[c-nsp] in praise of the cat6500 Re: Flow tools

[Alessandra Forti]

Sup2T was because the Sup720 is already 6 years old and I don't know if 
it is going to last another 6 years. That's why I decided to ask on this 
thread. You all seem pretty enthusiast about it.



On 21/01/2012 00:33, Phil Mayers wrote:
> On 01/20/2012 10:11 PM, Alessandra Forti wrote:
>>
>>>> The 6[78]16 cards are only 40g. Each 4 port group has 10g. We have
>>>> some, and frankly they're a bit awkward because of this.
>>>>
>> the 6[78]16 are the only 10GBASE-T though and I'm trying to keep it 
>> simple.
>
> If you want it to last 6 years, I think buying the 6716 is the wrong 
> call.
>
> If you do buy the 6716, the sup2T is overpowered. Maybe you need the 
> new features, but you said "throughput and minimal routing", so maybe 
> not.
>
> If it were me, I would get a sup2T and 6908 linecards, and use a 
> distribution switch with fibre uplinks and 10GbaseT ports down.
>
> The Extreme x650 is a very cheap option for the latter.
>
> My advice would be to think hard about 10GbaseT restriction though.