I think the SFM's were an interim step; the current direction seems to be the Sup720 blades. What kind of speeds & feeds are you requiring?
~~~~~~~~~~ R. Benjamin Kessler Network Engineer CCIE #8762, CISSP, CCSE Kessler Consulting Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kesslerconsulting.com Phone: 260-625-3273 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of neil K Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 4:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Catalyst 6500 Architecture [7:74460] Folks, The Catalyst 6500 uses a Shared bus Architecture and to increase the Backplane capacity you have to have Switch fabric module (SFM) with fabric Enabled modules to make it work. Is there a vendor which has a better architecture or a better solution. Thanks, neil K. **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74518&t=74460 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
