[c-nsp] 7600 updates

[Tassos Chatzithomaoglou]

Mohacsi Janos wrote on 06/01/2011 19:14:
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> On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, MKS wrote:
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>>>>> 100G can be expected in 2011 (or early 2012) for ASR9K and Nexus 
>>>>> 7000.
>>>>> AFAIK you cannot expect 40G for 7600.
>>
>> Are there any (public) reasons given for not offering 40G for 7600?
>
> My assumption is the following:
> - sup720/rsp720 series backplane connectivity capacity is 40Gbps
> - there is no known plan from Cisco to have bigger capacity supervisor 
> for 76xx.
> - Probably not economical to develop 1 port 40GE card
If i remember right, a 4x40G card (oversubscribed) is under 
consideration for the 6500/Sup2T.
Also, Nexus will get 6x40G and 2x100G cards, non-oversubscribed.

--
Tassos
> - If you need router like capabilities Cisco pushes you to go for 
> ASR9K - Comparing pricewise 76xx with ES cards and ASR9K with low 
> queue cards there is not much difference.
>
> Best Regards,
>         Janos
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