[c-nsp] New Catalyst 6k chassis

Scott Voll svoll.voip at gmail.com
Thu Jun 27 12:20:44 EDT 2013


Per the cisco live session I was in... I believe it's layer three was
160gbps....  I'm not pushing anything close so it works well for us.   6k's
could be an option but the push factor is that they don't have the FC. Or
unified ports.

For us the 5548ups work great.

Ymmv

Scott

On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, Jeff Kell wrote:

> On 6/26/2013 11:10 PM, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> > It just seems like the new 6k is positioned to poach prospective
> > customers from the (arguably) higher-margin Nexus 7k product line.
>
> Now that you mention the "N-word" I have to ask (as we're looking into a
> deployment)...  how much of it is ready for prime time, and feature
> compatible with the Catalysts?
>
> I've been nudged toward the 5K series, but have heard the L3 version
> isn't ready for prime time (oversubscribed L3 module).
>
> I've been pointed at the 6K series, but somewhat amused by the 40G
> "splits" to 10G...
>
> We've only casually looked at the 7K... beyond our immediate budget.
>
> We are currently a 6500-based shop for Core and Border, FWIW.
>
> Jeff
>
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