Wouldn’t say “never die” on the 6500’s …. Replaced a lot of hardware on them over the years ;)
Fan trays were common … used to lose the odd Supervisor card (Sup2 in the really old days, then on 7600 platform lost several 720-3BXL supervisors) … linecards, especially going back to 6148A’s – went through a TONNE of them… Not saying it’s not a great platform … it *was* a workhorse at one time … From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 4:53 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] <mailto:[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 <http://www.unwiredltd.com/> www.UnwiredLtd.com Desk: 510-868-1614 x100 Mobile: 510-207-0000 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2016 8:37 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[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 <http://www.ics-il.com/> Intelligent Computing Solutions <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> Midwest Internet Exchange <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> The Brothers WISP <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
