> With the new LCs yes, it will scale >10Gbit/s, as the new switch > fabric will offer more than 40Gbit/s per slot. Wait for it, don't > go insane right now :)
The "fabric" (and this is a EE joke regarding the weave of the PCB glass fiber determining the dielectric properties that determine the capability of the interconnect speeds) of even the E chassis indicates that the 6500 is not going to be a major platform for the 100Gb/sec future we want. Point solutions will no doubt exist (remember the single port 10Gb/sec card (really 8Gb/sec) for the 6500 SFM platform?), but Mark is right about future insanity. That does not mean the Cat6500 does not have a long future. So did (does) the Cat5000 (still have one in some corner running a L2 only function that was supposed to get replaced RSN some time ago.) Gary _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
