The 6500 definitely has a continuing niche. The N7K platform is definitely going to start stealing thunder from the 6500. It still lacks features as the 6500 is 10 years ahead in development. The VSS functionality in the 6500 is finally beyond bleeding edge. The 7K still is not as mature but is getting there.
I am not so certain where the 7600 leads unless they remerge the two Business Units. The ASR9K is much more scalable and the cost differential on the nicer blades is low. The 7600 is less 'bleeding edge' so 7600s will probably be deployed for some time. In theory the 6500 could continue for a long time. But I think the goal is to turn it into a services platform. Mack -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Hilliard Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 5:39 AM To: Kevin Graham Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [c-nsp] sup2T software & release notes have hit On 20/07/2011 16:53, Kevin Graham wrote: > [...] given that it's game over for the 6500. The C6500 is just a chassis which has a back-plane with particular electrical characteristics and which runs a particular line of software with a certain degree of continuity and growth. There's no reason that Cisco couldn't keep it going forever. Nick _______________________________________________ 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/
