Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-20 Thread Alan Boyd
On 17/01/2015 15:18, Justin M. Streiner wrote: I have a 6500 that I want to equip with 10G. I am as confused as I can be in terms of what is / is not supported. There is also the question of what is or soon will be end-of-life. I don't know what kind of budget you have to work with, but the S

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Andrew Miehs
Sent from a mobile device > On 18 Jan 2015, at 07:18, Jeremy Bresley wrote: > > If all you need is 48 ports of 1G TX and 4 10G ports, look at a 4948E. 1U, > dual power capable. If you need more 10G ports, we've got a couple of the > 4500X (16 and 32-port models, can go to 40 1/10G total) dep

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Jeremy Bresley
On 1/17/2015 4:53 AM, Andrew Miehs wrote: On 17 Jan 2015, at 20:20, Chris Knipe wrote: Basic layer II switching and a few VLANs... Nothing fancy required at all Then you really should be looking at trident 1 or trident 2 based platforms. A 48 port 10g switch only uses 1ru and a lot less powe

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015, Chris Knipe wrote: I have a 6500 that I want to equip with 10G. I am as confused as I can be in terms of what is / is not supported. There is also the question of what is or soon will be end-of-life. I don't know what kind of budget you have to work with, but the Sup720

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Justin M. Streiner
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015, Chris Knipe wrote: Hi All, I have a 6500 that I want to equip with 10G. I am as confused as I can be in terms of what is / is not supported. I am looking at the WS-X6704-10G cards - Also, keep in mind that the 6704 blades use Xenpak form-factor optics, which are pretty

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Simon Lockhart
On Sat Jan 17, 2015 at 11:57:21AM +0200, Chris Knipe wrote: > > Depends on your total traffic requirements. SUP720 + 6704 + 6748-GE-TX > > (+ 6724-SFP if I need fibre) is still my work-horse of choice for a Cisco > > switch offering both 10G and 1G ports. On the used market, these blades are > > av

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Andrew Miehs
Sent from a mobile device > On 17 Jan 2015, at 20:20, Chris Knipe wrote: > Basic layer II switching and a few VLANs... Nothing fancy required at all Then you really should be looking at trident 1 or trident 2 based platforms. A 48 port 10g switch only uses 1ru and a lot less power than a 6500.

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:53:01AM +0200, Chris Knipe wrote: > The SUP720-3B is perhaps also an option, but if I have to start > looking at the 720-3BXL then it's becoming very expensive, yet again. The only difference between -3B and -3BXL is "more routing table memory" (256k FIB slots vs. 1

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Simon Lockhart
On Sat Jan 17, 2015 at 10:53:01AM +0200, Chris Knipe wrote: > I'm still confused :-( Sorry. The only other line card in the chassis > would be one WS-X6748-GE-TX which is a 48 Port 10/100/1000 card. With 6704 and 6748-GE-TX you'll be in CEF720 switching mode, not classic. This will give you the f

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Chris Knipe
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Simon Lockhart wrote: > On Sat Jan 17, 2015 at 10:53:01AM +0200, Chris Knipe wrote: > > If you're only doing layer 2 switching and no routing, then you shouldn't > need to upgrade the RAM - this is used more for route storage (RIB). Thanks for the heads up. So w

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Chris Knipe
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Andrew Miehs wrote: > Depends what you are trying to do... > > Do you need full routing tables? > If 100k routes are enough you may want to try and look at some trident 2 > based kit like the qfx5100 from juniper. > > --Andrew Basic layer II switching and a few

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Andrew Miehs
Depends what you are trying to do... Do you need full routing tables? If 100k routes are enough you may want to try and look at some trident 2 based kit like the qfx5100 from juniper. --Andrew Sent from a mobile device > On 17 Jan 2015, at 19:53, Chris Knipe wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Chris Knipe
On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Michael Loftis wrote: > > Basically, yes, you need DFC to get your target rates. And it's more about > pps than bps. CFC in non classic mode is 30Mpps for the whole chassis. If > you have any classic cards you'll be stuck at half that (because the packet > headers

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-17 Thread Michael Loftis
On Friday, January 16, 2015, Chris Knipe wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a 6500 that I want to equip with 10G. I am as confused as I can be > in terms of what is / is not supported. > > I am looking at the WS-X6704-10G cards - > > http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtual

[c-nsp] Cisco 10G gear

2015-01-16 Thread Chris Knipe
Hi All, I have a 6500 that I want to equip with 10G. I am as confused as I can be in terms of what is / is not supported. I am looking at the WS-X6704-10G cards - http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization /data-center-switching/net_business_benefit0900aecd80534