I agree, the L3 card is a step back, back to the 6000 and the MSM.

  The SUPIII is like the MSFC, inter vlan x ... without having to build gig
channels and
all the BS.

  Dave

"R. Benjamin Kessler" wrote:

> I haven't seen the Sup III for Cat4K's yet but I do have a bit of
experience
> with the L3 cards and am fairly unimpressed.  After working with the 6500's
> (with MSFCs) configuring a Cat4K with L3 module certainly seems like a few
> steps backwards.  My current client has a couple of Cat4K's with L3 modules
> that we'll be replacing this year with 6509's and MSFCs.
>
> Last time I checked (perhaps this is different now) there were only three
> different versions of IOS available for the L3 module; to make matters
> worse, the code seemed to be written by the same group that writes 8540
> code - based-on my personal experiences with the 8540 platform this didn't
> give me a high level of comfort.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Daniel Kekai
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Cisco 4006 with Sup III [7:37504]
>
> Hello,
>
> Is anyone out there running Cisco 4006's with the new Sup III? If so what
> has been your experience with them?
>
> We are interested in using a pair of them as distribution switches with L3
> capabilities to run OSPF. I know the 4000's had problems with this before
so
> I was wondering if the new Sup III solved some of the old issues.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Daniel
>
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