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

[Andrew Miehs]

On 13/06/2012, at 11:01 PM, Reuben Farrelly wrote:

> 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?) ;)

We have the same requirement - basically a 4500 with MPLS would have been great - but I don't think it will happen - so looks like we are stuck with 6500s or looking at alternate vendors...

Andrew