On 2009-11-26 14:45, Julio Arruda wrote:
I'm curious, what is the difference ? I remember the debate (bridge x switch) in another generation... Is the N7K is a hard-coded-can't-change forwarding glue (EARL8 at that) platform, TCAM based, hence the 'switch' term ? Or in the feature set (control-plane ? forwarding-plane ?)
As Roland already pointed out, the forwarding plane is similiar - EARL8 is the logic and it is common for Sup2T and N7K current generation of Sup. There's difference (big one) in the way switch fabric is built, and there's also a difference in the way control plane operates - different hardware behind the CLI for 6500 (even with Sup2T) and the one you find in N7K. -- "Everything will be okay in the end. | Łukasz Bromirski If it's not okay, it's not the end. | http://lukasz.bromirski.net _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
