I think this is the result of competing BUs - no cohesive product strategy, instead lots of groups trying to maximize profit out of existing/new products.
That's why you have IOS/ION/IOS-XE/IOS-XR/NX-OS... Tim:> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Christian MacNevin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am I the only one that's getting a bit wary of Cisco crowding their own > product space? > > I guess it looks like they're trying to draw complete distinctions between > their enterprise space and their carrier > space, but who's ever really respected that distinction? Even if they do, > the carrier I guess is doing ok by getting > XR everywhere, but the typical enterprise is going to run a combination of > 3500/3750, 2800/3800, 6500, 7600 > and ASR1000s, right? So five different groups of platforms with five > distinct feature sets and code bases. Not to > mention any 'legacy' stuff you're running out there. > > God help anybody who deployed 7300s. > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Julio Arruda <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >wrote: > > > Kevin Graham wrote: > > > >> > >> > >>> Runs IOS XR, while the recent ASR 1000 series runs IOS XE? Consistency > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>> would be nice. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> ...or atleast call this a CRS-2 or something. I'm still crossing my > >> fingers > >> that there's a master plan for consistency (or alternatively, clear > >> differentiation) between XR/XE/12.2SX/12.2SR/NX-OS. > >> > >> > >> > >>> Re-uses the RSP nomenclature, just recently put to bed in the 7500 > >>> series. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> Nope, 7600 already revived it (RSP720). I don't see reference to line > >> cards, > >> but the photos look like ES40's, which finally gives some credibility to > >> the > >> 6500/7600 split (where new linecards are shared between ASR9000 and > 7600). > >> > >> > > I somewhat doubt this is the case..at least from what I can imagine... > > This would imply in the ASR9k cards being able to talk with the 7600 > > backplane, that I understand, is quite distinct from the CRS-1 ? Isn't > > the ASR9000 based of the CRS-1 hardware ? > > Isn't the ASR 9000 based of the CRS-1 Metro packet processors also, > > while the packet crunching on the 7600 is based of the EARL, and on the > > ASR 1000 is based on the QFP ? > > I can't seem to find details on the cards on the ASR 9000, but, just > > making some wild guess here.. > > (of course, Cisco has been quite effective in getting a clear separation > > from control plane to forwarding plane, and IOS-XR sure already runs on > > another completely distinct box, the 12K-XR, so, maybe the 7600 will > > gain from the ASR 9000 'revamp'). > > > > _______________________________________________ > >> cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > >> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
