[c-nsp] 10GE card for 7609

[Paul Stewart]

I don't have the spec sheets handy but I do believe though that the 6708 is
1:2 oversubscribed though correct?  The 6704 is 1:1 if that's important to
the application....

Paul


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[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gergely Antal
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:55 AM
To: Eric Gauthier
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Subject: Re: [c-nsp] 10GE card for 7609

And also keep in mind that WS-X6708-10GE is a true line-rate card...

Eric Gauthier wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> I'm not sure if you have other 10g links, but keep in mind that Cisco 
> has (at least) two 10g optics - Xenpak and X2 - that are not
intercompatible.
> I believe that the 6704-10ge uses Xenpak and the 6708-10gE, which is 
> the "same" card but with 8 ports, uses X2.  If everything else you do 
> is X2, it might make sense to jump up to the 8 port card to prevent 
> yourself from having to buy/spare two types of optics.
> 
> Eric :)
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 02:41:12AM -0700, Mark Tech wrote:
>> Hi
>> I have a prospect for a 10G upstream customer and Upstream ISP
connections. I would need to connect these into our 7609s running RSP
720-3CXL's, at the moment I have found that the WS-X6704-10GE card may be
suitable.
>>
>> My technical requirements are:
>> 10Gbps line rate
>> IPv4
>> Able to handle full Internet routing table Potentially IPv6 and MPLS 
>> in the future
>>
>> With the WS-X6704-10GE, there seems to be several options that are
available with it i.e.
>>
>> Memory Option: 
>> MEM-XCEF720-256M
>> Catalyst 6500 256MB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx interface, DFC3A) 
>> MEM-XCEF720-512M Cat 6500 512MB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx interface, 
>> DFC3A/DFC3B) MEM-XCEF720-1GB Catalyst 6500 1GB DDR, xCEF720 (67xx 
>> interface, DFC3BXL)
>>
>> ====================================================
>> Distributed Forwarding Card Option
>>
>> WS-F6700-CFC
>> Catalyst 6500 Central Fwd Card for WS-X67xx modules WS-F6700-DFC3B 
>> Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card, 256K Routes for WS-X67xx WS-F6700-DFC3A 
>> Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card for WS-X67xx modules WS-F6700-DFC3BXL 
>> Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card- 3BXL, for WS-X67xx WS-F6700-DFC3C 
>> Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card for WS-X67xx modules WS-F6700-DFC3CXL 
>> Catalyst 6500 Dist Fwd Card- 3CXL, for WS-X67xx
>>
>> I assume that I would need MEM-XCEF720-1GB and WS-F6700-DFC3CXL?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>       
>>
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