[cisco-voip] VoIP Lab WS-6608X blade

[Jeff Garvas]

Sorry I should have been more clear.   I'm building out a CCIE lab and
trying to follow that blueprint for a handful of people here to use the
equipment to prepare to take the lab exam.   This isn't for production use
at all.

There are some labs that use the 6608X for a conference bridge, a gateway,
and to register its DSP resources with Call Manager.  They seem simple but
I'm doing my best to build the lab out entirely.   I guess based on what I
originally thought and what your'e saying about the CMM blades I'm better
off trying to find a 6608X someone might not be using and willing to
trade/swap or sell.

-Jeff


On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

>  The 6608 blades are EOL. If you are looking at learning new stuff, I'd
> stick with ISRs. You could probably get a CMM but I'm not sure they're any
> more long term than the 6608s. I don't think they've been EOL'd but I
> wouldn't be surprised with the limited memory etc. If you look at the cost
> of outfitting a Catalyst switch with CMM blades it's much more expensive
> than a bunch of VG224s and an ISR. And that's not including the chasis
> either.
>
> The only thing the 6608s blades were great for was that you could configure
> each individually for a seperate cluster. The only way you can do that with
> ISRs or CMMs as far as I know is to use H323 gateways. Then again, people
> are moving towards H323 gateways and away from MGCP for a number of reasons
> too. Which is another reason they 6608 blade might not serve you well.
>
> Lelio
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Jeff Garvas <jeff at cia.net>
> *To:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Sent:* Monday, September 08, 2008 9:04 AM
> *Subject:* [cisco-voip] VoIP Lab WS-6608X blade
>
>
> I've been working on building out a VoIP lab and I have about 95% of the
> hardware.  The blueprint calls for a 6608X blade which is no longer
> available unless you can find one used.
>
> I'm looking for opinions from those of you who may have begun studying the
> lab.  Would it make sense to hunt one of these down used or to use the
> recommended replacement cards?     I'm thinking finding a used card might be
> more economical.
>
> In fact, if anyone has a 6608X blade available that they'd like to trade I
> have a other blades available I could swap in a trade.  All I ask is that it
> works.  If you're interested in a swap contact me off list.
>
> -Jeff
>
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