[c-nsp] Cisco out of stock?

[Tassos Chatzithomaoglou]

We had the same issue, even for RMA (NBD replacements), where we had to 
wait for >2 months for an ES+ card.
2 months is the average lead time we usually get for new orders.

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Tassos

Tony Varriale wrote on 08/04/2010 19:50:
> They've had this problem across many product lines for over a year now 
> (4900, 6500, ASA, Nexus, 3560s, etc).  We keep hearing that management 
> is working on it.
>
> Unfortunately, we've already had a few customers that can't tolerate 4 
> months lead time, canceled orders and went with the competition.
>
> tv
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Bacon" 
> <bacon at walleyesoftware.com>
> To: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 9:39 AM
> Subject: [c-nsp] Cisco out of stock?
>
>
>> Word I keep running across is that Cisco is basically out of everything
>> that matters:
>> - there are no 6503 or 6504 chassis to be had without significant
>> waiting - it took a month and change for my guy to find 2 6504s, and I'm
>> very tempted to swap out a pair of 6503s (which would be foolish on my
>> part really)
>> - there are 7 6524s in stock in the entire world
>> - if you need an AC power supply for said 6524, God help you (mine came
>> in from Germany)
>> - 4900s are still going like hotcakes when you can find them
>> - my VAR is literally custom-machining rack-mount brackets for a 6504-E
>> chassis for me because there are none to be purchased anywhere in the
>> world and Cisco says June minimum
>>
>> OK so they've been caught unawares by the downturn/upturn, they cut back
>> on inventory and expected demand forecasts and now they're screwed, but
>> ye criminy!
>>
>> Is this the normal experience out there nowadays?
>>
>>
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