[c-nsp] Anyone used the C6800-32P10G-XL cards yet?

jay young j1010y at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 09:33:50 EST 2016


We have been using them for a little over a year. Make sure you are running 152-1.SY1a or later if you are running MPLS. We ran into a bug with ethernet padding but since it was identified and fixed the cards have been have been working great.

Jay

> On Feb 19, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Nick Cutting <ncutting at edgetg.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I've got 2 of the 16 port ones (similarly oversubscribed)
> - But I need to be on super latest SUP2T version to get the module recognized. Will be upgrading IOS this week, Ill let you know how they go
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Hunter Fuller
> Sent: 19 February 2016 19:16
> To: Peter Kranz
> Cc: cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Anyone used the C6800-32P10G-XL cards yet?
> 
> We are currently using the WS-X6904-40G card which is 2:1 oversubscribed. We use many of ours with FourX adapters, which let you put four 10Gbase interfaces on a 40Gbase CFP slot.
> 
> I am totally stoked about the 32 port 10Gbase card because it will be similarly oversubscribed but with double the port density.
> 
> I'd also love to hear any reason I might be about to shoot myself in the foot. ;)
> 
> --
> Hunter Fuller
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> 
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Peter Kranz <pkranz at unwiredltd.com> wrote:
>> Anyone used the C6800-32P10G-XL cards yet? Seems like a no brainer 
>> replacement for the WS-X6908-10G card at almost the identical price 
>> point, but double the fabric bandwidth (160G vs 80G) if you upgrade to 
>> a 6807-XL chassis.
>> 
>> Peter Kranz
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>> 
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