We did see very long lead times on a 4900M order made last October (took 4 months), but a recent order is showing 4 weeks. We will see if it starts getting bumped as the time to ship grows near :-)
Tnx Chris On Apr 8, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Jeff Bacon wrote: > Word I keep running across is that Cisco is basically out of everything > that matters: > - there are no 6503 or 6504 chassis to be had without significant > waiting - it took a month and change for my guy to find 2 6504s, and I'm > very tempted to swap out a pair of 6503s (which would be foolish on my > part really) > - there are 7 6524s in stock in the entire world > - if you need an AC power supply for said 6524, God help you (mine came > in from Germany) > - 4900s are still going like hotcakes when you can find them > - my VAR is literally custom-machining rack-mount brackets for a 6504-E > chassis for me because there are none to be purchased anywhere in the > world and Cisco says June minimum > > OK so they've been caught unawares by the downturn/upturn, they cut back > on inventory and expected demand forecasts and now they're screwed, but > ye criminy! > > Is this the normal experience out there nowadays? > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ -- Chris Griffin [email protected] Sr. Network Engineer - CCNP Phone: (352) 273-1051 CNS - Network Services Fax: (352) 392-9440 University of Florida/FLR Gainesville, FL 32611 _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
