[c-nsp] sup2t XL with non XL linecards

[Randy]

--- On Thu, 11/22/12, Aled Morris <aledm at qix.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Aled Morris <aledm at qix.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] sup2t XL with non XL linecards
> To: ". ." <raincity23 at cosmo.com>
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Date: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 4:05 PM
> On 22 November 2012 21:49, . . <raincity23 at cosmo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > This doesn't seem possible as there are no 10g line
> cards with a CFC that
> > can
> > also be used for VSL (only option seems to be the
> WS-X6704-10GE, but can't
> > be
> > used in vsl link for some reason).
> >
> >
> >
> That's true.  Cisco don't want 10G line card
> port-to-port forwarding to hit
> the fabric since this exposes the limitations (age) of the
> 6500, hence they
> only have DFC for 10G.

Not true... the 6704's (XENPAKs) are CFC by default. the 6708 (X2) are DFC by default since ports are over-subscribed 2:1 even on the 65xx-E

> 
> Once you get into multiple-10G and full routing tables you
> are stretching
> the old 6500.  You should really be looking at ASR9k.
> 
> Aled
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