[c-nsp] VS-S720-10G alternative

[Mark Tinka]

On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 02:00:38 PM scott owens wrote:

> for those of you looking at the sup720-10G or 7k ( I have
> sets of both of them as well ), take a look at Ciscos
> new 4500X 1U 10G/1G switch/router.
> 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps109
> 02/ps12332/data_sheet_c78-696791.html
> 
> I think it might not work as a multi-provider BGP
> solution but it is interesting enough that instead of a
> pair of 7009s we are going to look at this, we may even
> think about replacing one of our 7010 pairs ( VSS vs VPC
> when you only have 1 VDC  can be a fair trade ). With an
> SFP+ ZR optic this can do just about anything an X2 or
> XenPak 6704/6708/6716 could do.

Loving the 4500-X's for core switching in small- to medium-
sized PoP's.

Pitching it against Juniper's EX4500 as well.

Both support SFP and SFP+ on the same port, so makes 
upgrading to 10Gbps in the future a piece of cake.

I'm done with the large chassis for the majority of core 
switching installations :-).

Mark.
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