>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Simon Lockhart wrote: >>> I've still yet to see anything that suggests that the difference >>> between the 7600 and the 6500 is more than just a paint job and a >>> marketting job.
> On Monday, October 13, 2003 10:37 PM, Robert A. Hayden > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 7600 is also vertical boards whereas the 6500 is horizontal. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nipper, Arnold) [Mon 13 Oct 2003, 22:53 CEST]: > 6500-NEBS has also vertical boards ... Well, guess what? That's because the 7600 is a 6509-NEB chassis. Take a 6509, fill it with the most expensive versions of DFC, MSFC, Supervisor, switch fabric cards etc., fill it all up with memory, and the only difference with an OSR-7609 is the faceplace. Compare the pictures at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat6000/6000hw/inst_aug/01over.htm#69700 and http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/hardware/osrouter/osr_over.htm#69700 or for the plain 7609 http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cis7600/hardware/cis_76xx/osr_over.htm#1068171 (the text leading up to this image leads to Figure 1-3, which is incorrect, btw) So, yes, Simon was very much correct - differences between 65xx and 76xx (for equal values of xx) are initial configuration and the paint job. -- Niels.