> > On the other hand, 6500s can do both L2 and L3 rather well, including > > BGP. > > Aren't most of the 6500 blades the same as the 7600 ones anyway? Between > these two IMHO we are looking at a blurry distinction between a router > with very good switching capabilities and a L3 switch with very good > routing capabilities.
Until the Sup720, it was simple: 6500 with Sup2/MSFC2/PFC2 and at least one OSM equals 7600. The difference is mostly a marketing one. I don't understand how you can differentiate between a router and an L3 switch. In my view "L3 switch" is a marketing term. All high end boxes do hardware based IP forwarding, whether their ancestry is from the L2 or the L3 side. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
