We bought a bunch of 6500s a few years back, saved a bundle ... however now the "E" chassis are the only ones supported for Sup720s/VSS/Sup32-10s so any of the gear we bought that was non-E .. has to be replaced. Still cheaper.
We can get a Sup32-10G for $2K. Cisco wants 20+K. I can put a few spare away and still save money. It really depends I think on the level of technology you are looking for - Nexus 7K, 6800 ... gotta go with Cisco. 6500, 2960s, 3850/ ... you can pick up in alternate market. Haveing said that ... Cisco supposedly does have a refurb market themselves but most of the time they did not have the POE line cards we were looking for. We did go through the re-cert process on our 6500s .. WASTE OF TIME, some guy came in and ran "show techs" and booted the gear and captured the console output when they booted. Way, way, cheaper to buy grey market ... > > Specifically, I'm curious about: > - the inspection process/logistics > - the costs associated with the inspection > - the cost of various software licenses, and whether > these are standard price list items The first and last time I thought about doing this (both on Cisco and Juniper), it was just cheaper to: - Continue buying off the grey market, even when things break as they tend to do with such avenues, or - Buy new kit from Cisco and support that from Day One. YMMV. Mark. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/