[c-nsp] Is a 6500 still the best choice?

Tony Varriale tvarriale at comcast.net
Tue Apr 26 21:46:34 EDT 2011


On 4/26/2011 9:23 AM, Leigh Harrison wrote:
>
> Main feature we use is MPLS
Which MPLS feature(s)?
> and we need 10G port density
How dense?  What's your business?
> Is a 6500 still the best bang for your buck or does the lack of anything
> over 10G ports hold it back?
If you need truly dense 10g, the 6500 isn't going to cut it.  It appears 
the Sup2T will be out this year sometime (yeah yeah I know I've heard it 
too for the last 3 years).  That will get you 80g/slot.

Also, what's your timeframe for eval to implementation?

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