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

[Reuben Farrelly]

I have a requirement for a 1G/10G access switch also for a meet-me room 
project I am working on, and the 4500-X ticks all the boxes - except for 
the MPLS capability.  The lack of this feature means I will likely have 
to backhaul data back to an MPLS capable switch or an ASR1k in another 
location.

I don't need a unit which can handle 24x10G (240G) of sustained 
throughput but I do need to plan for a handful of 10G handoffs which may 
do 2 or 3 Gbps in the near future.  Two 10G uplink ports isn't enough, 
and the 7600 platform looks to be ridiculously expensive for this sort 
of thing (not to mention space and power requirements).

A cross between a 4500-X and ME3600X/ME3800X would be an absolutely 
killer box.  Then again, I guess that would involve Enterprise and 
Service Provider BU's within Cisco talking (Gert?) ;)

Reuben


On 13/06/2012 10:44 PM, Andrew Miehs wrote:
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> On 13/06/2012, at 22:00, scott owens <scottowens12 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>
>
>> With an SFP+ ZR optic this can do just about anything an X2 or XenPak
>> 6704/6708/6716 could do.
>
>
> Except mpls :(
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