Were all the servers on the same card and CEF on? I had issues with that, so we re-engineered the traffic to keep as much as possible on individual cards, as the bus on the 4006 is only 2GB, as opposed to the 64 the marketing department claims.
""Erick B."" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Comments inline... > > --- Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > ""Lupi, Guy"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > I would think about going with a 6509, the 5500 > > series has been eol'd, but > > > the last support dates are a while away yet. > > > > > > > CL: Lorda mercy!!! you sound like almost all of the > > Cisco sales guys I > > know!!!! ;-> Mention the word "core" and the only > > thing they can say is > > "6509". Let's see - one slot for the sup, one for > > the 16 port gig blade, > > one for the 48 port ethernet blade - the rest of the > > slots for baking pizzas > > :-> > > > > CL: 12 copper gig ports and 48x10/100 ports fits > > nicely into a 4006, which > > conveniently now sells with an L3 blade.. Use the > > 10/100/1000 blade, or use > > the copper gig GBICs, depending on other > > consideration. > > But the 4006 is a wiring closet switch. I recently ran > into a company trying to use a 4006 w/sup2 with 12 > GBIC ports attached to servers w/gigabit NICs and > their performance and throughput suffered. (Ie: > In-lost errors, rx-errors, and txmt-errors which all > point to excessive traffic and full buffers). I've > only seen this w/sup2s however so maybe sup3 or sup4 > would help. I've seen other companys also have > problems when using 4006 as a core/data-center device > with a good amount of servers attached. > > > CL: OR... I gotta keep brining this up - depending > > on the applications and > > traffic flows, a 3550-12G and a cou-ple of 3550-48's > > might just do the > > trick. The 12G is L3 out of the box. > > Agreed, or some other vendors box that isn't as pricy > as the 6500 series (Extreme, Foundry). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Stuart Pittwood > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:12 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Confused about Catalyst part numbers > > [7:54437] > > > > > > > > > I am looking into buying a Catalyst 5509 for the > > core of our network, I > > > am however confused by the part numbers I will > > need. > > > > > > I need about 12 + Gigabit Ethernet (Copper) ports, > > 48 10/100BaseT ports, > > > a GBIC uplink to some 2950G-EIs we have, and an > > RSM to provide intervlan > > > routing. > > > > > > Can anyone advise of of the part numbers I would > > need to get the > > > required ports? > > > > > > Am I correct in thinking the the Supervisor Engine > > III would provide the > > > layer 3 functions? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Stu > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=54449&t=54437 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
