[c-nsp] New Catalyst 6k chassis

[Aled Morris]

7700 seems to be a very different beast from the existing 7000 too.  No
hardware in common it seems.

Aled


On 26 June 2013 20:10, Gert Doering <gert at greenie.muc.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 04:38:16PM +0100, Phil Mayers wrote:
> > >Can someone confirm rumors about the new Catalyst 6k chassis ?
> > >The new Catalyst 6807-XL chassis will be able to scale up to 220-880Gbps
> > >per slot with feature linecards/sup. The chassis will be compatible with
> > >the current SUP2T supervisor.
> >
> > These are on the website now, for the curious.
>
> Doesn't particularily satisfy my curiousity :-) - the 6807XL so far is
> "just a new chassis for -2T line cards", as there's no ultra-high-speed
> supervisor or line card yet.  Marketing this as "investment protection"
> for brand new 2T stuff is... interesting, though.
>
> Makes me wonder, though, which platform will survive in the end - 6500
> (with 6800 included), 7600, Nexus 7k, or ASR9k...  with 3-4 different OSes
> as well.
>
> gert
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