I wouldn't say Nexus is bleeding edge, it's been around for a while now! Then main drawback for me is MPLS support, but I believe it's coming.
--Daniel Holme On 4 Feb 2011, at 16:22, Mack McBride <[email protected]> wrote: > The most comparable for the 7600 is the ASR 9K but the cost differential is > significant. > > The Nexus 7000 is supposed to replace the 6500 for an aggregation switch but > the cost > and other issues (bugs and lack of XL card) has slowed adoption. > The other issues are getting sorted out which should help the 7K. > Cisco seems committed to the 6500 as a services platform. > So it is likely to be around for a long time. > > Our company tends to stay away from the bleeding edge so we are still using > the 6500/7600. > > Mack McBride > Network Architect > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Drew Weaver > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 6:12 AM > To: cisco-nsp > Subject: [c-nsp] Opinions about the next 6500/7600 > > Howdy, > > I think most folks can agree that the amount of traffic on the Internet is > being carried by 6500/7600 series gear is probably a pretty big percentage. > This is most likely mainly due to cost, density, and performance (despite > their flaws). The other nice thing about them is that they are everywhere, so > they have a good community of users. > > What new platform from Cisco or whomever do you think is, or will become the > "next 6500/7600" in terms of how many companies are going to use them, > performance, cost, density? I don't have any hard numbers to back this up > (aside from earnings numbers from Cisco) but I'm guessing the number of Nexus > 7000s replacing 6500s has been pretty disappointing to Cisco. > > So is the 6500 = Nexus 7000 and the 7600 = ASR 9K or does the flow chart skew? > > thanks, > -Drew > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
