtherChannel setup
between the SFP ports on the 3560G and a X6516-GBIC card in the 6509 have
any similar type of limitation, or would it work to acheive the increased
uplink bandwidth?

Also, is the only difference between the WS-X6516-GBIC and the
WS-X6516A-GBIC the per port buffer size?


Thanks,

Mike