Cisco did 100GE before, based upon the 802.3ba: http://www.10gea.org/100-ge-router-cisco-comcast.htm
The 'wow' factor in this is news might be that these new linecards are nonblocking and will eventually support the final standard without hardware changes. Arjan -----Original Message----- From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patr...@ianai.net] Sent: Tue 3/9/2010 11:02 PM To: NANOG list Subject: Re: CRS-3 On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Jake Khuon wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 15:29 -0500, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >> The only "wow" here is "wow, why did cisco hype how far behind they >> are?" > > Because in some organisations, the only vendor that matters is Cisco. Then why bother hyping at all? Anyone who needs even a significant fraction of 322 Tbps is not going to ignore competitors. -- TTFN, patrick Internet communications are not secure; therefore, the integrity of this e-mail cannot be guaranteed following transmission on the Internet. This e-mail may contain confidential information. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and erase this e-mail. Use of this e-mail by any person other than the addressee is strictly forbidden. This e-mail is believed to be free of any virus that might adversely affect the addressee's computer system; however, no responsibility is accepted for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. All the preceding disclaimers also apply to any possible attachments to this e-mail.
