The whole 6700 and then 6900 series of cards makes sense for an ISP that already heavily uses 6500 chassis/power supplies/fantrays and has dozens of sup720 based nodes in production... Or even a lot of old 6506e with sup32 to upgrade. It's an obvious and less complicated upgrade path.
But I would not choose it as a new solution (or "new used/refurb") if I was shopping for a new router platform to use for the next half decade. They're working with the limitations of a backplane and cooling design from 15 years ago. It is amazing that the sup2t+6900 combo can do what it does when you look at the platform's origin not as a router but as a pure L2 Ethernet switch (sup1a, etc). On Feb 29, 2016 2:57 PM, "Peter Kranz" <[email protected]> wrote: > The sup6t comes out in a few weeks.. and these cards work fine with a > sup720, or sup2t.. once the sup6t is available, I would expect the other > two cards to be worth almost nothing. > > > > Also use the 6807-xl chassis now if you want 100g capabilities. > > > > > *Peter Kranz*www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> > Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 > Mobile: 510-207-0000 > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Eric Kuhnke > *Sent:* Monday, February 29, 2016 1:53 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] 40G > > > > Though you need the whole platform to go with them, a pair of sup2t > routing engines are not cheap. At least the chassis is. The 6500 will never > die. > > On Feb 29, 2016 10:46 AM, "Peter Kranz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > These cards are a steal... > > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cisco-WS-X6904-40G-2T-4-Port-40G-Fiber-Module-w-DFC4-1-Year-Warranty-/271954878441?hash=item3f51c61fe9:g:KDsAAOSw9N1VylhW > > > > > *Peter Kranz*www.UnwiredLtd.com <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> > Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 > Mobile: 510-207-0000 > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Saturday, February 27, 2016 8:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] 40G > > > > For those of you that have looked at 40G, what are your thoughts on the > hardware available? I'm looking at primarily switching, though something > that does VPLS, CE or similar features would be nice. Something with TRILL > or a TRILL derivative would be nice too. > > I'm not talking Juniper MX scale. Light on power is one of the biggest > priorities. > > It doesn't need to have a million ports, either. I do like the Nexus 9k > that we've got, but in some areas, something with more functionality would > be nice. > > I'm perfectly aware that what I want feature wise may not be available > cost wise. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > >
