I dunno. But it makes me think of "Open the pod bay doors HAL".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Nalbandian"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: POD, what is that? [7:10128]
> I know this might veer off topic:
>
> Maybe I am biased (and partly curious), mostly due to working at a company
> that actually did refer to its building sub-units as "pods," and
> subsequently its network subnets (with a scheme pretty much dictated by
the
> company campus' physical subdivisions) as "pods," but does the Cisco HQ
> campus have multiple building "pods" as well? It is an actual term used
in
> architecture. Has it perhaps slipped over into being part of Cisco's
> network terminology?
>
> Perhaps this preconception on my part had me thinking of the pods in the
> BSCN book in this manner. I did notice, perhaps I am wrong, but the
> individual "pods" in the Cisco book tend to have separate areas (in OSFP
> scenarios This might seem like a stupid question, but sometimes having
> english as my
> >2nd language, makes it more difficult for me to understand what the
writer
> >is trying to tell me.
> >
> >I am in the middle of my BSCN book, and are now seeing the word POD
showing
> >up several times. It tells me that each POD has a number of routers, and
> >there are a certain amount of POD's.
> >
> >Reading the explanation at http://www.dictionary.com gave me NO answers
to
> >this one, and the closest thing I can guess my self to is that POD's are
> >kind of departments or subnets, unless the Prince Of Darkness has been
> >involved with Cisco networks lately :-)
> >
> >Thanks for any replies to this one.
> >
> >Ole
> >
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