If the price is the same, I don't see the cause for further debate. Why would you not purchase the newer, yet still compatible gear, for future better performance and longer support life?
>>> Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/22/08 08:33 AM >>> On Thursday 21 February 2008, Dirk-Jan van Helmond wrote: > The 3CXL will work with a Sup720/3BXL, but will > (ofcourse) operate in 3BXL mode. no disadvantage (except > financially). Actually, the price of a DFC-3BXL and DFC-3CXL is exactly the same. We bought a couple for our 6500/SUP720-3BXL's (not that we'll gain much from them, but then again, 96,000 MAC addresses is a lot more than we intend to hold at this time, e.t.c.). If it's any consolation, I suppose the benefit with using a DFC-3CXL card in a SUP720-3BXL-driven switch means you can re-use the WS-X67xx line card the DFC-3CXL is accelerating in a *-3CXL-driven router, e.g., the 7600, or when you upgrade your 6500's switch fabric to a SUP720-3CXL. Cheers, Mark. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
