[c-nsp] New Catalyst 6k chassis

[Chris Welti]

For those interested in the technical details, the slides for BRKARC-3486 are up at:
http://t.co/ZncyGrhHX9

Slide 24 seems to indicate that the current Sup2T can support 440G/slot using higher clock frequencies for the fabric connections and 4 instead of 2 fabric connections per linecard.
I guess the magic number 880G/slot can be achieved using two parallel sup2T in one chassis simultanously (in analogy to the ASR9K line).
Of course that still needs new linecards, to make any use of it. I'm hoping for a 4x100GE line-rate card by Spring 2014.

Chris

Am 6/26/13 9:10 PM, schrieb Gert Doering:
> 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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