FabricPath needs f-Series modules on Nexus 7000. These F- series modules don't use the EARL forwarding engine (which is found on the M-Series linecards).
So in short no this won't work on EARL8. Nikhil On Jul 19, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Peter Rathlev <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-07-20 at 08:29 +1000, Lincoln Dale wrote: >> right now the hardware is using a frame format that is not that of >> what TRILL uses (and as such we're using a Cisco-defined ethertype), >> however the hardware is capable of supporting standards-based TRILL as >> and when the standard is finalised & ratified. > > Would that hardware happen be the EARL8? And would there be any chance > that us "old skool" Cat6500 guys get to share to thrill of TRILL (or > similar)? :-) > > -- > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
