Re: [c-nsp] When will SFP+ 10GBase-T optics be available?

2012-04-21 Thread Alessandra Forti
On 20/04/2012 12:48, Mark Berly wrote: On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Phil Mayerswrote: Intel is starting to ship with 1/10GBASET LOM IMO this will push the market to BASET, that and the cost is radically less. If you add up the SFP+ optics and cabling costs these are easily more than many T

Re: [c-nsp] in praise of the cat6500 Re: Flow tools

2012-01-21 Thread Alessandra Forti
Sup2T was because the Sup720 is already 6 years old and I don't know if it is going to last another 6 years. That's why I decided to ask on this thread. You all seem pretty enthusiast about it. On 21/01/2012 00:33, Phil Mayers wrote: On 01/20/2012 10:11 PM, Alessandra Forti wrote

Re: [c-nsp] in praise of the cat6500 Re: Flow tools

2012-01-20 Thread Alessandra Forti
> How far do you plan to expand in the next 6 years? We currently have 10 racks and planning to add another two in the next 3 months. Considering the density of cpu power is increasing I calculated around 16 racks in the next 6 years. The rack switches will also be 10GBASE-T. This allows me m

Re: [c-nsp] in praise of the cat6500 Re: Flow tools

2012-01-20 Thread Alessandra Forti
The 6[78]16 cards are only 40g. Each 4 port group has 10g. We have some, and frankly they're a bit awkward because of this. the 6[78]16 are the only 10GBASE-T though and I'm trying to keep it simple. cheers alessandra ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

Re: [c-nsp] in praise of the cat6500 Re: Flow tools

2012-01-20 Thread Alessandra Forti
Hi, I got some money to upgrade my network infrastructure from 1Gbps to 10Gbps. At the moment I have a cat6509E with a Sup720. This system has been working fine for 6 years. The upgrade will have to last a similar number of years and our main requirement is throughput with minimal routing if