Jason How fast are the hard disks on these servers you will be connecting.
I have had experience with this setup with a 6006 switch and the limitations on the connections is the speed of the hard disk solution be it RAID etc. For seventy servers I think the 30 Gig backplane will be more than ample. Cheers Jim Gillen Snr Communications Engineer AUSTRAC Ph: 9950 0842 Fax: 9950 0074 >>> "Bullock, Jason" 15/11/01 6:58:31 >>> This message has been scanned by MAILSweeper. ************************************************************ Hey there. dig the list, always have. I am looking to confirm a rumor on the cat 6513 switch. I was thinking of doing gig Ethernet from my server farm to the switch through the core. Only problem, is I am looking at like 70 servers each with a gig port, hopefully Ethernet. This is about 5 blades in the cat 6513, with 16 ports per blade. Now the rumor. Sounds like cisco's cat 6513 will only support 30 gig backplane for the gig Ethernet line cards. This means theoretical maxing out the switch with 30 Ethernet gig ports to servers running gig nic's. Has anyone else heard this? I think the gig fiber solution scales to a 250 gig backplane, but this gig Ethernet limitation concerns me.... thanks for all responses in advance! jason ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=26285&t=26272 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
