Over the years, I've done a lot of work for Fortune 1000 companies. One time, as an alternative to Cisco, I suggested another product and was laughed out of the room. -RickG
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> All the hard core routing and switching experts I know laugh when >> someone suggests Cisco. >> >> Cisco is like the WalMart of networking equipment. If you need >> something, chances are that they have something there that will mostly >> do what it is that you need. But if you need something for some >> specialized need, then chances are you need to go to Juniper, Foundry, >> Nortel, etc. >> > Of course if you had sent the above to the NANOG list they would be > laughing at you. Cisco and Juniper alone are the reining champs of the > high-end routing world. Foundry and Nortel are simply not even considered. > Right now, the Cisco CRS-1 is considered the best equipment available. > > Regardless, talking about super high-end routers when Mike is only looking > for a few 10 GigE ports is silly. A Cisco 6500/7600 with sup720-3bxl along > with your 10 GigE card of choice is typically what is deployed today. > There is a newer option from Cisco using one of the ASR series routers. > Those will cost you roughly $25k to get started in any reasonable > configuration. Whereas the sup720-3bxl option will likely cost you only > $25k well equiped with a variety of ports. I would guess a sup720-3bxl > platform with 48 10/100/1000 ports, 48 SFP ports, and 4 10 GigE ports > would run about $30k used. > > It is worth noting that the sup720-3bxl has enough TCAM to support up to 1 > million routes and has a backplane that can support 720Gbps. > > -Matt > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
