>Sorry, I was thinking RSM and typed RSP but I don't see much of a difference
>in there functionality. I agree with Howard's description of the RSP and
>RSM. We pretty much just took a 7500 RSP and modified it to interface to
>the Catalyst bus.
>
>Jeff Humphreys
And if you _really_ want to get confused, pity me a bit when I came
to Nortel. Acronym collision with a crash. On the newer Nortel
platforms, the RSP is the forwarding engine, comparable to the Cisco
VIP, and the SSP is the management and path determination processor,
comparable to the "R" part of the Cisco RSP.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Howard C. Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 7:32 PM
>Subject: RE: Switches !!!
>
>
> > >I have to say that I'm a little confused my self!
> > >RSP "Route Switch Processor" is used by the 7500's
> > >RSM "Route Switch Module" can be used by Cat5500 for example.
> > >We have currently 7 5500's with RSM's, and I tell you it is doing all of
>the
> > >routing for us to include VLANs. Lot's of then.
> > >What I am trying to say here is that I can Route between VLAN's just fine
> > >with an RSM. I think that someone missed typed RSP with RSM.
> > >Paulo
> >
> >
> > Nahhh...
> >
> > The guts of a RSM and RSP are the same. The RSM connects to a Cat5000
> > bus and can have its own WAN interface. The RSP connects to a CBus
> > in a 7x00. There are also faster RSPs available than RSMs.
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