[c-nsp] sup2t -- where the deets' at?

[Drew Weaver]

Perhaps it is the 'Duke Nukem Forever' disease where the product's ship date has slipped so many times that the underlying technology becomes outdated and must be refreshed, and then it slips again and the technology needs to be refreshed again and this cycle just keeps continuing because they aren't focusing enough resources on getting it out into the marketplace in a timely manner.

-Drew


-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 3:16 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] sup2t -- where the deets' at?

On Sunday 30 May 2010 01:22:33 am Nick Hilliard wrote:

> The sup-2t is horrendously late, and really ought to have  been 
> delivered several years ago.  Its late delivery has  left the 65k/76k 
> product line in a position where they  have been eclipsed by the 
> competition in terms of both  raw throughput and 10G chassis density.  
> The 65k/76k  series does lots of things really well, just not 10G.

Oh, but don't forget - if you want a current switching platform that can handle the density and bandwidth, you'll be pointed to the Nexus 7000.

And before you start yelling that the 6500 does more IP and MPLS than most folk will do on a Nexus 7000 series today, you'll be pointed to yet another platform, the ASR9000.

Don't you just love it :-).

Mark.